I think it’s a crime to devalue kids’ TV. Along with my parents and teachers, the dramas I grew up with taught me how to view the world and the feelings and images they conjured up all those years ago are still with me, and inform who I am today.
Jonathan Harvey currently writes for, among others, Coronation Street and The Catherine Tate Show. He is the creator and writer of Gimme Gimme Gimme. Stage plays include Out in the Open, Beautiful Thing and Hushabye Mountain. He adapted the Jacqueline Wilson novel Best Friends for Granada Kids / CITV.
