Jess Brittain
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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 Clique, streamed on BBC Three.
Biography
[edit]After her teenage years in Bristol, Brittain studied English literature at the University of Edinburgh.[1] Her first professional experience was writing scripts for the Channel 4 television series Skins,[2] for which she had initially given some informal contributions as a teenager.[3][4] She also wrote the spin off novel Skins: Summer Holiday.[5][6]
Subsequently, she created and wrote for the BBC Three thriller Clique.[7]
Brittain is the daughter of Scottish TV writer and Skins co-creator Bryan Elsley.[1]
Filmography
[edit]- Skins (2007-2013) - writer (2011-2013)[8]
- Clique (2016-2018) - creator, writer, associate producer (series 1), executive producer (series 2).[9]
- Eden (2021) - co-writer (episode 2) [10]
- The Essex Serpent (2022) - writer (episode 3) [11]
Bibliography
[edit]- Skins: Summer Holiday (2011) London: Hodder Children's.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Sally Newell (January 29, 2016). "BBC Three's new show Clique is billed as Skins for the university age. Bring it on". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-06-08.
- ^ Kimberly Bond (November 10, 2018). "Creating a show like Clique is "scary" for a female writer – but it's also necessary". Radio Times.
- ^ Jess Brittain (March 2, 2017). "'Your uni years are for puking in bushes' … the writer of Skins on her new thriller Clique". The Guardian.
- ^ Rich Pelley (May 28, 2019). "How We Made Skins". The Guardian.
- ^ "Jess Brittain". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
- ^ a b Britain, Jess. (2011). Summer holiday. 2. London: Hodder Children's. ISBN 9781444903096. OCLC 743458554.
- ^ "Jess Brittain's seductive, university-set psychological thriller returns". BBC. June 11, 2018.
- ^ Skins (TV Series 2007–2013) - IMDb, retrieved 2019-06-02
- ^ Clique (TV Series 2017– ) - IMDb, retrieved 2019-06-02
- ^ Eden (TV Series 2021– ) - IMDb, retrieved 2022-05-06
- ^ Barnard, Clio (2022-05-20), Falling, The Essex Serpent, retrieved 2022-09-01