Kate’s script-writing career began with a short film about a female getaway driver, THE FISHDANCE KID, which was commissioned by ScreenSouth/ Film UK and shown as part of the London Film Festival’s Best of UK Shorts.
Since beginning her journey into television writing in 2018, she was one of 8 commissioned writers for Series 5 of THE BREAK and her first drama spec script about modern day witches, STRANGE INHERITANCE, was optioned by LA Productions. She graduated from the BBC Writersroom Writers’ Access Group 2020/21 last year. As part of this programme, she completed another spec script DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE about a deaf teenager seeking the truth behind her cult leader mother’s death. She has just completed the Triple C/Screen Skills Mentoring programme, with BBC Senior Development Producer Hannah Rodger as her mentor.
Netflix and BBC have recently commissioned her to develop a crime drama series that she is working on with Other Productions and a fantasy thriller series that she is working on with See-Saw Films.
This winter, she has joined BBC Studios Kids and Family as their new Creator in Residence as part of the BBC Studios Talentswork programme.
As a writer, she has a fondness for subverting expectations, especially where gender and disability are concerned, and she likes honing in on the small funny quirks that make us human.
strange inheritance
Revisiting her childhood home, a grieving actress takes drastic action when she realises the local witches have designs on her daughter.
Down the Rabbit Hole
A deaf teenager arrives in Eden, a freedom cult community, in desperate search of the real truth behind the suspicious death of its leader, her mother. But her investigations reveal that ‘truth’ can be a very slippery concept when extreme emotions come into play.
This drama spec script was written as part of the BBC WAG course.
The Fishdance Kid
A female getaway driver decides to dump her dodgy boyfriend, mid-heist.
This first short script of mine was commissioned by ScreenSouth/Film UK and shot at Pinewood Studios. The finished film was selected for the Best of UK Shorts in the London Independent Film Festival.
The Dice Girls
Chronically unable to make decisions, a deaf sandwich maker relies on the dice to determine the outcome of her love life.
The script was one of the final 8 scripts commissioned for BBC3 The Break Series 5.