Jess Brittain is a British television writer. She is best known as a writer for the Channel 4 TV series '' Skins'', and as the creator, producer and writer for the web television thriller series ''

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'', streamed on

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Biography

After her teenage years in Bristol, Brittain studied English literature at the

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. Her first professional experience was writing scripts for the

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television series ''Skins'', for which she had initially given some informal contributions as a teenager. She also wrote the spin off novel ''Skins: Summer Holiday''. Subsequently, she created and wrote for the BBC Three thriller ''Clique.'' Brittain is the daughter of Scottish TV writer and ''Skins'' co-creator

Bryan Elsley Bryan Elsley (born 17 May 1961 in Dalkeith, Midlothian) is a Scottish television writer, best known for the co-creation of E4 teen drama '' Skins'' with his son, Jamie Brittain. Other television dramas include ''Rose and Maloney'', '' The You ...

Filmography

* '' Skins'' (2007-2013) - writer (2011-2013) * ''

'' (2016-2018) - creator, writer, associate producer (series 1), executive producer (series 2). * ''Eden'' (2021) - co-writer (episode 2) * ''

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'' (2022) - writer (episode 3)

Bibliography

* ''Skins: Summer Holiday'' (2011) London: Hodder Children's.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brittain, Jess British women screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Alumni of the University of Edinburgh