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Daisy Coulam

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Daisy Coulam
Born
Ryde, Isle of Wight, England
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Television writer
producer
Known forGrantchester

Daisy Coulam is a British television producer and screenwriter known for creating of the long-running murder mystery series Grantchester for ITV in 2014.[1]

Biography

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Coulam is from Ryde on the Isle of Wight, and attended Ryde High school.[1]

Coulam's early work in television included storylining Family Affairs and script editing The Bill. Following her work on The Bill, she was awarded a place on the BBC Writer's Academy, a programme designed to train new writers, and got to write on Doctors, EastEnders, Casualty and its spinoff, Holby City.[2] She'd move into primetime, writing Death in Paradise and Humans. Grantchester was based on The Grantchester Mysteries, collections of short stories written by James Runcie.[3] The first series was based on the six stories from the first book, Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death, and was broadcast in 2014.[4] It was a huge success and was recommissioned for several further series.

She also created the miniseries Deadwater Fell for Channel 4 in 2020, starring David Tennant as a Scottish doctor whose wife and three young children are murdered in a shocking fire.[5][1][6]

Filmography

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Year Title Notes Broadcaster
2007-2008 Holby City 2 episodes BBC One
2007-2011 Casualty 14 episodes BBC One
2007-2014 Eastenders 27 episodes BBC One
2008 Doctors 1 episode BBC One
2010 Accidental Farmer Pilot BBC One
2014 Death in Paradise 1 episode BBC One
2014-present Grantchester Creator, 51 episodes ITV
2018 Humans 2 episodes Channel 4
2020 Deadwater Fell Creator, all episodes Channel 4

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Isle of Wight TV writer Daisy Coulam's two big shows — Grantchester and Deadwater Fell — up against each other | Isle of Wight County Press". Countypress.co.uk. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Screenwriter Interview - Daisy Coulam - Screenwriter Coaching and Talent Development". Scriptangel.com. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  3. ^ Graeme Virtue (3 November 2014). "Grantchester's holy sleuths are brimming with bromance and charm". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 16 December 2016.
  4. ^ "ITV commissions six-part series Grantchester". ITV. 7 November 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  5. ^ Jake Kanter (16 January 2020). "Deadwater Fell: Acorn TV Snaps Up U.S. Rights To David Tennant Drama – Deadline". Deadline.com. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Is Deadwater Fell a true story? The true crime documentaries that inspired Channel 4's new series starring David Tennant". The Scotsman. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
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