Paris Ventour (He/Him) is a North West based screenwriter, who was part of BBC Writersroom’s Drama Room 2022 collective.

He graduated from Liverpool John Moores University in 2014 with a First in Creative Writing.

Paris has written Series 9A of ‘My DG’, an online spin-off of the BAFTA-winning children’s drama, ‘The Dumping Ground’ (CBBC), and has also been in the writer’s room for the landmark Series 10.

He is a graduate of BBC Children’s New Voices 2020/21 scheme, and is currently a Storyliner for ‘Coronation Street’ (ITV), having previously worked as a Storyliner and Script Editor for ‘Hollyoaks’ (Lime Pictures).

TV

Storyliner for Coronation Street (ITV) from April 2022 – Present

Storyliner /Script Editor for Hollyoaks (Lime Pictures) from January 2020 – April 2022

Schemes

BBC Writersroom’s Drama Room 2022 cohort

BBC Children’s New Voices 2020/21 scheme