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Sally Wainwright. Sally Anne Wainwright OBE (born 1963) is an English television writer, producer, and director. [1] [2] She is known for her dramas, which are often set in her native West Yorkshire, and feature "strong female characters". [3] [4] Wainwright has been praised for the quality of her dialogue. [3]
Sally Wainwright is a British writer, producer and director of TV shows such as Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax and Gentleman Jack. She was born in 1964 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, and received the OBE in 2020 for her services to writing and television.
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Sally Wainwright is a British writer and producer, known for Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax and Gentleman Jack. She was born in 1964 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, and received the OBE in 2020.
Gentleman Jack is a historical drama television series created by Sally Wainwright for BBC One and HBO. [2] [3] [b] Set in the 1830s in Yorkshire, it stars Suranne Jones [6] as landowner and industrialist Anne Lister. The series is based on Lister's collected diaries—which run to an estimated 5 million words with about a sixth in secret code ...
Aug 24, 2023 · Sally Wainwright, the BAFTA-winning writer of Happy Valley and Last Tango in Halifax, returns to the BBC with Hot Flush, a comedy-drama about five women who form a punk-rock band. The show explores their lives, friendships, secrets and menopause in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.
Apr 18, 2019 · Sally Wainwright spent hours poring over the voluminous diaries of Anne Lister, the 19th century Englishwoman at the center of “Gentleman Jack.”
1. Sally's interest in TV came from her mum. Growing up in the Calder Valley, in the Yorkshire Dales, Wainwright says she was “obsessed with TV at quite an early age and knew quite early on that ...
