Tom Smith is a disabled, working-class stage and television writer with a passion for creating underrepresented characters.

As a writer from Sunderland Tom is keen to follow in the illustrious footsteps of Dick Clement and Ian Le Frenais and tell regional stories that shine a light on the community, humour and heart that is synonymous with the North East.

Tom began his career by writing jokes, sketches and parody songs for several topical shows and continues to love comedy.

In 2022 Tom was chosen as the sole winner of the Northern Writers’ Award Writing for Television Awards: Lime Pictures. “Tom’s script stood out for its vibrancy and originality in this exceptionally competitive award. Tom has a unique and important voice that needs to be heard more widely.” Will Mackie New Writing North. This award came with a placement at top British continuing drama Hollyoaks where Tom pitched stories and worked in several departments. He is currently writing a trial script for the show.

His script, Love in Lockdown, made it to the final round of the BBC Interconnected opportunity, placing him in the top 8% of almost 7,000 submissions. Tom was awarded the Vice Chancellor Scholarship to study a MA Creative Writing at Northumbria University and graduated with a Distinction.

He is currently developing an original drama, One Punch, with Channel 4 Emerging Indie fund recipient production company Motif Pictures.

Tom is working on a range of new projects for stage and screen.