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Ali Taylor is a screenwriter and mum of three who lives in Glasgow. She is a current participant on the 2024/2025 BBC Drama Pilot scheme, partnered with Mam Tor Productions, and working on an original drama series. Ali is also currently taking part in the BBC Studios EastEnders Writing Scheme. She is a regular writer on River City (for which she was nominated Best Debut Writer at the Edinburgh Television Awards 2020), and has written four episodes of The Dumping Ground. Her first short ‘Just Jackie’ was funded by Short Circuit, Screen Scotland and BFI and she has a second short in development.
Ali has an original TV drama in development with Ruby Rock. Previously, she has been selected for WFTV’s prestigious Four Nations Scheme, as well as the inaugural Scottish Voices BBC Writersroom (2018), Bird’s Eye UK’s/ Dirty Film’s Writers Lab UK & Ireland (2020) and the Young Film Foundation (2019). She has been twice shortlisted for BBC Writersroom’s Writer’s Prize for Drama.
Ali is particularly interested in writing drama about Parent/Child relationships and all their messy glory and has almost completed training to be a Children’s Panel Member.
Prior to screenwriting, Ali was a copywriter and creative director in advertising where she won national and international awards in almost every medium. She has also written several radio dramas, including Radio 4’s Pick of the Week: The Apple, The Tree. Her latest radio play One Eighty, Fan broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2024 and was Drama of the Week.
Development on project for Channel 4, head writer Tony Grisoni.
Original limited series in development with Ruby Rock
Currently writing on the new series.
3 x 15′ episodes.
1 x 15′ episode
1 x 15′ episode
Wrote 1 episode on Series 7.
Radio 4 Afternoon Play, transmitted 7 July 2020 – listen <a href=”https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000kp5p” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>here</a>
Radio sitcom for BBC Writersroom Present, transmitted April 2019.
• How to be Harry’s Friend
• Rory Bear and the Totally Completely Boring Weekend
• Making Malcolm’s Monday
• I am Ella
• My Big Sister’s Big Day
• Shortlisted for TV Drama Writers’ Programme 2020
• Thousand Films Longlist 2019
• Young Films Foundation Participant 2019/2020
• Final 21 of C21 International Drama Series Script Competition, Sept 2018 with ‘The hotel at the end of the world’
• Shortlisted for Biggest Weekend Comedy Monologue, BBC Writersroom, May 2018
• ITV Emmerdale Storylining Finalist, May 2018
• Scottish Voices TV Drama Room, May 2018
• BBC Scotland Scholarship for MA TV Fiction, 2017/18
| Current | ||
|---|---|---|
| Production | Company | Notes |
| Title TBA | Channel 4 | Development on project for Channel 4, head writer Tony Grisoni. |
| Title TBA | Ruby Rock | Original limited series in development with Ruby Rock |
| The Dumping Ground | BBC | Currently writing on the new series. |
| Television | ||
|---|---|---|
| Production | Company | Notes |
| Molly & Mack S5 (2021) | CBeebies | 3 x 15′ episodes. |
| Molly & Mack S4 (2021) | CBeebies | 1 x 15′ episode |
| Molly & Mack S3 (2020) | CBeebies | 1 x 15′ episode |
| Swashbuckle S7 (2020) | CBeebies | Wrote 1 episode on Series 7. |
| Radio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Production | Company | Notes |
| The Apple, The Tree (2020) | BBC Radio 4 | Radio 4 Afternoon Play, transmitted 7 July 2020 – listen <a href=”https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000kp5p” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>here</a> |
| Sunday Roast (2019) | BBC | Radio sitcom for BBC Writersroom Present, transmitted April 2019. |
| Short Stories | ||
|---|---|---|
| Production | Company | Notes |
| Various (2018-2019) | BBC Learning | • How to be Harry’s Friend |
| Writing Awards, Talent Schemes, and Shortlists | ||
|---|---|---|
• Shortlisted for TV Drama Writers’ Programme 2020 |