Daniel Boyle is a Scottish screenwriter best known for devising the television series Hamish Macbeth and writing twelve episodes of the show.
[1] Boyle left school at fifteen and for the next eleven years worked as a seaman.
He left the sea and became a postman for four years before going to university as a mature student.
After university his main occupation was as a college lecturer.
He became a full-time writer in 1990, writing extensively for television, had four original films produced, and contributed episodes to series Inspector Morse, Rebus, Hamish Macbeth, Taggart and Lewis.