After his two-man play Tidy, Povey started writing television since the early 1990s, with Stay Lucky. He has written multiple episodes of long running continuing dramas, such as Casualty,[4] its spinoff Holby City,[5] and 240 episodes of EastEnders.[2] His final episode of EastEnders broadcast on Feb 9, 2024, with Povey announcing his retirement from the series.[6]
Other television series, covering a wide array of genres, he wrote for include children's drama The Dumping Ground, reboots like The Musketeers and Minder, comedies like Kingdom,[7] and various crime series such as Silent Witness,[8] Midsomer Murders[9], The Good Ship Murder and most recently, Cooper and Fry. Povey also co-created two series, By Any Means and Hooten and the Lady.
Outside of screenwriting, he directed the short film Blowing It in 2002.[10] His first novel, The Serial Killers Club, was published in 2006.[11] In 2014 his second novel (part of a trilogy) "SHIFT", was published.[3] The second book in the trilogy was published on 23 April 2015, titled "DELETE". On 23 March 2017 the final book titled “ESCAPE” was released, concluding the trilogy.[12]
