Tim Dawson


Tim Dawson is a British screenwriter, journalist and political activist. He is the creator and writer of BBC Three sitcom Coming of Age, which was piloted in 2007 and ran for three series. He is the editor of the website Free Market Conservatives.

Education

He was educated at Abingdon School from 1999-2006. He was the comedy actor in Here to Entertain You and The Comedians and won the North Drama Prize. He also wrote, produced and directed Bang Goes Douglas Smith.

Career

Dawson created Coming of Age whilst still a teenager. He has also written for Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.
Dawson was identified as a 'Broadcast Hot Shot' in a 2008 edition of the industry magazine Broadcast.
In 2018, Dawson contributed an episode of Lady Christina, a series of audio dramas spun-off from Doctor Who and made by Big Finish Productions. As of August 2019, Not for Turning, a radio drama by Dawson, is slated for broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2020.

Journalism

Dawson has written articles for The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, Spiked, Conservative Home and CapX. He is editor of the website Free Market Conservatives, which, as its name suggests, promotes free market conservatism.

Political activity

In 2018 he announced his intention to stand as a councillor for the Conservatives in local elections.
Dawson was identified as the "public face" of Britain's Future, an "obscure" and "mysterious" pro-hard Brexit group, now defunct, that was reported in March 2019 to have spent £340,000 on targeted advertising on Facebook and Instagram in the preceding four months, more than every UK political party and the British government combined. Dawson had previously declined to explain the source of the organisation's funds beyond saying that he personally was "raising small donations from friends and fellow Brexiteers." In late March of 2019, The Guardian newspaper reported that the likelihood was that the majority of the funding for Dawson's Facebook advertising was supplied by Sir Lynton Crosby's CTF Partners.