Roanne Bardsley is a Welsh television screenwriter, best known her work on the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks.[1] She was originally from Lampeter, later moving to Liverpool.[2]

Roanne Bardsley
NationalityBritish
OccupationScreenwriter
Known forHollyoaks
The Rising
Screw
Boiling Point
Everything Now
The Buccaneers

Career

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Following an apprenticeship, Bardsley became a storyliner for Hollyoaks, in 2012. Bardsley graduated to writing over 60 episodes on the series, starting in 2015. In 2018, she won Best Single Episode at the British Soap Awards.[3] Later, she won the writer’s award for Best Long Running TV Series for Hollyoaks at the Writers’ Guild Awards 2020.[4] Bardsley was also selected as one of the Edinburgh TV Festival's 'Ones To Watch'.[5]

She went on to write for Emmy-winning Netflix's children's drama Free Rein, the supernatural thriller series The Rising for Sky Max,[6] and prison drama Screw.[7] Bardsley would join the writing team of The Buccaneers, based on the unfinished novel of the same name by American novelist Edith Wharton, and acted as associate producer on the television adaptation of Boiling Point. Bardsley served as an associate producer and writer on the Netflix series Everything Now.

References

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  1. ^ "Roanne Bardsley". Edinburgh TV Festival. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. ^ Bánfi, Alexandra (February 7, 2022). "Lampeter writer tackles mental health in prison drama". Cambrian News. Archived from the original on May 15, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
  3. ^ "How to become a screenwriter: Roanne Bardsley's story". BBC Bitesize. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Hollyoaks Script Writer Roanne Bardsley Wins Writer's Guild Award". www.limepictures.com. 15 January 2020. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Roanne Bardsley". Edinburgh TV Festival. 28 February 2019. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Clara Rugaard to Lead Sky's Supernatural Crime Thriller 'The Rising' Based on Belgian Series 'Hotel Beau Séjour'". Deadline. 27 April 2021. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  7. ^ Goldbart, Max (January 13, 2022). "Channel 4 Prison Drama 'Screw' Sells To Australia & New Zealand". Deadline. Archived from the original on January 27, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
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