Kate is an experienced showrunner with multiple original series to her name alongside numerous contributing credits. She is currently writing the second series of crime drama BLACK SHORE for RTE produced by BBC Studios, ahead of the release of the first series.
Kate’s original series SMOTHER ran for three series on RTE. Lead actress won the 2021 IFTA Award for Best Actress and the series was nominated in a further 20 categories between 2021-2023. The series won an RTS award in 2022.
Kate is also an award-winning novelist.
Film & Television:
Current:
BLACK SHORE series 1 and 2
Series 1 out on 4th February 2024
Crime series in which a female detective is forced to revisit her hometown and face up to the truth about her family’s past.
Lead Writer and EP
BBC Studios/RTE
THE GRAPES OF BATH
Original series co-created with Ben Morris
Headline Pictures
Previous:
SMOTHER series 1-3 (2021-2023)
Lead Writer and EP
Family crime thriller starring Dervla Kirwan as a mother who is determined to protect her family at any cost.
BBC Studios/RTE, available to watch on Acorn
PENANCE (2020)
Adaptation of Kate’s novel of the same name, a psychological thriller centred on a mother-daughter relationship starring Julie Graham, Neil Morrissey, Nico Mirallegro and Tallulah Grieve. Unveiled as part of Channel 5’s first major drama slate.
West Road Pictures/Channel 5
THE SPANISH PRINCESS Series 1
Co-writer, episode 13
New Pictures/Starz
THE BAY Series 1
Co-writer, episode 4
Tall Story Pictures/ITV
MR SELFRIDGE Series 4
1 episode & Co-Executive Producer
ITV Studios
MR SELFRIDGE Series 3 (2014/15)
2 episodes & Co-Executive Producer
ITV Studios
THE CALLING
Original series
Sally Head Productions
MR SELFRIDGE Series 2 (2013/14)
3 episodes & Co-Executive Producer
ITV Studios
MR SELFRIDGE Series 1 (2012/13)
3 episodes
ITV Studios
AGATHA RAISIN (2009)
1 x 90’; First TV dramatization of series of novels by M. C. Beaton
Free At Last TV for ITV
ANNER HOUSE (2008)
Developed TV series based on Maeve Binchy novel
Little Bird for RTE
SISTERS IN LAW (2007)
Developed original series
Granada
AFTER THE FALL (2007)
Developed original 2-part drama
BBC
THE CHASE Series 2 (2007)
2 episodes of Kay Mellor series
Rollem for BBC
THE BAD MOTHER’S HANDBOOK (2007)
Adaptation of novel (with novelist Kate Long)
Ruby Films for ITV1
Director: Robin Shepperd; with Catherine Tate and Steve Pemberton
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL (2006)
Episode of Kay Mellor series
Rollem for ITV1
GOLD-PLATED (2006)
Episode; World for Channel4
THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS (2006)
Original 2 x 90’; Granada for ITV1
Director: Tony Smith; with Neal Pearson and Hermione Norris
THE RETURN (2003)
Original single Sally Head Productions for ITV1
Director: Dermot Boyd; with Julie Walters
Nominated: IFTA award for Best TV Drama 2004
THE BOY IN THE MOON (2001)
Adaptation of own novel of the same name
Salt Productions for BBC Northern Ireland
IN THE BEGINNING (1999)
Adaptation of Catherine Dunne novel
RTE
INVOLVED (1996)
Adaptation of own novel of the same name
HTV
THE HOMECOMING (1995)
(CAPITAL LIVES SERIES)
Carlton Television
THE JAWS OF DARKNESS (1995)
Screenplay adaptation of own stage play for Carlton Screenwriters Course
Novels:
PENANCE (2016)
Constable
LOVING HIM (2005)
Pocket Books
THE MEMORY STONES (2003)
Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster
THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE (2000)
Flamingo
THE BOY IN THE MOON (1997)
Flamingo
INVOLVED (1995)
Flamingo
Nominated: Dillons First Novel Prize 1995
Winner: Sunday Tribune Writer’s Award
Theatre:
GOD IS THIN (1998)
NT Studio commission
SHE’LL BE WEARING SILK PYJAMAS (1997)
Orange Tree Theatre
A DRAWING DOWN OF BLINDS (1996)
Readings Soho Theatre and Orange Tree Theatre
THE JAWS OF DARKNESS (1995)
Orange Tree Theatre, The Room