About me

I am a writer and performer living in the North West. I have written on many long running BBC TV series including DOCTORS, CASUALTY, FATHER BROWN, SHAKESPEARE AND HATHAWAY and THE DUMPING GROUND, and have created and written dramas for BBC Radio 4.

I wrote 3 episodes of spy thriller RED ELECTION, streaming on Disney+ and most recently on series 2 of PATIENCE for Eagle Eye/Channel 4.I have been part of TV writers rooms developing series for Endor/Fox, Netflix, Subotica and Mopar Studios/Viaplay. I have original TV series in development, and I regularly teach an online class for Script Writing North. I also offer Story and Script Consultancy.

I originally trained as an actor in Manchester, working for many years across film, TV and radio; and with theatre companies including Kaboodle, Sphinx Theatre, Manchester Royal Exchange, Contact Theatre, Library Theatre, National Theatre Studios and Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

I left acting behind after becoming a parent to focus full time on my TV writing career. In 2024, I made a foray back into performance via stand-up and cabaret. Supported by a Develop Your Creative Practice Grant from Arts Council England, I recently developed my first autobiographical solo show Mother Dark with a work-in-progress sharing at 53two, (Manchester) in Nov 2025. A further research and development phase is planned for this year.

I am fascinated by the complexities of mental health within families and societal structures, and the the systems we are caught in. My work often explores what drives us to extreme acts, and how we find ourselves again. UNDERCOVER: THE FURY my 3 part crime drama for BBC Radio 4 uses the crime genre to examine the psychology of football violence and social exclusion of young men. My riotous, blackly comic drama KEELE SERVICES deals with co-dependence and burnout via a time loop. This orignal 6 part series is currently in development with South of the River Pictures.