Roanne Bardsley Explained
Roanne Bardsley is a Welsh television screenwriter, best known her work on the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks.[1] She was originally from Lampeter, later moving to Liverpool.[2]
Career
Following an apprenticeship, Bardsley became a storyliner for Hollyoaks, in 2012. Bardsley graduated to writing over 60 episodes on the series, starting in 2015. In 2018, she won Best Single Episode at the British Soap Awards.[3] Later, she won the writer’s award for Best Long Running TV Series for Hollyoaks at the Writers’ Guild Awards 2020.[4] Bardsley was also selected as one of the Edinburgh TV Festival's 'Ones To Watch'.[5]
She went on to write for Emmy-winning Netflix's children's drama Free Rein, the supernatural thriller series The Rising for Sky Max,[6] and prison drama Screw.[7] Bardsley would join the writing team of The Buccaneers, based on the unfinished novel of the same name by American novelist Edith Wharton, and acted as associate producer on the television adaptation of Boiling Point. Bardsley served as an associate producer and writer on the Netflix series Everything Now.
Notes and References
- Web site: Roanne Bardsley. Edinburgh TV Festival . 3 August 2022 . 5 March 2021 .
- Web site: Alexandra . Bánfi . Lampeter writer tackles mental health in prison drama . February 7, 2022 . Cambrian News . May 15, 2022 . May 15, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220515004352/https://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/lampeter-writer-tackles-mental-health-in-prison-drama-504752 . live .
- Web site: How to become a screenwriter: Roanne Bardsley's story. BBC Bitesize. 3 August 2022. 1 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220801225716/https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z482382. live.
- Web site: Hollyoaks Script Writer Roanne Bardsley Wins Writer's Guild Award. 15 January 2020. www.limepictures.com. 15 May 2022. 26 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200926235351/https://www.limepictures.com/news/programme-news/192-hollyoaks-script-writer-roanne-bardsley-wins-writer-s-guild-award. live.
- Web site: Roanne Bardsley . Edinburgh TV Festival . 3 August 2022 . 28 February 2019 . 15 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220515004355/https://www.thetvfestival.com/talent-schemes/testimonials/ones-to-watch/roanne-bardsley/ . live .
- Web site: Clara Rugaard to Lead Sky's Supernatural Crime Thriller 'The Rising' Based on Belgian Series 'Hotel Beau Séjour'. Deadline. 27 April 2021. 15 May 2022. 19 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220519232619/https://deadline.com/2021/04/clara-rugaard-sky-the-rising-1234744701/. live.
- Web site: Channel 4 Prison Drama 'Screw' Sells To Australia & New Zealand. Deadline. Max. Goldbart. January 13, 2022. May 15, 2022. January 27, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220127000129/https://deadline.com/2022/01/banijay-sells-screw-in-australia-and-nz-1234909033/. live.
