Paul Rose (journalist)
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Mr. Biffo, real name Paul Rose, was the editor of the Teletext-based video games magazine Digitiser, which ran between 1993 and 2003. He continues to write a monthly column in Edge.
In more recent times, he has become a scriptwriter for television, working on children's shows such as Barking!, The Worst Witch and My Parents Are Aliens, as well as UK soap operas such as Crossroads and EastEnders. He also devised the storyline for the multiple format game Future Tactics. He was nominated for a BAFTA award in 2004 for Best Children's Drama, and has won a Sony Radio Academy Award for his writing on the Christian O'Connell breakfast show on XFM.
He is currently writing for both BBC1 and Channel 4, including a sitcom entitled Now The Weather.
Rose is married with three children, and lives in North London.
[edit] Controversy
He once managed to provoke complaints over his episode of EastEnders where the character Dirty Den uttered the phrase "Big constables" in a way that implied profanity. [citation needed]
[edit] External links
- MrBiffo.com - Paul Rose's website
- Paul Rose's blog
- Paul Rose at the Internet Movie Database
- NTSC-uk Interview with Mr Biffo
- One Life Left Radio interview
- Bubblegun.com a humour website ran by Paul Rose
