Photo credit Carol Bonnici. (Helen's maiden name was Helen Eatock).

Helen writes for both children and adults and her credits include BAD GIRLS, GRANGE HILL, BYKER GROVE and DREAM TEAM. She has also storylined for CHILDRENS WARD, CROSSROADS and EMMERDALE.

Credits:

2008 DOCTORS - BBC TV
1 x 30 minute script commissioned

2007 DOCTORS - BBC TV
1 x 30 minute script commissioned

WIZBIT - Hand E Group
Commissed to write series document for new children's series

BBC JAM - Shoreditch Consortium
Script writing and editing of 12 "webisodes"

2006 LITTLE PUNJABI PRINCESS
Script commissioned by Little Bird

2002 - 2006 BYKER GROVE Series 14, 15, 16 17 and 18 (Zenith/BBC)
12 x 30 minute scripts in total

2005 JESS THE BORDER COLLIE (IWC/BBC)
2 x 15 minute scripts commissioned

2003 BAD GIRLS Series 6 (Shed/ITV)
1 x 60 minute script

JEOPARDY (Wark Clements/BBC)
2 x 30 minute scripts

RICH BITCHES (Wark Clements)
Commissioned to write treatment and storylines for teen series pilot

2002-2003 CROSSROADS and CROSSROADS II (Carlton/ITV)
18 x 30 minute episodes (including one block of 5 and two blocks of 2). Also storylined 10 episodes

2001 GRANGE HILL, Series 25 (BBC TV)
2 x 30 minute episodes

1999 CHILDREN'S WARD (Granada/ITV)
1 episode and series storyliner

1998 -99 DREAM TEAM Series II and III (Hewland International/Sky TV)
15 episodes in total

1998 EMMERDALE (Yorkshire TV)
storyliner for Mervyn Watson

1997 CYBERSOAPS STORYLINING WORKSHOP - Granada Television
CORONATION STREET STORYLINING WORKSHOP - Granada Television

1996 THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER (original screenplay) Recipient of Carl Foreman Special Award

1995 WRITER IN RESIDENCE/CO-PRODUCER - Young At Heart Reminiscence Theatre Company: Celebrations and Salvations toured in December 1994; When the Lights Go On Again (TIE) performed at the Pumphouse People's History Museum in March and April 1995; and The Crabtrees Celebrate commissioned by Manchester City Council and performed on VE Day 1995.

WRITER/CO-PRODUCER - Girls Up North Theatre: I Should Have Been Liz, one-woman show played for two weeks at the 1995 Manchester Festival.

Related Work Experience

1992-2002 Various script tutoring.