Brigie de Courcy is an Irish television producer. Graduating from

University College Dublin University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a collegiate university, member institution of the National University of Ireland ...

(UCD) with a PhD in

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, she began working for

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(RTÉ) as an assistant script editor on the Irish soap ''

Fair City ''Fair City'' is an Irish television soap opera which has been broadcast on RTÉ One since 1989. Produced by the public service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), it first aired on Monday, 18 September 1989. It has won several award ...

'' in 2000. After a promotion to Script Editor and successful stints as Story Editor and Story Producer on ''

Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, '' ...

'', she transferred to the

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. She worked as Series Story Producer on ''

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'' under

Kate Harwood Kate Harwood is a British television producer. She became managing director of the revived Euston Films in summer 2014. Early life Kate graduated from the University of Birmingham with a degree in Drama and Theatre Arts in 1981 before becoming an ...

. This period, from 2005 to 2006, represented a return to form for the show. Criticism had been intense, with particular ire directed at "the quality of its storylines". The general recovery under Harwood, and the improvement in storylines under de Courcy, culminated in a

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for most popular series, as well as ''

s first BAFTA nomination since 2002 and first victory since 2001. Harwood went on to become Head of Series and Serials at the BBC in October 2006, while de Courcy left shortly after for a spell in senior BBC management. In 2008, she returned to Irish television and was appointed Executive Producer of ''

''. During her reign, the soap has received critical acclaim for its more credible, sophisticated and psychological stories. Most recently she has become Script Producer of the new animated show on RTÉ called '' Ballybraddan'' which is about

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and was brought in to celebrate 125 years of the

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