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Has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder so was able to draw on his own experience when writing Dirty Filthy Love (2004) in which the two main characters suffer from this disorder.

Graduated from London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Ian is patron of OCD UK, The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and Square Chapel Arts Centre in Halifax. In 2018, Ian was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from The University of Chester for his services to the arts and his work with mental health charities.