Personal Life
Poliakoff was born in Holland Park, west London, England to an Anglo-Jewish mother, Ina (née Montagu), and a Russian-Jewish father, Alexander Poliakoff. His brother, Martyn Poliakoff, is a Research Professor of Chemistry at the University of Nottingham, as well as the Foreign Secretary and Vice-President of the Royal Society. Martyn is also the father of physicist Simon Poliakoff and Psychology lecturer Ellen Poliakoff.
He lives in London and is married to fellow scriptwriter Sandy Welch, with whom he has two children. He was awarded a CBE in the Queen's 2007 Birthday Honours list.
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