Kate Brooke
Appearance
Kate Brooke is a British screenwriter.
Origins, education and early career
Brooke is the daughter of the late Timothy Sergison-Brooke and the Hon. Mary Anne Hare (b. 9 April 1936), eldest daughter of John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham. She was educated at Wycombe Abbey School and Christ Church, Oxford, where she read English. After Oxford, she studied at L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris before setting up her own theatre group in England.[1]
While working in the theatre, she adapted a number of works for the stage,[2] including:
- Graham Greene’s The Tenth Man
- François Mauriac’s Thérèse Desqueyroux
- Guy de Maupassant’s Bel Ami
- Saki’s Beasts and Super-Beasts
Writing credits
Production | Notes | Broadcaster |
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Six Pairs of Pants |
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Channel 4 |
Family Affairs |
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Channel 5 |
Protesting Too Much |
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BBC Radio 4 |
Always and Everyone |
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ITV |
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness |
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ITV |
The Forsyte Saga, Series II |
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ITV |
Secret Smile |
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ITV |
Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback |
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ITV |
Wired |
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ITV |
Breaking the Mould |
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BBC Four |
Case Sensitive |
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ITV |
The Making of a Lady |
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ITV |
The Ice Cream Girls |
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ITV |
Mr Selfridge |
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ITV |
Bancroft |
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ITV |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Work | Category | Result | Reference |
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2007 | Edgar Allan Poe Awards | Secret Smile | Best Television Feature/Mini-Series Teleplay (shared with Nicci Gerrard) | Nominated |
Private life
Brooke is married to Stephen Lovegrove, a senior civil servant. They have two daughters and live in London.
References
- ^ The Daily Telegraph, 14 December 2012, Christmas TV drama has a new star written all over it
- ^ The Agency web-site, accessed on 6 January 2013