Helen writes for both children and adults and her credits include Bad Girls, Doctors, Grange Hill, Byker Grove, Dream Team and she was the creator and co-writer of C4’s interactive teen drama, Smokescreen. She has also storylined for Children’s Ward, Crossroads and Emmerdale. She is currently writing for several children’s series and developing ideas for adult drama as well. 

2015

Postman Pat – Dreamworks Animation UK
Script commissioned

Go Jetters – CBeebies
Script commissioned

Thomas and Friends (Season 20) – Hit Entertainment
6 scripts commissioned

Bob the Builder (Season 20) – Hit Entertainment
5 scripts commissioned

Bob the Builder (Season 19) – Hit Entertainment
7 scripts commissioned

2014

Doctors – BBC TV
2 scripts commissioned

Thomas and Friends (Series 19) – HIT Productions
5 scripts commissioned

2013 – 2012

Bing – Acamar Films
Commissioned writer for CBeebies series
10 Episodes

2011

Triangle
Participated in Screen Yorkshire’s 8 month feature development and pitching scheme, making it to the team shortlist stage.

2010-11

Drafted – North West Vision and Media One
One of 10 writers chosen to develop a feature film script under tutelage of Kate Leys.

2010

Doctors – BBC
1 x script commission

Cover Girl – Tuna Technologies/C4
Writer for online game

2009

Smokescreen – Six to Start/C4
Creator and writer for online education game – Winner of SXSW 2010 Web Game Award and the 2010 Learning on Screen Multimedia Award

2007

Doctors – BBC
5 x 30 min scripts commissioned

Wizbit – Hand E Group
Commissed to write series document for new children’s series

BBC Jam – Shoreditch Consortium
Script writing and editing of 12 “webisodes”

2006

Little Punjabi Princess – Little Bird/Five
Script commissioned

2002 – 2006

Byker Grove Series 14, 15, 16 17 and 18 – Zenith/BBC
12 x 30 minute scripts in total

2005

Jess the Border Collie – IWC/BBC
2 x 15 minute scripts commissioned

2003

Bad Girls Series 6 Shed/ITV
1 x 60 minute script

Jeopardy – Wark Clements/BBC
2 x 30 minute scripts

Rich Bitches– Wark Clements
Commissioned to write treatment and storylines for teen series pilot

2002-2003

Crossroads and Crossroads II – Carlton/ITV
18 x 30 minute episodes (including one block of 5 and two blocks of 2). Also storylined 10 episodes

Dream Team. She has also storylined for Children’s Ward, Crossroads and Emmerdale and has scripted and developed online dramas.

2001 

Grange Hill Series 25 – BBC TV
2 x 30 minute episodes

1999 

Children’s Ward – Granada/ITV
1 episode and series storyliner

1998 -1999 

Dream Team Series II and III – Hewland International/Sky TV
15 episodes in total

1998

Emmerdale – Yorkshire TV
storyliner for Mervyn Watson

1997 

Cybersoaps storylining workshop – Granada Television
Coronation Street storylining workshop – Granada Television

1996

The Hangman’s Daughter
Recipient of Carl Foreman Special Award for original screenplay

1995 

Writer in Residence/Co-producer Young At Heart Reminiscence Theatre Company: Celebrations and Salvations toured in December 1994; When the Lights Go On Again (TIE) performed at the Pumphouse People’s History Museum in March and April 1995; and The Crabtrees Celebrate commissioned by Manchester City Council and performed on VE Day 1995.

Writer/Co-producer – Girls Up North Theatre: I Should Have Been Liz
one-woman show played for two weeks at the 1995 Manchester Festival.

Related Work Experience

1992-2002

Various script tutoring.