Dan Hagley Biography
He has been knocking around showbiz for over 20 years. During this time, he has worked with some absolute legends and a couple of snotty horrors. He has performed at loads of theatres you will have heard of in lots of plays that you probably won’t have. He has appeared in many BBC Radio Plays including the lead role of Malcolm Holmes in the cult sci-fi series Project Raphael and its sequel Project Archangel.
He spent several years as a regular on The Archers for Radio 4 playing the hapless Darrell Makepeace. This role led to him receiving his first piece of hate mail, which was nice. He pops up on the telly every now and again and his recent credits include Doctors, Citizen Khan, Holby City and The Capture. He recently played the role of Keith in the new Russell T Davies series Nolly opposite Helena Bonham Carter.
He was Artistic Director of Something & Nothing for five years. He has been writer on attachment to Birmingham Rep and has been part of several BBC Talent Development Projects. His writing credits include The Dinner Lady, Miriam On 34th Street, Betty, Beautiful Boy, The Sensational Miss Cordelia and the sell out hit Patrick & Bernadine which toured four times.
He is now attempting to flog it as a sit-com. His first short film Down To Earth has recently been nominated for two awards at Birmingham Film Festival including Best Short film. He started writing this show as a therapy exercise with absolutely no intention of ever sharing it with anyone. He’s still not 100% convinced doing so is a good idea… but it’s a bit late now!
