He oversaw the iconic Jordache Body Under The Patio storyline, as well as conceiving the first lesbian kiss on pre-watershed British TV [2] achieving record ratings for the series and for Channel 4.
[5] Programmes he oversaw for the BBC included the soap opera EastEnders; medical dramas Doctors, Casualty, and the latter's spin-off series Holby City, which he co-created; police dramas Dalziel and Pascoe, Waking the Dead,[6] and Merseybeat;[7] anthology shows The Afternoon Play and Murder in Mind; legal drama Judge John Deed; rural-set Down to Earth; comedy-drama Being April; and the revival of the science fiction series Doctor Who, although he had left the BBC by the time the new version of Doctor Who aired in March 2005.
He then co-wrote and sold another pilot to The CW in the US, Austin Golden Hour, a real-time medical drama series format for the 2008–2009 season.
On 31 July 2017, Daytime Confidential announced that both Kay Alden and Sally Sussman Morina would be departing from the show, with Young being named as the new head writer.
[15] Young's departure was later announced, as was the news of Josh Griffith and Tony Morina taking over his positions as head writer and executive producer, respectively.
[19] In November 2019, he received a Doctor of Letters (DLitt) from Glasgow Caledonian University in recognition of his outstanding contribution to British television and his support of and commitment to GCU's MA TV Fiction Writing students, where he is a visiting professor.