Awards
WRITERS GUILD ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2019
WOMEN & FILM AND TV WRITING AWARD 2012
OFFICER OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (OBE) FOR SERVICES TO DRAMA 2022
Television
CALL THE MIDWIFE (BBC/Neal Street Productions) 2012- Current
Creator, Writer, Executive Producer; 13 series
Based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth
National Television Award 2017 – Most Popular Period Drama
TV Choice Awards 2018 – Best Family Drama
TV Choice Awards 2017 – Best Family Drama
TV Choice Awards 2016 – Best Family Drama
TV Choice Awards 2015 – Best Family Drama
TV Choice Awards 2012 – Best New Drama
FRONTIER NURSES (Neal Street Productions) Current
Treatment for an Original Series
LITTLE WOMEN (Playground Entertainment) 2017
3 x 60′ Adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel
UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS (BBC) 2010-2012
Creator, Writer; 2 series
Nominated – Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries – Emmy Awards
CRANFORD II (BBC) 2007
2×60′ episodes
BALLET SHOES (Granada/BBC) 2007
1 x 120′ TV Film adaptation of Noel Streatfeild’s novel
CRANFORD (BBC) 2007
5×60′ episodes based on Elizabeth Gaskell’s novellas
Winner – Best Writer – RTS Awards
Winner – Best Writer – Broadcast Press Guild Award
Nominated – Best Writer – Emmy Awards
Nominated – Best Drama Serial – BAFTA Awards
LILIES (World Productions/BBC) 2007
8×60′ episodes
MADAME BOVARY (BBC) 2000
2×75′ adaptation of Gustave Flaubert�s novel
KISS AND TELL (ITV) 1996
1×120′ crime drama
DOCTOR FINLAY (ITV) 1995
LIFEBOAT (Bloom Street Productions/BBC) 1994
SOLDIER SOLDIER (ITV) 1993-5
FRAN STUBBS PROMOTES (ITV) 1993
OUR LADY BLUE (BBC)
Original TV play
Film
ALLELUJIAH (Pathé/BBC Films/Ingenious Media/DJ Films) 2022
Adaptation of the award-winning play by Alan Bennett
I CAPTURE THE CASTLE (Trademark Films/BBC Films) 2003
Theatre
GIGI (Segal/ Kennedy Center & Neil Simon Theatre)
THE HOUSE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE (Neal Street Productions/Chichester)
SOME SINGING BLOOD (Royal Court Theatre)
THE LADY FROM THE SEA (Riverside Studios & National Theatre of Norway)
Ibsen adaptation
INDOGO (RSC & Almeida Theatre)
SHAMROCKS & CROCODILES (Liverpool Playhouse/National Theatre Studio)
Winner – John Whiting Award for Best New Play of 1986;
Winner – Thames Television Bursary Award
Radio
BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. KITE (BBC Radio 4) 2007
Short story based on the Beatles song