Louise Berridge

Louise Berridge is a British historical fiction writer. She was previously a television producer and script editor. The most famous post being the executive producer of BBC's EastEnders between 2002-04.

During her tenure, the long-running soap opera received heavy media criticism and ratings slumped to just over 6 million viewers. Since then she has gone on to write a successful series of historical fiction novels with high acclaim.

Berridge read English at St Anne's College, Oxford. She worked first as a teacher before moving into the television industry.

Louise started as script editor on Central Television's comedy drama Boon, then moved to Granada Television to work on the medical drama Medics. Her big break came in 1993 when she became the series script editor for BBC1 soap opera EastEnders, later going on to become the series story editor, where she worked on the highly successful storyline "Sharongate".

In 1995, she left the popular soap to become a producer. She started as a producer with video drama, doing a series of Medics, followed by two series of Staying Alive, and then moved to film drama. Her credits include Messiah, McCready and Daughter, Ambassador II, and an adaptation of Wuthering Heights.

In January 2002, Berridge returned to EastEnders when she was appointed Series Producer of the show, and four months later she was promoted to Executive Producer. During her time there, she introduced characters, such as Alfie Moon, Dennis Rickman, Chrissie Watts, Jane Beale, Stacey Slater and the critically panned Indian Ferreira family. She axed several long standing characters including Mark Fowler and Roy Evans.

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