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Daran Little
Manchester Polytechnic
Years active1995–present
Children2

Daran Arthur Peter Little (born 11 May 1966) is a BAFTA-winning and Emmy Award-nominated British television writer. He is the only writer to pen more than 100 episodes of both Coronation Street (2000–2010) and EastEnders (2010–).

Early life

Little was born to working class family and grew up on West End Road in Ruislip Manor.[1] His grandfather was Romani. Through researching his genealogy, Little discovered he is a distant descendant of notable figures such as Alfred the Great and William the Conqueror, as well as the Australian bush wrangler Daniel Priest.[2]

Little attended

Manchester Polytechnic (now Manchester Metropolitan University).[3]

Career

Early career

While at

Granada Television as an archivist, when the previous incumbent of the job, Eric Rosser, left. He has written 11 books, both fiction and non-fiction, about the show and its characters and co-wrote Betty Driver's autobiography.[3][4]

Little left Granada in 2006 after writing 95 episodes of Coronation Street and introducing the first gay character,

Mersey Television. The series was not recommissioned for a second series. He joined the Hollyoaks writing team, writing 12 episodes before moving to New York to work on All My Children
.

American ventures

Associate Head Writer
from 14 July 2008 to 2 November 2009.

In 2018, Little was hired as a

story consultant on the CBS Daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless, reuniting with Mal Young.[5]
Little's first episode aired on 3 December 2018 and last aired on 19 March 2019.

Little, formerly a member of the Writers Guild of America, East, left and maintained financial core status.[6]

Back in Britain

In 2009, he returned to Coronation Street, writing a further nine episodes. On 2 March 2010, it was confirmed that Little had left Coronation Street and joined its rival EastEnders.

Johnny Carter came out to his father Mick, played by Danny Dyer
.

Reality

Little worked as story producer on the first series of ITV2 structured reality show The Only Way Is Essex before helping to cast, set up and story produce all series of E4's BAFTA winning show Made in Chelsea. To date,[when?] he has worked as Story Executive on all 19 series and Summer specials. He is also an Executive Producer on ITV2's The Real Housewives of Cheshire.

From 2022 onward, Little has been involved in the production of Netflix reality shows Young, Famous & African and Dubai Bling.[8][9]

Personal life

Little is gay but married a woman when he was younger. "I'm gay and I got married in a church... to a woman... because I feared being gay in a world that didn't accept me. That was 25 years ago."[10] He has two sons.[11]

Later, Little had a civil partnership that was dissolved in 2014. He was then married to Patrick Rankin until their divorce in 2023.[12] Also in 2023, after his London rent was hiked up, Little moved to Málaga, Spain.[13]

Awards and nominations

  • 2006 - BAFTA nomination - Coronation Street
  • 2009 - EMMY nomination - All My Children
  • 2010 - EMMY nomination - All My Children
  • 2011 - RTS winner Best Single Drama - The Road to Coronation Street
  • 2011 - New York Film & TV Festival winner - Best International Programme - The Road to Coronation Street
  • 2011 - BAFTA winner: Best Single Drama - The Road to Coronation Street
  • 2011 - Broadcast Digital Awards: Best Scripted Program winner - The Road to Coronation Street
  • 2011 - RTS North West winner: Best Scriptwriter - The Road to Coronation Street
  • 2020 - EMMY nomination - The Young and the Restless

References

  1. ^ Daran Little (28 March 2021). "Ruislip Manor?? Me too!! I was a West End Road boy". Retrieved 12 April 2024 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Hanman, Natalie (23 October 2006). "TV writer Daran Little uses the web to research his family tree - with great results". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-0-233-99780-3
    .
  4. ^ Hadcroft, Will (2000). "The Daran Little Interview". Corrie. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  5. ^ "'Young and the Restless' News: New Male Writer, Daran Little Hired". Soap Dirt. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  6. ^ https://www.wgaeast.org/enforcement/wgae-financial-core-list/
  7. ^ Green, Kris (2 March 2010). "Corrie writer joins 'EastEnders' team". Digital Spy. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  8. ^ "Daran Little | United Agents". www.unitedagents.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  9. ^ "@daranlittle". Twitter. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  10. ^ Little, Daran [@DaranLittle] (11 December 2012). "I'm gay and I got married in a church... to a woman ... because I feared being gay in a world that didn't accept me. That was 25 years ago" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2023 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ Darren Little (26 January 2023). "there are so many people in this world that I'm utterly proud of... whether I've known them for decades and rejoice in their achievements or known for just a short time. Top of that list are my two sons who are bringing six amazing daughters up, couldn't be prouder!". Retrieved 12 April 2024 – via Twitter.
  12. ^ Little, Daran [@DaranLittle] (28 December 2020). "What's got me through 2020? The love of my husband @prrankin Feeling blessed. https://t.co/rQbJv2YrQG" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2023 – via Twitter.
  13. ^ Dodger, James (3 August 2023). "ITV Coronation Street and BBC EastEnders star quits UK after landlord hiked rent by 15 per cent". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
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