Daran Little

Daran Little (born 11 May 1966) is a BAFTA Award-winning British television writer, most notable for his work on Coronation Street from 2000 until 2010.

Career

While at Manchester Polytechnic, he wrote his dissertation about Coronation Street. After graduating in 1988, he was taken on by Granada Television as an archivist. He has written several books, both fiction and non-fiction, about the show and its characters and co-wrote Betty Driver's autobiography.

Little left Granada in 2006 after writing 95 episodes of the Street and introducing the first gay character, Todd Grimshaw. He created the characters Sean Tully, Archie Shuttleworth, Bev Unwin and Eric Gartside who was played by Peter Kay. He created, wrote and produced a 20-part series called Hollyoaks: In the City for Mersey Television. The series was not recommissioned for a second series. He joined the Hollyoaks writing team, writing 12 episodes before moving to New York to work on "All My Children".

American Venture

ABC Daytime hired him to be a creative consultant on All My Children. He worked closely with Brian Frons, Barbara Esensten, James Harmon Brown, Charles Pratt, Jr. and Julie Hanan Carruthers. He was an Associate Head Writer from July 14, 2008 to November 2, 2009.

Back in England

In 2009 he returned to Coronation Street, writing a further nine episodes. On 2 March 2010 it was confirmed that Little had left Coronation Street and joined its rival EastEnders.^[1] In September 2010 his drama The Road to Coronation Street was broadcast on BBC4, telling the story of Coronation Street's conception 50 years earlier. The drama won Best Single Drama in the 2011 BAFTAs and Royal Television Society and Little won the Best Scriptwriter at the RTS North West awards. Little worked as story producer on the first series of ITV2 structured reality show The Only Way Is Essex and on the first two series of E4's Made In Chelsea.

Awards and nominations

• 2006 - BAFTA nomination - Coronation Street
• 2009 - EMMY nomination - All My Children
• 2010 - EMMY nomination - All My Children
• 2011 - RTS winner Best Single Drama - The Road to Coronation Street
• 2011 - New York Film & TV Festival winner - Best International Programme - The Road to Coronation Street
• 2011 - BAFTA winner: Best Single Drama - The Road to Coronation Street
• 2011 - Broadcast Digital Awards: Best Scripted Program winner - The Road to Coronation Street
• 2011 - RTS North West winner: Best Scriptwriter - "The Road to Coronation Street"

References

1. ^ Green, Kris (2 March 2010). "Corrie writer joins 'EastEnders' team". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a206170/corrie-writer-joins-eastenders-team.html. Retrieved 3 March 2010. 

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