Rob Gittins

Rob Gittins is a British screenwriter and novelist.

Rob has written for almost every top-rated network UK TV show from the past thirty years, including Casualty, The Bill, EastEnders, Emmerdale, Heartbeat, Soldier Soldier and The Story of Tracy Beaker. Rob is currently the longest serving writer on EastEnders and has completed well over 200 episodes of the programme.

Rob co-created and wrote all eight episodes of the BBC1 prime time drama series Tiger Bay well as a three-part political thriller for ITV, In the Company of Strangers.

For S4C, Rob has storylined over two thousand episodes of the popular daily Welsh language drama serial Pobol y Cwm as well as co-creating the drama series Halen yn y Gwaed (Salt in the Blood) which ran for four series.

For BBC Radio 4, Rob has written over twenty original radio plays, over a hundred episodes of The Archers and a 10-part children’s drama series. Rob’s radio production, Losing Paradise, a co-authored six-part thriller co-produced by the BBC, ABC in Australia and CBC in Canada, won the Gold Drama Award at The New York International Radio Festival. Rob has also written a four-part radio late night drama serial for Radio 4, NIGHTMOVES.

Rob’s latest radio play, Julie, a dramatisation of the extraordinary story of the Operation Julie drugs bust transmitted on BBC Radio 4 in September 2014.

Rob has also written a non-fiction account of the last days in the life of Dylan Thomas, published by Macdonald and based on a documentary Rob initiated for ITV, The Far Ago Land. This production won the Documentary prize at the Celtic and San Francisco Film Festivals and Rob’s TV drama, Doubting Thomas, was made as a German/Irish co-production between Littlebird Films and Tatfilm.

Rob was joint lead writer and Executive Producer on Crash, a drama series for BBC Wales from Tony Jordan’s Red Planet Pictures and Rob was also Script Executive and writer on STELLA, a new series for Sky 1 HD created by and featuring Ruth Jones (Gavin and Stacey).

Rob wrote three episodes for the BBC 1 multi-award-winning Drama Series, The Indian Doctor. The third series of The Indian Doctor transmitted in 2013. Rob is also developing two new drama series for Rondo Cyf, the production company behind The Indian Doctor; W.I.SPY and OFEG.

Rob’s short film Sacrifice, was released theatrically and Rob’s feature film, Blue Monday has just completed principal photography.

Rob’s novel, Gimme Shelter, a crime thriller set in the hidden world of witness protection, was published by Y Lolfa in September 2013. Rob’s second novel, The Poet and the Private Eye – a stand-alone story - was published by Y Lolfa in June 2014 and his sequel to GIMME SHELTER will be published in May, 2015. A fourth novel – another stand-alone story – titled Wakefield is slated for publication in the Spring of 2016.

As well as his writing and production credits, Rob has also completed the Film Producer’s Course at the National Film and Television School (NFTS) tutored by ex-Bafta Chairman Simon Relph. Rob is also a graduate of the Arista Script Development programme and has completed year-long training courses run by the First Film Foundation and the Script Factory. Rob also holds an MA in English and American Literature from the University of Warwick.

Rob is a full member of BAFTA, The Writer’s Guild, The Crime Writers' Association and The Society of Authors.