Susan Nickson
English screenwriter, television producer and script editor
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Susan Nickson (born 1979) is an English screenwriter and executive producer.
- Screenwriter
- television producer
- script editor
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| Born | 1979 (age 46–47) Runcorn, Cheshire, England |
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| Years active | 1994–present |
Early life
Nickson was raised in Runcorn, Cheshire, where she attended The Grange School.
Career
Nickson began her career aged 14 when she won the Lloyds Bank Film Challenge with a ten-minute short film called Buddah's Legs. In 1995, her half-hour satirical comedy Life's a Bitch, starring Sean Hughes and Kathy Burke, aired on Channel 4.[1]
Her first original sitcom, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, ran for ten years, across nine series, with Nickson writing the majority of the episodes.[2] The series enjoyed enormous popular success,[3] helping to launch the careers of its stars Sheridan Smith, Ralf Little and Will Mellor.[4] It can still regularly be seen on BBC Three, and is currently available on BBC iPlayer.[5]
Nickson also created the BBC Three sitcom Grownups, script-edited Coming of Age, and contributed episodes to series 11 and 12 of Birds of a Feather.[6]
In 2022, her latest original series, Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything, premiered on Sky Comedy.[7]
Personal life
Nickson is a patron of Cheshire Autism Practical Support (ChAPS), which helps families navigating autism, having grown up with an autistic brother.[8]
