Johanne McAndrew is a TV screenwriter with more than 100 hours of broadcast credits on top-rated shows such as Dalziel & Pascoe, Casualty, Shakespeare and Hathaway and Footballer’s Wives. Johanne has also created and co-created 4 original drama series – Nice Guy Eddie, Candy Cabs and Pitching In for BBC and Daylight Robbery for ITV, which won a whopping 44% audience share at TX. Her first two feature scripts have been optioned and she is constantly developing new projects with various production companies, both in the UK and USA.
Johanne has been nominated for BAFTA, RTS and Writers Guild awards individually and also as part of team writing for Holby City and Hollyoaks. She is a recipient of the BT Award in Film and Television and was a finalist at the BBC Northern Laughs in Edinburgh Festival 2009. She was part of the inaugural cohort at Cambridge University for their Master of Studies in Writing for Performance, graduating in 2022. In 2023, Johanne was a finalist in The Observer/Anthony Burgess Award for Critical Writing.
| Original television (broadcast): | |
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| Pitching In | LA Productions / BBC One Co-creator and co-writer of all episodes Comedy drama series starring Larry Lamb and Hayley Mills. Received an RTS nomination for Best Daytime Series 5 x 45’ episodes |
| Candy Cabs | Splash Media / BBC One Creator and co-writer of all episodes Comedy drama series 3 x 60’ episodes |
| Nice Guy Eddie | BBC / BBC One Creator and writer of all episodes Comedy mystery series. Humdrum PI has to solve a mystery from his own life Starring Tom Ellis. Lead Actor Ricky Tomlinson nominated RTS “Best Actor’ Pilot 1 x 60’, Series 6 x 60’ episodes |
| Daylight Robbery | Hewland International / ITV Co-creator. Co-wrote the pilot and wrote episode 2 Four desperate housewives turn to a life of crime. Starring Lesley Sharp & Michelle Collins Biggest TV share of year for ITV, achieving 44% 2 x 60’ episodes |
| Two Minutes | Granada / ITV Creator and writer Featuring Peter Kay and Alexei Sayle, this one-off was part of the ‘New Voices’ series of individual tv dramas 1 x 30’ episode |
| Television Drama (broadcast): | |
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| The Good Ship Murder | Clapperboard Productions / Channel 5 Writer for the returning crime series 1 x 60’ episode |
| Shakespeare & Hathaway | BBC Studios / BBC One Writer for the BBC crime series 2 x 45’ episodes |
| Casualty | BBC Studios / BBC One Writer for the BBC’s medical drama 6 x 50’ episodes |
| Jimmy Mcgovern’s Moving On | LA Productions / BBC One Anthology series of daytime plays set in contemporary Britain, all sharing the theme of someone going through some kind of life change. Writer of episodes Two Fat Ladies, Taxi for Linda and That’s Amore across the seasons 3 x 45’ episodes |
| Holby City | BBC Studios / BBC One Core writer for the prime-time medical drama Writer of the 2004 Casualty @ Holby City Christmas Special and the BAFTA nominated episode Mack the Knife (Best Serial Drama – 2004) 35 x 60’ episodes |
| Hollyoaks | Lime Pictures / Channel 4 Regular writer for the popular Channel 4 soap Member of the core writing team for the show’s 2014 British Soap Awards win – Best Soap 47 x 30’ episodes |
| The Johnny & Inel Show | Princess Productions / CBBC Sketch writer for the 2013 series |
| The Bill | Talkback Thames / ITV Writer for ITV’s long running drama 1 x 60’ episode |
| Dalziel And Pascoe | BBC / BBC One Writer for the returning crime series 2 x 60’ episodes |
| Footballer’s Wives | Shed Productions / ITV Writer on series 5 of the popular drama 1 x 60’ episode |
| Down To Earth | Whistling Gypsy / BBC / BBC One Writer for the rural-set culture-clash drama 2 x 60’ episodes |
| Where The Heart Is | Carlton Productions / ITV Writer for the drama set in rural Yorkshire 4 x 60’ episodes |
| Peak Practice | Central Independent Television / ITV Writer for the Peak District medical drama 1 x 60’ episode |
| Dream Team | Hewland Productions / Sky TV Writer for the Sky sports drama 12 x 30’ episodes |
| Original television series (in development): | |
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| Fool’s Gold | Saffron Cherry Original drama series in development. |
| Mermaid Beach Investigations | Saffron Cherry / Beyond Media New drama series in development. |
| According To Deepak | Buffalo Dragon Sitcom pilot – under option. |
| Molls Of Marbella | Shogun Films Comedy crime drama series in development. |
| The Cold Lake Murders | LA Productions Crime series, based on the Martin Edwards novels, in development. |
| The Liverpool Ladies Detective Bureau | LA Productions Female led drama series. |
| Blurred Lines | LA Productions Legal drama series in development. |
| Original projects (previously in development): | |
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| The Liverpool Ladies Detective Bureau | LA Productions Female led drama series. |
| Disgracelands | Princess Productions / BBC Creator and writer Sitcom Pilot featuring Meera Syal, Les Dennis, Amanda Donohue, Justin Moorhouse. 1 x 20’ non-broadcast pilot produced |
| Kenny In A Coma | Mighty Bunny Radio sitcom pilot – shortlisted for R4 Comedy (Autumn 2023). |
| The Boo Hoo Woo Hoo Club | Leopard TV Comedy crime drama series set in 1980’s Los Angeles – Terry McDonagh (Breaking Bad, Killing Eve) attached to direct. |
| How To Make A Movie Before The End Of The World | Saffron Cherry Comedy drama series. |
| Sushi Juice | Bolsa Films Comedy feature set in Ireland. |
| Professional training: | |
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| Cambridge University: MSt. Writing for Performance (2020-2022) |
| Awards & nominations: | |
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| The Observer/Anthony Burgess Award – Final Six Shortlist – February 2023 | |
| RTS Nomination – Best Daytime Series – Pitching In (BBC) 2019 | |
| RTS Nomination – Best Writing, Candy Cabs (BBC) 2013 | |
| Writer’s Guild Award Nomination – Team Writing, Hollyoaks, 2011 | |
| BBC Northern Laughs – Finalist, Disgracelands, Edinburgh Festival, 2009 | |
| BAFTA Nomination – Holby City, Best Serial Drama – 2004 | |
| RTS Nomination – Best Writing, Nice Guy Eddie (BBC) 2003 | |
| BT Award for Best Newcomer in Film and Television, Winner – 1999 | |
| New Voices – Granada TV, Winner, 1997, ‘Two Minutes’ starring Peter Kay |