Pip is a screenwriter and story consultant for television drama. His screenwriting commissions include episodes of BBC daytime drama Doctors, BBC Scotland’s continuing-drama River City, RTE’s Irish soap Fair City and ten episodes of BBC Alba’s animated comedy, Froachy Bay.
Pip has extensive story room experience working across some of the biggest long-running series in the UK such as, Eastenders, Coronation Street, Hollyoaks, Holby City and many more. Alongside his story work, Pip has script edited for a number a series, including two primetime limited dramas; Desperate Measures with Clapperboard for Channel 5 and The Catch with Projector Pictures, which is currently available on Netflix. Pip recently served as the story consultant for a high-end BBC mystery thriller Unheard, which is in development with Breaking Productions and BBC Studios.
Pip is currently in optioned development with several new original television dramas and also has his first feature film under option with Short Circuit, Screen Scotland.
His YA comedy drama series Headrush, featuring a gay teenager with mental health problems falling in love for the first time, was selected for Sky Table Reads and will be performed live in November 2023.
With a unique voice and distinctive tone, Pip creates compelling character-driven stories with a strong emotional heart.
| Television (development): | |
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| Headrush | Bombito Productions/ STV Studios/ Sky Table Read YA comedy drama television series A fast-paced and hilariously honest comedy drama that follows Finn Maloney, the loveable teenage train-wreck, as he balances a mental health diagnosis with falling in love for the first time. |
| Death of Colour | Unicorn Pictures YA drama television series In this coming-of-age drama set in 1979, Iranian teenager, Parri Shebani must navigate her forbidden love as her country is drawn into revolution around her. |
| Committed | Bombito Productions/ Short Circuit/ Screen Scotland Feature film An unapologetic and funny feature film that explores themes of mental health and unlikely friendships as Jay Murphy rebels against his sectioning in a psychiatric facility. |
| Film: | |
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| Committed | Short Circuit / Screen Scotland Warm hearted drama – Feature film (in development) |
| Television (writing credits): | |
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| Doctors | BBC Drama / BBC Scotland Writer for the daytime drama (2023) |
| River City | BBC Drama / BBC Scotland Current regular writer for the prime-time continuing drama (2019-2022) 6 x 60′ episodes |
| Fair City | RTE Television Writer for the long-running Irish soap (2016-2017) 4 x 30′ episodes |
| Froachy Bay | BBC Alba / Moja TV / Neilly Dubh Animation Storyliner and writer of 10 episodes for Series 5 of the BBC animation |
| Film: | |
|---|---|
| Committed | Short Circuit / Screen Scotland Warm hearted drama – Feature film (in development) |
| Television (Script-Editor Credits): | |
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| The Catch | Projector Pictures / Channel 5 Drama Script-editor for the forthcoming Channel 5 prime-time drama (2022-2023) |
| Desperate Measures | Clapperboard TV / Channel 5 Drama Script-editor for the forthcoming Channel 5 prime-time drama (2022) |
| Doctors | BBC Drama / BBC1 Script-editor for the daytime continuing-drama (2021) |
| River City | BBC Drama/ BBC Scotland Script editor for the prime-time continuing drama (2018) |
| Television (other credits): | |
|---|---|
| Unheard | Breaking Productions/ BBC Studios Story Consultant for high-end BBC mystery thriller series featuring a deaf protagonist uncovering a sinister conspiracy (2022-2023) |
| Hollyoaks | Lime Pictures / Channel 4 Senior storyliner for the prime-time soap (2020-2021) |
| Coronation Street | ITV Drama/ ITV1 Part of the story team for the prime-time soap (2019) |
| EastEnders | BBC Drama / BBC 1 Part of the story-team for the prime-time soap (2018-2019) |
| River City | BBC Drama / BBC Scotland Part of the story-team for the continuing-drama (2017-2018) |
| Hollyoaks | Lime Pictures / Channel 4 Part of the story-team for the Channel 4 drama series (2016-2017) |
| Fair City | RTE Television Assistant Story-Editor for the long-running Irish soap (2015-2016) |
| Holby City | BBC Drama / BBC1 Assistant Story Editor for the prime-time medical drama (2014-2015) Contributed original storyline ideas, wrote original storylines, cover for Story Editor |
| Casualty | BBC Drama / BBC1 Story-team contributor (2014) |
| Hollyoaks | Lime Pictures / Channel 4 Story Assistant/Researcher for the long-running Channel 4 Soap (2013-2014) Part of the ‘Soap of the Year’ award-winning team at the British Soap Awards (2014) |
| Digital: | |
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| The Big Adventures of Ickletown | Neilly Dubh Animation Co-created the original eBook which was released online at Amazon Credited as writer of five stories |
| C.O.W (Cow of War) | Crump Animation Writer for the iPhone platform game |
| Various Comedy Sketches | Gramify Productions Part of the comedy writing team, producing sketches in the style of celebrities and politicians |
| Theatre: | |
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| Take Me if You Need Me | Oran Mor Theatre Theatre production Co-Creator/Co-Writer |
| Professional training: | |
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| Glasgow Caledonian University, MA Degree in Television Fiction Writing (2011-2012) | |
| Edge Hill University, BA Honors Animation (2007-2011) | |
| Liverpool Community College, 3D Digital Animation Techniques (2006) |