Men Behaving Badly Nye's TV writing career began in 1990 when he was persuaded by producer
Beryl Vertue to adapt his first novel for the small screen. The
first two series of
Men Behaving Badly were broadcast on
ITV in 1992. The show soon went on to achieve critical and commercial success, winning the
Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Situation Comedy in 1995, and the
Royal Television Society Award for Best Situation Comedy/Comedy Drama in 1996. The show became the most-repeated comedy show in the 1990s. Nye also appeared in the show, briefly playing a prospective tenant in the episode "
Gary and Tony". He also played one of Gary's friends, Clive, in the episode where Gary and Dorothy plan to get married.
Other work Though best known for sitcoms – such as
Is It Legal? (starring
Imelda Staunton),
How Do You Want Me? (starring
Charlotte Coleman and
Dylan Moran),
Hardware (starring
Martin Freeman) and
Carrie and Barry (a semi-sequel to Men Behaving Badly starring
Neil Morrissey as a matured Tony in all but name) – he has also written comedy dramas such as
Frank Stubbs Promotes (1993–1994), as well as literary adaptations such as
The Railway Children (2000). In addition, he has written a number of comic adaptations of
pantomimes including
Jack and the Beanstalk (25 December 1998),
Cinderella (2 January 2000),
Aladdin (25 December 2000), and
Dick Whittington (1 January 2002). He also wrote the short-lived 2001 sitcom
The Savages, and contributed an episode to the 2010 series of
Doctor Who, titled "
Amy's Choice." Nye also continues to write translations, focusing in recent years on dramatic works. His translation of
Molière's
Don Juan was first performed at the
Crucible Theatre in
Sheffield in 2001, and his translation of
Dario Fo's
Accidental Death of an Anarchist premiered at the
Donmar Warehouse in London in 2003. He also wrote a pilot episode
Felix and Murdo, which starred Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller. He wrote the screenplay for the 2005
BBC television film of
My Family And Other Animals based on
Gerald Durrell's Corfu Trilogy. In 2016, Nye wrote ITV's
The Durrells, another adaptation of the trilogy, starring
Keeley Hawes as Louisa Durrell. Nye wrote a play,
The Crown Jewels, about the theft of the
Crown Jewels by
Thomas Blood, which was performed at the
Garrick Theatre in
London in 2023. The part of Blood was played by
Aidan McArdle, and the cast included
Al Murray as King
Charles II,
Neil Morrissey and
Mel Giedroyc. ==Filmography==