Matthew Wingett

Matthew Wingett also known as 'Matt Wingett' (born 24 April 1968 in Portsmouth, Hampshire), is an English screenwriter, journalist, novelist, songwriter and hypnotist, and is the brother of English actor Mark Wingett. His most well known works for television are episodes of the ITV1 police procedural The Bill.

Career
Matthew wanted to be a writer from his youth and joined a publishing company in 1986, where he learned about the trade of writing and book production. His writing developed over the next 6 years until in 1991 he was hired to write episodes of The Bill for ITV1. Matthew's brother, Mark Wingett, played Jim Carver in the show. Matthew was scrupulous about maintaining separation from his brother. His first script was submitted to the Script Unit under the name of Matthew Brothers to deflect charges of nepotism. This first script, Thicker Than Water also did not use Jim Carver. It contained a theme recurring in Wingett's works: the conflict between local loyalties and a greater good. Wingett was 23 years old when his first episode was aired and was the youngest writer at The Bill.

Wingett contributed to the writing of eight episodes of The Bill, between 1991 and 1997.

Matthew has written travel journalism for the Sunday Mirror and children's articles for The Daily Telegraph amongst other works.

In April 2008, after suffering from writer's block Matthew approached hypnotist Paul McKenna to see if he could help him rediscover his creativity. After one 40 minute session, Matthew found that he was able to write creatively again.

He became the editor of the monthly newsletter 'NLP Life', Matthew has produced short stories and novellas, many set around his home town of Portsmouth. One of these is his romance / detective / ghost story starring the real-life 1940s retro / vintage band The Three Belles.

Self-published works

 * Turn The Tides Gently (2011) - A Novella
 * The Three Belles Star In "We'll Meet Again" - A novella
 * The Tourist - Short story
 * The Boiler Pool - A Short story
 * Heaven's Light Our Guide - A Novella
 * The Tube Healer - A Novella