Jess Brittain is a British television writer. She is best known as a writer for the Channel 4 TV series Skins, and as the creator, producer and writer for the web television thriller series Clique, streamed on BBC Three.

Biography

After her teenage years in Bristol, Brittain studied English literature at the University of Edinburgh.[1] Her first professional experience was writing scripts for the Channel 4 television series Skins,[2] for which she had initially given some informal contributions as a teenager.[3][4] She also wrote the spin off novel Skins: Summer Holiday.[5][6]

Subsequently, she created and wrote for the BBC Three thriller Clique.[7]

Brittain is the daughter of Scottish TV writer and Skins co-creator Bryan Elsley.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b Sally Newell (January 29, 2016). "BBC Three's new show Clique is billed as Skins for the university age. Bring it on". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-06-08.
  2. ^ Kimberly Bond (November 10, 2018). "Creating a show like Clique is "scary" for a female writer – but it's also necessary". Radio Times.
  3. ^ Jess Brittain (March 2, 2017). "'Your uni years are for puking in bushes' … the writer of Skins on her new thriller Clique". The Guardian.
  4. ^ Rich Pelley (May 28, 2019). "How We Made Skins". The Guardian.
  5. ^ "Jess Brittain". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  6. ^ a b Britain, Jess. (2011). Summer holiday. 2. London: Hodder Children's. ISBN 9781444903096. OCLC 743458554.
  7. ^ "Jess Brittain's seductive, university-set psychological thriller returns". BBC. June 11, 2018.
  8. ^ Skins (TV Series 2007–2013) - IMDb, retrieved 2019-06-02
  9. ^ Clique (TV Series 2017– ) - IMDb, retrieved 2019-06-02
  10. ^ Eden (TV Series 2021– ) - IMDb, retrieved 2022-05-06
  11. ^ Barnard, Clio (2022-05-20), Falling, The Essex Serpent, retrieved 2022-09-01

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