Sally Wainwright
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Sally Wainwright is a British
BAFTA nominated television
writer
and playwright
. She won 2009 Writer of the Year Award given by the RTS
in 2009 for Unforgiven
.
She was born in Halifax
.
Original television productions include:
She has also written for the following soap opera
s:
United Kingdom
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BAFTA nominated television
Television
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writer
Writer
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and playwright
Playwright
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. She won 2009 Writer of the Year Award given by the RTS
Royal Television Society
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in 2009 for Unforgiven
Unforgiven (TV series)
Unforgiven was a three-part British television drama series written by Sally Wainwright which was first broadcast on ITV in January 2009...
.
She was born in Halifax
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Halifax is a minster town, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It has an urban area population of 82,056 in the 2001 Census. It is well-known as a centre of England's woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward, originally dealing through the Halifax Piece...
.
Original television productions include:
- Scott & BaileyScott & BaileyScott & Bailey is a British detective drama series that debuted on ITV on 29 May, 2011. The programme's main characters are DC Rachel Bailey and DC Janet Scott , both of whom are members of the Major Incident Team of the fictional Manchester Metropolitan Police, headed by DCI Gill Murray...
(2011) - UnforgivenUnforgiven (TV series)Unforgiven was a three-part British television drama series written by Sally Wainwright which was first broadcast on ITV in January 2009...
(2009) - BonkersBonkers (2007 TV series)Bonkers was a short lived UK television series written by Sally Wainwright and starring Liza Tarbuck. It was transmitted on ITV during 2007...
(2007) - Dead CleverDead CleverDead Clever is a British black comedy film, first screened on ITV on New Year's Day, 2007. Written by Sally Wainwright, it stars Suranne Jones, Helen Baxendale and Dean Lennox Kelly. Although officially titled Dead Clever it was subtitled The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley...
- The Amazing Mrs PritchardThe Amazing Mrs PritchardThe Amazing Mrs Pritchard was a British drama series that aired on BBC One in 2006. Produced by Kudos, it was written by Sally Wainwright and stars Jane Horrocks in the title role of a woman with no previous political experience who becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.-Background:Sally...
(October 2006) - ShakespeaRe-Told: The Taming of the Shrew (2005)
- Jane HallJane Hall (TV series)Jane Hall was a six-part British television comedy drama on ITV, written by Sally Wainwright and starring Sarah Smart and Stephen Mangan, revolving around Jane Hall's job training to be a bus driver and her home life in Hounslow, "the arsehole of London"....
(2005) (for which she drew on her own experiences as a bus driver in the 1980s - The Canterbury Tales, The Wife of Bath (2003)
- SparkhouseSparkhouseSparkhouse is a BBC drama, originally shown in 2002, written by Sally Wainwright which is a modern take on Wuthering Heights.-Synopsis:Two young lovers battle against the odds to be together...
(2002) - At Home with the BraithwaitesAt Home with the BraithwaitesAt Home with the Braithwaites is a British comedy-drama television series, created and written by Sally Wainwright . The storyline follows a suburban family from Leeds, whose life is turned upside down when the mother of the family wins 38 million pounds on the lottery...
(2000)
She has also written for the following soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
s:
- Children's WardChildren's WardChildren's Ward is a British children's television drama series produced by Granada Television and broadcast on the ITV network as part of its Children's ITV strand on weekday afternoons...
- Emmerdale Farm
- Coronation StreetCoronation StreetCoronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
- The ArchersThe ArchersThe Archers is a long-running British soap opera broadcast on the BBC's main spoken-word channel, Radio 4. It was originally billed as "an everyday story of country folk", but is now described on its Radio 4 web site as "contemporary drama in a rural setting"...