TV Unwin co-created the world's longest running medical drama,
Casualty. He was a regular writer throughout the first two series and also wrote the 30th anniversary episodes at the start of series 30.
Holby City and
HolbyBlue are spin-offs from the original
Casualty format. Unwin has directed extensively in TV including
Five Little Pigs,
Messiah and recently,
Combat Hospital (ABC/Global),
Shameless (Company Pictures, Channel 4) and
Breathless.
Breathless screened on ITV in Autumn 2013 and in the US in 2014.
Theatre As a theatre director his work includes
The Man Who Had All the Luck by
Arthur Miller at the
Bristol Old Vic and the
Young Vic,
The Misanthrope at the
Bristol Old Vic and the
Royal National Theatre,
The Master Builder at the
Bristol Old Vic, Hamlet,
Othello,
In Times Like These by
Jeremy Brock. His artistic directorship of the Bristol Old Vic was a remarkable period and launched the careers of several of Britain's foremost actors and directors. As a playwright, Unwin's plays include
This Much Is True, about the shooting of a Brazilian electrician by the British police,
This House is Haunted, a ghost story based on real events, and
The Promise, about the 1945 Labour government and the birth of the NHS.
Film Unwin directed
The American (BBC Films/WGBH Boston), written by
Michael Hastings from the novel by
Henry James. His short film,
Syrup (Channel 4/First Choice Films), was written by Nick Vivian. It was nominated for an
Academy Award and a
BAFTA. It also won he
Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the Best Short Film at the Valladolid and the Amnesty International Film of the Year Award. Unwin also directed
Elijah (Anagram Pictures/CTV TV), a film about the indigenous struggle in northern Canada, written by Blake Corbett.
Elijah won the 2008
Leo Award for Best Feature Length Drama and the 2009
Gemini Award for Best TV Movie.
Elijah is a political comedy. ==References==