Paul Abbott - part 1

part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdXKipXSARk
Paul Abbott is a BAFTA award-winning English television screenwriter. Abbott became one of the most critically and commercially successful television writers working in Britain today, following his work on many popular series, including Coronation Street, Cracker and Shameless, the latter of which he created. He is also responsible for the creation of some of the most highly-acclaimed television dramas of the 1990s and 2000s, including Reckless and Touching Evil for ITV and Clocking Off and State of Play for the BBC...In this interview produced for World Mental Health event at the cornerhouse cinema in Manchester Paul talks about being sectioned under the mental health act at the age of 15 and about his Bi Polar condition and the positive benefits it gives him.

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[eelpieballox]

he soon forgot about sending some of his stuff to Alan Bennett when he was fuck all,, now you can't get hold of him,,,same old same old eh Paul,, ? champagne socialist

[ladystardust74]

@Erskine4387 'and that's wth you forever'

[redwesteastnorth]

Best writer in Britain.

[Aurality]

@Erskine4387

Very late with this but here you go :)

"and it built a real survivor in me... and I think that, that's lasted me forever"

[Aurality]

Great Man. Thanks Paul

[crustocheevz]

His kids went go to my school. Tom is a sickguy

[mysticelf12]

@Owena7x I actually do look like him, I wouldn't lie about what I look like. -__-

[Owena7x]

@mysticelf12 i bet u dont even look like him u just want to

[mysticelf12]

Paul, you have changed my life mate, much respect.

Thanks for putting Elliot Tittensor is Carl Gallagher, I get told that I look like him by everybody that watches Shameless.

[MattHXIV]

ive met him and he seemed such a nice person