Actor and presenter James Corden has paid tribute to Kay Mellor following her death aged 71, saying “she changed my life”. Leeds-born Mellor, who wrote hit series including ITV’s Girlfriends, Band Of ...

The Syndicate producer Rollem is developing short film Youthless into a TV series as one of its first projects since the passing of founder Kay Mellor. The Yorkshire, UK-based indie has optioned ...

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Kay Mellor, creator of Fat Friends and Band of Gold, has died aged 71. Both of the beloved series were adapted into stage shows, with Fat Friends touring the UK before the pandemic, with a cast ...

Women in Film and Television UK (WFTV) has unveiled the 2025 cohort currently taking part in the WFTV Kay Mellor Screenwriters’ Lab, sponsored by Diageo. Now underway at The Hurst in Shropshire – the ...

Gaynor Faye (Calendar Girls) and her son, Oliver Anthony (My Left Nut) are set to join the cast of The Syndicate, written by Faye’s mother and Anthony’s grandmother, the late Kay Mellor. Directed by ...

Women in Film and Television UK (WFTV) has revealed the 13 emerging writers taking part in the WFTV Kay Mellor Screenwriters’ Lab, which began on September 30 and runs through October 5. The 13 ...

Banijay Rights has announced BritBox UK, available as part of ITVX Premium, has acquired Fat Friends, the renowned Kay Mellor comedy-drama that first aired on British TV screens 23 years ago. Produced ...

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Creativity runs in DNA of Lily Mellor’s family. As the granddaughter of the late trailblazing scriptwriter Kay Mellor and the daughter of actress and writer Gaynor Faye, it is perhaps no surprise that ...

The drama's three protagonists are all knocking on a bit and wondering if life can possibly be so resoundingly over. “I just want to feel like I used to feel,” said lollilop lady Gail. “Like I’m alive ...