Tom MacRae
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writer
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. He is the creator of Sky One
Sky One
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’s Mile High
Mile High
Mile High is a British television drama based on the lives of the cabin crew members of "fresh!", a budget airline based in London. The name of the show comes from the "Mile High Club". The show was broadcast on Sky1 from 2003 to 2005.-Background:...
. He has also written for Channel 4
Channel 4
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's No Angels
No Angels (TV series)
No Angels is a critically acclaimed British television comedy drama series, produced by the independent production company World Productions for Channel 4, which ran for three seasons from 2004 to 2006. It was devised by Toby Whithouse.-Premise:...
and As If
As If
As If is a British comedy-drama series broadcast on Channel 4. There were 76 episodes across four series, the first broadcast on January 22, 2001 and the last on July 31, 2004.-Premise & Facts:...
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He wrote the two-part story "Rise of the Cybermen
Rise of the Cybermen
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" and "The Age of Steel
The Age of Steel
"The Age of Steel" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on 20 May 2006 and is the second part of a two-part story that was the first to feature the Cybermen since Silver Nemesis in 1988. The first part, "Rise of the Cybermen", was...
" for the 2006 series of Doctor Who
Doctor Who
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. Issue 383 of Doctor Who Magazine
Doctor Who Magazine
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reported that MacRae had been commissioned to write the episode "Century House" for Series 4, broadcast in 2008; however, this episode was cancelled after Russell T Davies decided that it was too close in tone to another episode. More recently, MacRae wrote "The Girl Who Waited
The Girl Who Waited
"The Girl Who Waited" is the tenth episode of the sixth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, and was first broadcast on BBC One and BBC America on 10 September 2011.-Synopsis:...
" for the 2011 series of Doctor Who.
MacRae wrote an award-winning book for children called The Opposite which has gone into paperback and been published in several languages. His second book for children, Baby Pie also received a paperback edition.
His writing for television includes; BBC One
BBC One
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's Mayo
Mayo (TV series)
Mayo was a comedy detective drama television series made by the BBC and starring Alistair McGowan, Jessica Oyelowo, Huw Rhys and Loo Brealey. The series is based on a popular series of Gil Mayo mysteries books by Marjorie Eccles. It was filmed on location in and around Leamington Spa. The series...
starring Alistair McGowan
Alistair McGowan
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, "At Bertrams Hotel" for Marple
Marple (TV series)
Marple is a British television series based on the Miss Marple and other murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie. It is also known as Agatha Christie's Marple. The title character was played by Geraldine McEwan from the first to third series, until her retirement from the role. She was replaced...
and "Life Born of Fire" for Lewis (both for ITV1
ITV
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) and The Lines of War for the BBC series Bonekickers
Bonekickers
Bonekickers was a BBC drama about a team of archaeologists, set at the fictional Wessex University. It debuted on 8 July 2008 and ran for one series....
. He was nominated for a BAFTA
British Academy Television Awards
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in 2002 for Off Limits: School's Out for Channel 4.
MacRae grew up in Weedon Bec
Weedon Bec
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, Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
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In 2011, he created and wrote Threesome
Threesome (TV series)
Threesome is a British television sitcom written by Tom MacRae and starring Stephen Wight, Amy Huberman and Emun Elliott...
, Comedy Central UK's
Comedy Central (UK)
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first original scripted comedy since the channel was renamed in 2009. It starred Stephen Wight
Stephen Wight
Stephen Wight is a British actor, who trained at the Drama Centre London.-Career:Wight's television career dates back to 2003 with a minor part in Casualty....
and Amy Huberman
Amy Huberman
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as a young couple and Emun Elliott
Emun Elliott
Emun Elliott is a Scottish actor, known for portraying Dr Christian King in Paradox.-Background:Brought up in Portobello, Edinburgh, Elliott attended George Heriot's School before beginning a degree in English Literature and French at the University of Aberdeen...
as their gay best friend, who after returning home inebriated and high from celebrating Alice's (Huberman) 30th birthday, have a Threesome
Threesome
A threesome is a group of three engaged in the same activity. In relation to a sexual activity a threesome refer to the activity involving three people of any gender or sexual orientation...
, which results in Richie (Elliott) getting Alice pregnant. So instead of having an abortion and getting on with their lives, they decide to raise the baby as a trio, which will definitely change their lives forever.