Sarah Dollard

Sarah Dollard
Occupation Screenwriter
Years active 2004–present

Sarah Dollard (born 21 January 1980) is an Australian screenwriter, living and working in the United Kingdom. She made her start in writing for television on the long-running Australian soap opera Neighbours, before moving to the UK in 2008. Stints working in the script departments of British fantasy and science fiction TV shows, Merlin and Primeval,[1] led to writing episodes of BBC Three supernatural television series Being Human[2] and British spy thriller The Game, which first broadcast on BBC America.[3] She created and wrote the Welsh romantic comedy series Cara Fi (Love Me), which debuted on S4C in 2014.[4] She wrote the episode "Face the Raven" for Series 9 of Doctor Who.[5]

Career

Dollard worked on Neighbours for four years, as a storyliner, a script editor, a story editor, and a writer of over thirty episodes.[6] Before leaving Australia, she also worked in script development for popular children’s television series The Saddle Club, and in development on other children’s shows with the Australian Children's Television Foundation.

After moving to the UK, Dollard worked on season two of BBC One fantasy-adventure series Merlin, before moving on to Primeval in 2010, where she script-edited seasons four and five of the sci-fi series,[1] and wrote all five episodes of the Primeval web-series that introduced season four.[7][8]

Dollard wrote the fifth episode of the fifth season of Toby Whithouse’s popular BBC Three series Being Human,[2][9][10] featuring guest star Kathryn Prescott, of Skins fame. Digital Spy called the episode, titled No Care, All Responsibility, "the latest in a string of knockout episodes – sweet and chilling in equal measure".[2] Dollard also penned the webisodes that accompanied Being Human season five,[11] focusing on the character of Alex Millar, played by Kate Bracken.

She wrote episode three of BBC spy thriller The Game, and co-wrote episode five with series creator Toby Whithouse.[3]

Dollard created and wrote her own rom-com series Cara Fi (Love Me) with Touchpaper Television, for the Welsh broadcaster S4C.[6] The eight episode series focuses on a sleepy seaside village in Wales that runs out of women, so the locals advertise their single men on the side of milk cartons leaving the dairy. Each episode focuses on a new woman arriving in the village to be set up with a local man.[12][13] The show debuted in November 2014 on S4C, and was subsequently on the BBC iPlayer.[14]

In 2015, she wrote the tenth episode of the ninth series of Doctor Who, titled "Face the Raven",[5][15] and will return to write an episode for Series 10. She also wrote an episode of the UK-US co-produced comedy-drama You, Me and the Apocalypse.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 Mellor, Louisa (23 January 2013). "Being Human series 5 start date confirmed". Den of Geek. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Jeffery, Morgan (3 March 2013). "'Being Human' review: New episode 'No Care, All Responsibility'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  3. 1 2 "The Game Begins November 5 at 10:00pm as part of BBC America's Dramaville". BBC Media Centre. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Owens, David (3 September 2014). "Sport, drama, documentaries and baking at the heart of S4C's autumn schedule". Wales Online. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Joivan Wade Returns as Rigsy in a New Series Episode Written by Sarah Dollard". BBC. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  6. 1 2 Jones, Wendy (3 November 2014). "Win a romantic break inspired by new S4C series Cara Fi". Daily Post. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  7. ↑ Caron, Nathalie (29 December 2010). "5 webisodes you should watch before seeing Primeval season 4". Blastr. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Exclusive episodes". ITV. 23 December 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  9. ↑ Hatfull, Jonathan (5 March 2013). "Being Human S05E05 'No Care, All Responsibility' Episode Review". SciFiNow. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Being Human | Series 5 - 5. No Care, All Responsibility". Radio Times. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
  11. ↑ "Alex's Kicked The Bucket List". BBC Three Blog. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  12. ↑ "Little Haven is star of new S4C show". Milford and West Wales Mercury. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  13. ↑ "Brand new romantic comedy drama on S4C". Tenby Observer. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  14. ↑ "Fall in love with Little Haven in new S4C rom-com". Western Telegraph. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  15. ↑ "BREAKING NEWS! Here are the titles for every episode in the new series! And there's more info@ http://bbc.in/1Oq3Nk6". Twitter. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015. External link in |title= (help)
  16. ↑ Trenholm, Richard (2015-07-09). "Rob Lowe faces the Sky falling in 'You, Me & The Apocalypse'". CNET.
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