Hilary Frankland
Represented by: Emilie Loldrup Shea
emilie@kitsonpress.co.uk
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Writer
Hilary is an award-winning North-Eastern writer with extensive CDS experience and a passion for character-driven stories. She is currently developing an original series with Strong Film & TV for C4. She was a core writer on Casualty (BBC) for several years, where she won a 2022 Rose D’Or Award for the co-written episode ‘Wednesday’s Child’. Before that, Hilary wrote on Hollyoaks (Channel 4), Doctors (BBC), Suspects (Channel 5), The Bill (ITV), and more.
Co-Creator & Writer on an original series for C4.
Original black comedy thriller series that explores sexual politics and the changing face of misogyny.
Original series set in North East England, exploring the fall-out of the Cleveland child abuse scandal of the 1980s through the lives of two female friends.
23 x 50′ episodes
Hilary was one of the core writers at the BBC flagship medical show where she wrote 23 episodes.
Hilary won a 2022 Rose D’Or Award for the co-written Casualty episode ‘Wednesday’s Child’.
3 x 30′ episodes
1 x 30′ episodes
7 x 30’ episodes of this long-running drama series.
Exec Producer: Bryan Kirkwood
8 x 30’ episodes of this daytime medical drama series.
1 x 60′ episode, post-watershed, tx August 2016
1 x 60′ episode, post-watershed, tx August 2014
Selected for the 2013 shadow scheme
Original film selected for BBC Writersroom
2 x 45′ episodes
2 x 60′ episodes of pre-watershed long-running drama series
Exec Producer: Alison Davis, Producer: David Collier
Script Editor, 10 x 30’ BAFTA nominated period children’s drama
Exec Producer: Arabella McGuigan
Story Consultant, 6 x 60′ drama for ITV
| Television | ||
|---|---|---|
| Production | Company | Notes |
| TBA (2025) | Strong Film & TV | Co-Creator & Writer on an original series for C4. |
| Stalker (2025) | Original black comedy thriller series that explores sexual politics and the changing face of misogyny. |
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| Cleveland (2024) | Original series set in North East England, exploring the fall-out of the Cleveland child abuse scandal of the 1980s through the lives of two female friends. |
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| Casualty (2019-2024) | BBC | 23 x 50′ episodes Hilary was one of the core writers at the BBC flagship medical show where she wrote 23 episodes. Hilary won a 2022 Rose D’Or Award for the co-written Casualty episode ‘Wednesday’s Child’. |
| Hetty Feather Series 5 (2018) | CBBC | 3 x 30′ episodes |
| Hetty Feather Series 4 (2017) | CBBC | 1 x 30′ episodes |
| Hollyoaks (2016-2017) | Lime Pictures / Channel 4 | 7 x 30’ episodes of this long-running drama series. Exec Producer: Bryan Kirkwood |
| Doctors (2013-2016) | BBC | 8 x 30’ episodes of this daytime medical drama series. |
| Suspects Series 5 (2016) | Newman Street / C5 | 1 x 60′ episode, post-watershed, tx August 2016 |
| Suspects Series 2 (2013-2014) | Newman Street | 1 x 60′ episode, post-watershed, tx August 2014 |
| Casualty (2013) | BBC | Selected for the 2013 shadow scheme |
| Little Man (2013) | BBC Writersroom | Original film selected for BBC Writersroom |
| Missing (2010) | Leopard Drama / BBC | 2 x 45′ episodes |
| The Bill (2006-2007) | TalkbackThames / ITV | 2 x 60′ episodes of pre-watershed long-running drama series |
| Script Editing | ||
|---|---|---|
| Production | Company | Notes |
| Hetty Feather Series 3 | CBBC | Exec Producer: Alison Davis, Producer: David Collier |
| Brief Encounters | CPL Productions | Exec Producer: Arabella McGuigan Story Consultant, 6 x 60′ drama for ITV |
| Suspects Series 4 | Newman Street | |
| Crime Stories | Newman Street | |
| Death in Paradise Series 2 | Red Planet | |
| Papadopoulos and Sons | Double M Films | |
| Fresh Meat | Objective Fiction | |
| Waterloo Road | Shed Productions | |
| Missing | Leopard Drama | |
| Mutual Friends | Hat Trick Productions | |
| The Bill | TalkbackThames | |
| Casualty Series 18 | BBC | |