Jess Brittain

Brittain is the daughter of Scottish TV writer and Skins co-creator Bryan Elsley.^[2]

After her teenage years in Bristol, Brittain studied English literature at the University of Edinburgh.^[2] Her first professional experience was writing scripts for the Channel 4 television series Skins,^[3] for which she had initially given some informal contributions as a teenager.^[4][5] She also wrote the spin off novel Skins: Summer Holiday.^[6][7]

Subsequently, she created and wrote for the BBC Three thriller Clique.^[8]

• Skins (2007–2013) – writer (2011–2013)^[9]
• Clique (2016–2018) – creator, writer, associate producer (series 1), executive producer (series 2).^[10]
• Eden (2021) – co-writer (episode 2) ^[11]
• The Essex Serpent (2022) – writer (episode 3) ^[12]
• War (2026)^[13]

• Skins: Summer Holiday (2011) London: Hodder Children's.^[7]