Tony McHale
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Tony McHale (born Tony Wright) is a British actor, writer and director who has the dubious honour of being best known as a "stooge" to Jeremy Beadle on Game For A Laugh and later, Beadle's About. He trained at Rose Bruford College. He also enjoyed a long stint as a writer/director on the top rated BBC1 soap opera EastEnders during the 1990s. He co-created BBC medical drama Holby City, and served as its executive producer and showrunner from 2007 to 2010.[1]
Tony also served as a core writer on Silent Witness as well as writing episodes for Holby City. He still writes for Holby City to this day holding the longest serving tenure on the show for a scriptwriter (followed by Andrew Holden) and has written a staggering 29 scripts to date.
[edit] References
- ^ Plunkett, John (14 December 2009). "Holby City exec producer to leave". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/dec/14/hoby-city-exec-producer-leave. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
