The Writers of Wales Database

THOMAS, COLIN

Producer and writer for screen. Born and brought up in Wales. He read English and Political Institutions at Keele University and after graduation became a production trainee with the BBC. Produced and directed documentary, drama and animation for the BBC before resigning in 1978 over censorship of programmes he had directed in Northern Ireland. Since then he has worked as a freelance for RTE, ITV, S4C, C4 – and BBC – and has won a Prix Europa, a Gold Award at the Houston International Festival and, on three occasions, BAFTA Cymru’s Best Documentary/ Drama-Documentary award. His writing includes screenplay adaptations of short stories by Welsh authors, television dramas and numerous documentary and drama/documentary scripts.    

Reviews:

"…The name of Colin Thomas...a guarantee of intelligence and scrupulous integrity..."
The Financial Times

Selected Publications:
Dreaming a City: From Wales to Ukraine (Y Lolfa, 2009)

Programming:
Animated Conversations (BBC, 1978)
The Dragon has Two Tongues (co-writer) (C4/HTV, 1985)
Cracking Up (co-writer) (C4/S4C, 1989)
Miracle on the River Kwai (C4, 2000)
Dead Man Talking (BBC, 2003)