television sitcom scriptwriting team. On 3 December 2007 BBC Four broadcast David Renwick Night, a themed evening of programmes written by or about the author. In 2008, Renwick directed for the first time as he brought back the series Jonathan Creek after a five year hiatus. The episode, The Grinning Man, was almost two hours long and was broadcast on New Year's Day 2009. He was awarded the Writers Guild Ronnie Barker Award at the British Comedy Awards 2008. 2010s In 2010 Renwick directed a further episode of his series Jonathan Creek, with the 94-minute long instalment The Judas Tree being broadcast on Easter Sunday. In 2012, he developed a series called Ergo for ITV, which was to star Robert Webb as a man living with his stepmother following the death of his father. "It was a domestic comedy, my attempt to do something like One Foot in the Grave in the country really," said Renwick. However, Renwick and ITV encountered creative differences and the project was not produced. Renwick wrote a further five episodes of Jonathan Creek, the last of which to date was broadcast in December 2016. As of 2020, thirty-two episodes have been produced across five short-run series and six specials. The slow rate of production is partly due to Renwick's writing of the episodes, which he describes as being a painstaking process in which the intricacies of the plots take several months to work out. It is not known whether the series will return. In 2016 Renwick wrote the four-part radio miniseries Desolation Jests. The show, starring David Jason, John Bird, Jan Ravens and Rory Bremner, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from 13 December 2016 until 3 January 2017. Personal life In 1994 Renwick married Eleanor Hogarth. The couple reside between Pavenham and Stevington in northern Bedfordshire. Books Renwick is also an author, having written the novels One Foot in the Grave (1992) and One Foot in the Grave and Counting (2021) - both featuring original plots, as well as ones reworked from the television series. Selected filmography Acting credits Jonathan Creek (2003–13) Love Soup (2005–8) One Foot in the Grave (1993–2000) Hot Metal (1989) Writing credits Radio Desolation Jests (2016–7) The Burkiss Way (1976–80) Theatre Angry Old Men (1994) Television and film Jonathan Creek (1997–2016) Love Soup (2005–8) Cosby (1996–2000) The Ben Elton Show (1998) One Foot in the Grave (1990–2001) If You See