Neil originally worked in movies and television.  He has story-exec, writer and producer credits for BBC, ITV and Channel 4 in drama, children's and entertainment.

Since co-writing Starship Titanic with Douglas Adams in the mid-90's he has worked increasingly in interactive media, scripting children's iTV, education, broadband and console games.  Since 2004 he has had 3 BAFTA nominations, an IGDA "Writing Excellence" nomination and a Writers' Guild nomination for his scripts.  Whilst continuing to write for Children's TV and Radio he has scripted more than a dozen games, including such popular titles as Driver, Just Cause, Broken Sword, Da Vinci Code etc. He is a founding director of the Mustard Corporation.