Writing and Broadcasting
PLAYWRIGHT AND PUBLICATIONS
Steve Nallon is an established author with writing credits ranging from novels, plays and comedy series, to numerous articles for magazines and periodicals such as THE NEW STATESMAN, MUSICAL STAGES and SCRIPTWRITER. STEVE NALLON’S GHOST STORIES (2024) is a darkly humorous collection of twelve spooky tales offering modern takes on the classic British supernatural tradition. The collection includes the award-winning For the Hell of It and a much lauded Halloween homage to M.R. James called The Portrait of a Looking-Glass. Steve’s young adult fiction novels THE TIME THAT NEVER WAS (2022) and THE TIME THEY SAVED TOMORROW (2024) in the time adventure series THE SWIDGERS both received excellent reviews on publication, and DESTINATION TIME TRAVEL (2023), an exploration of time travel in film and television written with Dick Fiddy archivist at the British Film Institute, has proved a hit with science fiction fans across the world. As a playwright, Steve has created four one-man theatre shows, THE BIG ODYSSEY (Edinburgh Fringe Festival and national tour), A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Birmingham Repertory Theatre), ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, (Winner Best Comedy at the Buxton Fringe Festival), and I'M NO ANGEL (The Jermyn Street Theatre). With Turan Ali, Steve co-wrote THE GHOST OF NUMBER TEN and THE NALLON TAPES, two comedy series for BBC radio, and he also penned with Mark Eden the highly acclaimed BBC Saturday Playhouse PROPS. In 1989 his comic novel I, MARGARET, a spoof biography of Lady Thatcher written with Tom Holt, was published by Macmillan. Steve is a member of The Writers’ Guild and The Society of Authors.
PRESENTER, CONTRIBUTOR AND FEATURE MAKER
Steve Nallon is a regular contributor to programmes across the media, including recently SKY NEWS, BROADCASTING HOUSE and MUSEUM OF CURIOSITY. In 2023, Steve presented a six minute film on time travel for NEWSNIGHT (BBC) promoting the British Film Institute’s time travel season DESTINATION TIME TRAVEL, at which he gave the keynote lecture, TELLING THE TALE OF TIME. Steve is now often asked to take part in TV shows looking back on television history and culture, and these have included THE STORY OF LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT (BBC), JO BRAND'S CLASSIC COMEDY SKETCHES (C5) and COMEDY CONNECTIONS (BBC). For BRITAIN'S BEST LOVED DOUBLE ACTS on Channel Five, Steve analysed the comic techniques of Laurel and Hardy, Hinge and Bracket, Cissie and Ada, and Little and Large. Steve has also made contributions to various documentaries looking at the capabilities of the human voice, notably THE SECRETS OF BODY LANGUAGE for the History Channel and WHO DID YOU DO? for BBC television. In SIXTY YEARS OF SWING, a documentary for BBC Parliament on the history of General Election night broadcasts, Steve talked about the role of anchor men and political pundits such as Robin Day and Bob McKenzie, giving illustrations of their vocal styles along the way.
