MICHELLE LIPTON has written more than 50 hours of broadcast television and has been on the writing teams for Casualty, Holby City, Hollyoaks, Doctors, Rockets Island, Father Brown, and Sister Boniface. Her BAFTA-winning stint as Casualty’s Lead Writer saw her responsible for several high-profile episodes including the critically acclaimed, ‘Switzerland’ exploring assisted dying, and Derek Thompson’s final episodes as Charlie Fairhead. She is currently writing the Casualty 40th Anniversary Celebration special. Michelle is also an award-winning radio writer with 15 radio drama credits under her belt, including five episodes of Amelia Bullmore’s crime drama ‘Craven’ starring Maxine Peake and Jack Deam. She has developed original drama series for BBC Studios, Island Pictures, Leopard, Hat Trick, Red Productions and CBBC.

TV

Casualty BAFTA-winning Lead Writer. 23 Episodes. BBC1.

The Sister Boniface Mysteries 1 Episode. Britbox/BBC1.

Father Brown 1 Episode. BBC1.

Imperial Spy 1 Episode. Fremantle.

Holby City Core Writer. 15 episodes. BBC1.

Rocket’s Island Writer. 4 episodes. Children’s action-adventure series. CBBC/Lime Pictures.

Hollyoaks Writer. 14 episodes. Lime Pictures/Channel 4.

Doctors Writer. 1 episode. BBC1.

ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT

Hysteria 8x60m period medical drama. BBC Studios.

Helium 6x60m darkly comic thriller. Toby Jones attached. Island Pictures.

Four Legs Good  8x60m returning crime series. BBC Studios.

Joy  6x60m returning drama series. Leopard Productions.

The Lost Years  8x60m historical action-adventure series. Hat Trick Productions.

The Decision Makers  3x45m legal drama. Red Productions.

Woggle  13x30m children’s comedy drama series. CBBC.

Roadkill  6x30m comedy drama paramedic series. Machine Productions.

FILM

Cassandra at the Wedding Feature adaptation/rom-com. F&ME.

Tommy Feature Animation Creative England

Ravens Feature Animation Creative England

RADIO 

Amazing Grace Red Productions/BBC Radio 4. Critically acclaimed 5x15m Woman’s Hour series for which Michelle was interviewed live on Radio 4. Winner of the 2011 Imison Award for Best Original Drama Script by a Writer New to Radio.

Cottonopolis 5 x 15m. Red Productions/BBC Radio 4.

Craven All five episodes of Series 5 – plus related five-part online drama for BBC Learning. Red Productions/BBC Radio 4. Starring Maxine Peake.