Facts:   - period: 1982 -- present    - genre: comedy , drama , adventure    - spouse: eve murray      - children: daniel and emma    - birth date: 18 november 1961    - name: paul smith    - image: paul smith television writer.jpg    - birth place: london , england    - occupation: screenwriter and television producer .   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of paul smith -lrb- television writer -rrb- .
paul smith is a british television writer who was born and lives in london .paul 's four-part bbc1 drama one night -lrb- executive producer hilary salmon -rrb- won the reflet d'or for best drama series at the 2012 festival tous ecrans as well as making the official selection for fipa biarritz .lead writer on jam media/cbbc 's pioneering live action/animation series roy -lrb- rts award for best children 's drama 2010 , two 2011 bafta nominations , including writers ' award -rrb- , paul also wrote ten-part cbbc teen drama series desperados -lrb- prix jeunesse 2008 -rrb- , about a junior wheelchair basketball team .he has also written two bbc1 afternoon plays - tea with betty starring rosemary leach as queen elizabeth ii and death becomes him .his other recent work includes itv1 comedy drama the complete guide to parenting starring peter davison -lrb- british comedy guide editors ' award -rrb- , the sunday serial dramatisation of bootleg -lrb- bafta children 's drama award -rrb- and bbc1 children 's thriller series oscar charlie .further credits include murder most horrid -lrb- british comedy award and starring dawn french -rrb- , grange hill , brittas empire , spitting image , alas smith and jones ; and , with terry kyan , colin 's sandwich -lrb- two series starring mel smith -rrb- and about face , starring maureen lipman paul is married to eve murray who works for the british museum and globescan - they have two children daniel and emma smith .