Danny Brocklehurst | |
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Born | June 1971 Hyde, Manchester, UK |
Occupation | Screenwriter, Journalist |
Danny Brocklehurst (born 1971, Hyde, Cheshire, England, U.K.) is a BAFTA and International Emmy winning English screenwriter. Brocklehurst worked as a journalist for several years (as a freelancer for The Guardian, City Life and Manchester Evening News and senior feature writer for The Big Issue) before becoming a full-time screenwriter.
He has written television drama series including The Driver, Ordinary Lies, Clocking Off, Shameless and The Street; International Emmy winner Accused, comedy-drama Linda Green; serials Exile, The Stretford Wives and Sorted. He has been nominated for both BAFTA and Royal Television Society writing awards.
Brocklehurst wrote several episodes of the BAFTA award winning series Clocking Off, as well as the acclaimed two-part BBC film The Stretford Wives, which was shot by director Peter Webber.