Editing Simon Brett (section)

==Radio and television career==
After his graduation from [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]], Brett joined the BBC as a trainee and worked for [[BBC Radio]] and [[London Weekend Television]]. While with the [[BBC]], Brett produced the pilot episode of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', as well as many episodes of the comedy series ''[[The Burkiss Way]]'', as well as the comedy panel games ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'' and ''[[Just a Minute]]'' and radio adaptations of ''[[Lord Peter Wimsey (radio series)|Lord Peter Wimsey]]''. He also co-produced  ''[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1d554fbcdde04191b30db1e0717080f8 From Us To You]'' for BBC Radio 4 with David Hatch. In the mid-1990s, Brett wrote and hosted ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dm3jm Foul Play]'', a radio panel game in which well-known writers of detective fiction were challenged to solve a dramatised mystery. When he moved into television, Brett was responsible for producing ''[[End of Part One]]'' (1979–80) and the television revival of ''[[The Glums]]'' (1979), both for LWT.

Brett wrote several sitcoms, including [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[After Henry (radio series)|After Henry]]'', ''[[No Commitments]]'', ''[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b091wl7j Semi Circles]'' and ''[[Smelling of Roses]]''. ''After Henry'' was [[After Henry (TV series)|later produced on television]] for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].  He has written episodes of the BBC radio detective drama ''[[Baldi (radio)|Baldi]]'' (2000).

In 1987, the Nigel Molesworth character created by [[Geoffrey Willans]] was reprised for a four-part BBC Radio 4 series ''Molesworth''. Written by Simon Brett, the series portrayed Molesworth in middle age, still surrounded by many of the characters from his youth. Molesworth was played by [[Willie Rushton]], with [[Penelope Nice]] as his wife Louise, and [[Clive Swift]] as the now-aged ex-headmaster Grimes.