[1] His first novel, The Testimony Of Taliesin Jones (HarperCollins) won three prizes, including the 1997 Somerset Maugham Award, and was made into a film of the same name starring Jonathan Pryce.
The Aftermath has been made into a feature film of the same name starring Keira Knightley and Alexander Skarsgård.
His first commission for television - Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle - was broadcast in 2005 on BBC1 and starred Timothy Spall.
Africa United, his first feature film (Pathe), went on general release in the UK in October 2010.
In 2006 he broadcast a series In the Blood for BBC World Service, recording his family's journey through the AIDS pandemic.