London, England, United Kingdom
I have over twenty years experience developing and producing authored television drama, initially for the BBC, and since 2015 as a freelance producer. Some of the shows I have produced have won prizes, some have had critical acclaim, some have drawn big audiences. Once in a while, when the planets align, a show might do all three. I also work in radio when the opportunity arises, for the sheer joy of telling stories where the pictures work harder because they exist only in the mind’s eye.
Productions include: 2024, THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT for Playground Television and BBC One. Directed by Peter Kosminsky. Written by Peter Straughan. Starring Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis. 2022, BECOMING ELIZABETH for The Forge and Starz. Directed by Justin Chadwick/Udyan Prasad/Catherine Morshead. Written and created by Anya Reiss. Starring Alicia von Rittberg, John Heffernan and Romola Garai. 2020, WE HUNT TOGETHER for BBC Studios and UKTV. Directed by Carl Tibbetts/Jon Jones. Written by Gaby Hull. Starring Dipo Ola, Eve Myles, Hermione Corfield and Babou Ceesay. 2019, MOTHERFATHERSON for BBC Studios and BBC Two. Directed by James Kent/Charles Sturridge. Written by Tom Rob Smith. Starring Richard Gere, Helen McCrory and Billy Howle. 2017, MAN IN AN ORANGE SHIRT for Kudos and BBC Two. Directed by Michael Samuels. Written by Patrick Gale. Starring Oliver Jackson Cohen and James McArdle. 2015, JERICHO for ITV Studios and ITV. Directed by Paul Whittington/Robbie McKillop/David Moore. Written by Steve Thompson. Starring Hans Matheson and Jessica Raine.
I am affiliated with Sweet Talk Productions as a freelance writer/producer of radio drama and readings. Work includes: Billy Ruffian, a 45' drama telling of Napoleon's surrender to HMS Bellerophon and voyage across the Channel and into captivity in the summer of 1815 Future Home of the Living God, by Louise Erdrich, read by Cherrelle Skeete How to Stop Time, by Matt Haig, read by Tom Hollander The Reluctant Fundamentalist, by Mohsin Hamid, read by Riz Ahmed Ascent, by Jed Mercurio, read by Ben Daniels Ghost, by Robert Harris, read by Douglas Hodge Pompeii, by Robert Harris, read by David Tennant The Surgeon's Mate, by Patrick O'Brian, read by Benedict Cumberbatch Cloudsketcher, by Richard Rayner, read by Jared Harris Trafalgar, a 45' documentary drama written and directed by me, and broadcast to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October, 2005.
Pride and Prejudice (2026), Netflix A 6-part adaptation by Dolly Alderton of the novel by Jane Austen Directed by Euros Lyn Written by Dolly Alderton Executive Producers: Will Johnston, Laura Lankester, Louise Mutter, Emma Corrin, Dolly Alderton, Euros Lyn Cast: Emma Corrin, Jack Lowden, Rufus Sewell, Olivia Colman, Fiona Shaw, Freya Mavor, Louis Partridge, Jamie Demetriou
I am a director and co-founder of the The Works Productions, a micro film company founded to produce short films by film makers whose voices have been relatively unheard. Past Productions Hafu Writer: Kirsty Rider Director: Elliot Barnes-Worrell Found (2018) Written and directed: Elliot Barnes-Worrell Cast: Cherrelle Skeete, Sarah Vevers, Amaka Okafor, Ronke Adekoluejo, Laura Waldren The Works (2016) Written and directed: Elliot Barnes-Worrell Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Sharon D Clarke, Cherelle Skeete, Antonia Thomas, Fisayo Akinade, Ken Nwosu, Kack McMullen, Tommy McDonnell, Sarah Vevers
Conducted review and assessment of progress for 1st and 2nd year students on the MA Screenwriting Course in 2021, 2022, 2023