Jordan Barrett is a writer for television drama, young-adult, children’s and animation. He is a returning writer and script editor for Andy & the Band (Ninja Pig Productions/CBBC) and is currently writing on Playtime Towers for BBC Kids & Family. Jordan previously wrote for and script edited on the long running CBBC Drama series The Dumping Ground from 2016-2023 and also wrote all of the episodes of the third series of spin-off series The Dumping Ground: Survival Files.
Jordan’s keen eye for detail and character has led to an impressive amount of editorial experience over his career, having been involved in the scripting department of a vast range of drama productions such as Cooper & Fry, Number One Fan, Hunting Alice Bell, Blind Spot, Love Rat, and The Ex Wife.
A passionate storyteller, Jordan has developed a rich slate of available projects for children’s live action and animation and is currently working on new original projects for adult drama.
| Television (as writer): | |
|---|---|
| Playtime Towers – Series 2 | CBBC / CBBC Drama Writer for preschool series (2026) 2 x 22’ episodes |
| Andy and the Band – Series 3, 4 and 5 | Ninja Pig Productions / Three Arrow Productions / CBBC Writer for the hit children’s comedy series (2022-2026) 3 x 16’ episodes |
| The Dumping Ground – Series 10 and 11 | CBBC / CBBC Drama Writer for the children’s drama series including the 200th special episode of the milestone tenth series (2022-2023) 2 x 30’ episode |
| The Dumping Ground: Survival Files – Series 3 | CBBC / CBBC Drama Writer of all episodes of the live-action children’s drama (2020) 5 x 30’ episodes |
| Television (as script-editor/editorial): | |
|---|---|
| Upcoming Drama Series | Clapperboard Studios / Dynamic Television Series script editor 8 x 60′ (2026) |
| Andy and the Band – Series 3, 4 and 5 | Ninja Pig Productions / CBBC Series script editor 40 x 18’ (2022-2026) |
| Number One Fan | Clapperboard Studios Series script editor 4 x 60′ – Thriller series (2025) |
| Hunting Alice Bell | Clapperboard Studios Series script editor 6 x 60′ – Drama series (2025) |
| Cooper & Fry | Clapperboard Studios Series script editor 4 x 120′ – Detective series (2024-2025) |
| The Dumping Ground (Shadow Scheme) | BBC Studios Kids & Family Script editor for writers Thomas Smith and Eva Edo as part of The Dumping Ground Shadow Scheme (2024-2025) 2 x 30’ |
| The Game | Clapperboard Studios Series script editor 4 x 60′ – Drama series (2024) |
| The Ex Wife – Series 2 | Clapperboard Studios / BlackBox Media Series script editor 4 x 60′ – British drama thriller (2024) |
| Blind Spot | Clapperboard Studios Series script editor 4 x 60′ – Psychological thriller (2022-2023) |
| Love Rat | Clapperboard Studios / Channel 5 Series script editor 4 x 45′ – Psychological thriller (2022) |
| The Dumping Ground – Series 7, 8, 9 and 10 | CBBC / CBBC Drama Series script editor – 88 x 30’ episodes of the children’s drama series (2017-2022) Assistant script-editor – 24 x 30’ episodes of the children’s drama series (2017) Trainee script-editor – 24 x 30’ episodes (2016) Winner – Best Drama at the RTS North East & Borders Awards (2018) |
| The Dumping Ground (Webisodes) | THE DUMPING GROUND (Webisodes) CBBC / CBBC Drama Script-editor – 10 x 4’ episodes of the children’s drama series (2017) Nominated – Best Short Form Series at BAFTA Children’s |
| Television (production): | |
|---|---|
| Vera – Season 6 | ITV Studios / ITV Drama Assistant Production coordinator – for the prime-time limited drama series (2016) |
| Beowulf | ITV Studios / ITV Drama Assistant Production coordinator – for the prime-time drama series (2016) |
| Inspector George Gently – Season 7 | Company Pictures / BBC Drama Assistant Production coordinator – for the prime-time drama series (2015) |
| Vera – Season 5 | ITV Studios / ITV Drama Production secretary – for the prime-time drama series (2015) |
| Vera – Season 4 | ITV Studios / ITV Drama Production secretary – for the prime-time drama series (2014) |
| Vera – Season 3 | ITV Studios / ITV Drama Production runner – for the prime-time drama series (2013) |