Andrew "Joe" Turner is a British script writer working in the fields of radio and television.
Originally an actor, he featured in the BBC television production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
He has written extensively for radio, with nine plays including 20th Century Vampire, My Supply Teacher is an Alien, My Sister is a World Class Kleptomaniac and Old Dog and Partridge.
[1] Turner has been a writer for ITV's long-running soap opera Coronation Street since March 1999.
In 1997, Joe's work won Best Children's Drama award at the British Comedy Awards for the children's comedy show My Dad's a Boring Nerd which starred Coronation Street actors Julia Haworth and Alan Halsall.