Jane Harris (producer)

Jane Harris is a British television director and producer, best known for her contributions to soap operas, including EastEnders and Family Affairs.

Career

Harris worked on the BBC play Cathy Come Home in 1966. The play was produced by Tony Garnett, who Harris has described as her mentor. She later moved to America, where she worked on the soap opera General Hospital, and the successful action series The A-Team.^[1] When she returned to the United Kingdom, she worked for the BBC soap opera EastEnders.

In 1988, she was the serial's programme editor, but rose to producer in 1995, and eventually took control of the show as the series/executive producer in 1996, following the departure of

Felix Kawalski

.

Storylines that aired under her tenure included

BAFTA

for "Best Drama Series."

She shared the award with producer, Corrinne Hollingworth.

five to become the series producer of its flagship soap opera Family Affairs, taking over from co-creator and her former boss on EastEnders, Corinne Hollingworth.^[1] She has also worked as an assistant director on various programmes including the police dramas Mersey Beat

(2001) and Beech is Back (2001).

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "It's got murder, a stalker, incest (kind of), and bulimia. What more^{[dead link]}", The Independent. Retrieved 6 May 2007.
^ "Godmother of `EastEnders' dies^{[permanent dead link]}", The Independent. Retrieved 11 November 2007.
^ "MY LIFE WITHOUT SOAP^{[permanent dead link]}", Sunday Mirror. Retrieved 11 November 2007.
^ "WHAT A LOAD OF PORK PIES; Ireland's full of drunkards, dimwits and donkeys according to EastEnders", The Mirror. Retrieved 18 July 2007.
^ "IMDB awards", IMDb. Retrieved 6 May 2007.

External links

Jane Harris at
IMDb

Media offices
Preceded by Corinne Hollingworth	Executive Producer of EastEnders 8 July 1996 – 9 February 1998	Succeeded by Mike Hudson

[family-1] "It's got murder, a stalker, incest (kind of), and bulimia. What more^{[dead link]}", The Independent. Retrieved 6 May 2007.

[poach-2] "Godmother of `EastEnders' dies^{[permanent dead link]}", The Independent. Retrieved 11 November 2007.

[3] "MY LIFE WITHOUT SOAP^{[permanent dead link]}", Sunday Mirror. Retrieved 11 November 2007.

[4] "WHAT A LOAD OF PORK PIES; Ireland's full of drunkards, dimwits and donkeys according to EastEnders", The Mirror. Retrieved 18 July 2007.

[5] "IMDB awards", IMDb. Retrieved 6 May 2007.

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