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Doug Naylor is a British television producer, director, and screenwriter. He is best known for co-creating the science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf, which he wrote and produced with Rob Grant. He also wrote and produced the spin-off series, Red Dwarf: Back to Earth.
Naylor was born in Manchester, England, on 31 December 1955. He attended Manchester Grammar School and studied English at the University of Manchester.
Naylor began his career in television in the early 1980s, writing for the BBC comedy series Not the Nine O'Clock News. He then wrote for the BBC sketch show The Young Ones, and co-wrote the film spin-off, The Young Ones: Summer Holiday.
In 1988, Naylor and Rob Grant created the science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf, which ran for eight series on BBC Two. Naylor wrote and produced the series, and also directed several episodes. In 2009, Naylor and Grant wrote and produced the spin-off series Red Dwarf: Back to Earth.
Naylor has also written and produced several other television series, including the sitcoms The 10 Percenters and The Man with No Name, and the drama series The Strangerers.
As of 2021, Doug Naylor's net worth is estimated to be approximately $10 million.
| Popular As |
Douglas Rodger Naylor |
| Occupation |
Director, screenwriter and television producer. |
| Age |
68 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn |
| Born |
31 December, 1955 |
| Birthday |
31 December |
| Birthplace |
Manchester, Lancashire, England |
| Nationality |
United Kingdom |
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Doug Naylor Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Doug Naylor's Wife?
His wife is Linda Glover
| Family |
| Parents |
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| Wife |
Linda Glover |
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| Children |
2 |
Doug Naylor Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Doug Naylor worth at the age of 68 years old? Doug Naylor’s income source is mostly from being a successful Director. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated
Doug Naylor's net worth
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| Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2023 |
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| Net Worth in 2022 |
Pending |
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Under Review |
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| Source of Income |
Director |
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Timeline
Naylor is married to Casting Director Linda Glover and they have two sons, one of whom (Richard) is a television producer, the other a doctor. Naylor has a prosthetic leg due to a road accident when he was seven years old hence the naming of his & his son's production company ‘Three Feet Productions’ with his son Richard in
In 2015/16 Naylor wrote and directed 12 more episodes of Red Dwarf for UKTV (Dave). The first six (Series XI) were broadcast from September 2016 and Series XII were broadcast from September 2017. Both series were a Baby Cow production with Richard Naylor and Kerry Waddell as Producers. Naylor has now written or co-written all 73 episodes of Red Dwarf.
In 2011, Dave commissioned Naylor to write a new six episode series of Red Dwarf, later entitled Red Dwarf X. The series won the Royal Television Society's award for Best Special Effects, presented in 2013.
In 2008 it was announced by Grant Naylor Productions that Red Dwarf would return to TV in the form of four half-hour specials for the digital channel Dave. The episodes were broadcast over the Easter weekend, 2009, and comprising a three-part special (20 minutes each), Back to Earth, and a behind-the-scenes "Making of" Back to Earth. Naylor wrote the scripts for the three new episodes and also directed them. Back to Earth received record ratings for freeview channel Dave.
In 2007, Naylor and Grant Naylor Productions were primarily focused on the production of the DVD releases of Red Dwarf and the postulated movie.
In 1994, an episode of Red Dwarf from the sixth series, "Gunmen of the Apocalypse", won an International Emmy Award in the Popular Arts category, and in the same year the series was also awarded "Best BBC Comedy Series" at the British Comedy Awards. The series attracted its highest ratings, of over eight million viewers, during the eighth series in 1999.
Some time between the airing of the sixth series of Red Dwarf in 1993, and the writing of the seventh series in 1996, Rob Grant ended his partnership with Naylor after revealing he was tired of it and that he intended to quit and pursue other projects. The pair announced their professional split and cited creative and professional differences, along with Grant's desire to move onto new shows.
Naylor was born in Manchester, Lancashire, England, and studied at the University of Liverpool. In the mid-1980s, Naylor wrote two regular comedy sketch shows for BBC Radio 4 entitled Cliché and Son of Cliché, as well as Wrinkles for Radio 4. These sketch shows were scripted by Naylor along with another writer, Rob Grant. This writing partnership was successful with Naylor and Grant going on to co-write and produce numerous British television series throughout the 1980s and 1990s. These included programmes such as Comic Relief, Spitting Image, and The 10 Percenters. Also wrote for the Cannon and Ball show in 1983.
Douglas Rodger "Doug" Naylor (born 31 December 1955) is an English comedy writer, science fiction writer, director and television producer.
