Shaun Duggan (born 1970) is a BAFTA nominated English writer based in the UK. He has repeatedly collaborated with
Jimmy McGovern
James Stanley McGovern (born September 1949) is an English screenwriter and producer. He is best known for creating the drama series '' Cracker'' (1993–1995), for which he received two Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America. He als ...
. He has written several plays and has worked extensively for television including ''
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'' (Channel 4) and ''
EastEnders'' (BBC1).
Early life and career
Like McGovern, Duggan is associated with a realist tradition centring on documenting life in his home town of Liverpool. Born in
Norris Green
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/ref> Duggan's writing career began at the age of 16, when his play ''William'', inspired by The Smiths
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song "William, It Was Really Nothing
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", was produced at London's Royal Court Theatre
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Upstairs as part of their Young Writers' Festival, 1986.Channel 4
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's The Tube.Liverpool Everyman
The Everyman Theatre stands at the north end of Hope Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It was founded in 1964, in Hope Hall (once a chapel, then a cinema), in an area of Liverpool noted for its bohemian environment and political edge, a ...
and the Playhouse, including ''It's Nearly June'', ''A Brusque Affair'', ''All Lips and Sex''; and ''Boy'', (winner of the Liverpool Echo
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and Daily Post Best Writing Award), which went on a UK tour before transferring to the Lyric Studio, London. His play ''Drama Queen'' was produced in Liverpool for the '' Homotopia'' lesbian and gay arts festival as part of the city's Capital of Culture celebrations in 2008.
Television
Duggan spent eight years writing for the Liverpool-set soap opera, ''Brookside'', writing over 100 episodes; he wrote the episode that featured the first pre-watershed lesbian kiss on British television when Beth Jordache (Anna Friel
Anna Louise Friel (born 12 July 1976) is an English actress. Born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, she has been acting professionally since age 13. Friel achieved fame with her portrayal of Beth Jordache on the British soap opera '' Brookside'' ...
) began a relationship with the Farnhams' nanny Margaret Clemence (Nicola Stephenson
Nicola Stephenson (born 5 July 1971) is an English actress. She played the roles of Margaret Clemence in '' Brookside'', Julie Fitzjohn in ''Holby City'', Sarah Williams in '' The Chase'', Allie Westbrook in '' Waterloo Road'', and Tess Harris ...
) in January 1994. The kiss was seen by an estimated global audience of one billion when Danny Boyle
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included it in the Olympics opening ceremony of London 2012
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. As a result the kiss was shown in countries such as Saudi Arabia, where it is illegal to be gay. No other gay kiss has ever been shown on television in the Middle Eastern country.
Duggan has also written extensively for television. In addition to ''Brookside'' he spent four years on the script-team of '' EastEnders''. Other television work includes ''Is Harry on the Boat
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