Michael Chaplin was born and brought up in the North-East of England.
After working as a print and TV journalist, documentary maker and drama producer, he began to write in the late 80's. In television he created the hit series Grafters for ITV and Monarch of the Glen for the BBC, as well as adapting the work of crime writers like P.D. James and Reginald Hill for the screen. For BBC Radio 4 he has created the comedy drama Two Pipe Problems starring Richard Briers and Stanley Baxter.
He has written some 10 plays for Live Theatre in Newcastle over the last 20 years, the next being an adaptation of the political diaries of the left-leaning Labour MP Chris Mullin, due to open in May 2010.
