Biography

Samuel studied at Westminster Film School and now works as an author and freelance TV executive. He has developed and produced popular-factual TV shows including Channel 4’s Genderquake and The Greatest Shows on Earth, BBC Two’s Eight Go Rallying and The Secret Life of Cleaners, BBC Four’s Make: Craft Britain, and the BAFTA-nominated Secret Life of 4-Year-Olds. In 2015 he was named One to Watch by the Edinburgh International Television Festival and in 2017 he became a Broadcast Hotshot.

A documentary he shot inside a retirement village when he was eighteen years old launched his career in television and inspired his internationally bestselling debut novel, The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, which has been translated into 18 foreign languages. Samuel’s writing was shortlisted for Penguin’s WriteNow scheme, and in 2021 he graduated from the Faber Academy. He is a trustee of the Real Writers Circle.

In his spare time, Samuel volunteers for several elderly charities as a telephone befriender. He lives in London with his partner, Tom, and their cats, Muriel and Bruce.

He has always been old at heart.

Links and further reading

You can read an interview with Samuel here. For a full list of Q&As, podcast appearances, and YouTube interviews, click here.

Teaching and talks

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