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Colette Kane

Writer

Represented by:

Alec Drysdale

Colette is lead writer and executive producer of the greenlit reboot of Dalziel and Pascoe for West Road Pictures and ITV / Britbox. She recently worked with Left Bank Pictures on the acclaimed Scott Frank series DEPARTMENT Q, writing two episodes.

Colette began her career as a playwright, creating work for Paines Plough, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, Hampstead Theatre, London and Theatre Clwyd. She broke into screenwriting in 2012 when she was commissioned to write an episode of Jimmy McGovern’s Moving On for BBC ONE. She went on to write three more episodes of Moving On and was part of the team behind McGovern’s BBC series Broken, co-writing an episode. Colette was the lead writer on series two of Temple.

Colette is based in Liverpool.

 

 

Credits

TELEVISION
Date: 2026
Production (role):
DALZIEL AND PASCOE
Company:
West Road Pictures / ITV / Britbox
Project details:
Co-Creator, Lead Writer & Executive Producer
Date: 2025
Production (role):
DEPARTMENT Q
Company:
Left Bank Pictures / Netflix
Project details:
Writer of 2 episodes
Date: 2024
Production (role):
DALGLIESH
Company:
New Pictures / Channel 5
Project details:
Writer of 2 episodes
Date: 2023
Production (role):
VERA SERIES 12
Company:
ITV
Project details:
Episode 4 - Writer
Date: 2021
Production (role):
TEMPLE SERIES 2
Company:
Hera Pictures
Project details:
Lead Writer
Date: 2021
Production (role):
VERA SERIES 11
Company:
ITV
Project details:
Episode 2 - Writer
Date: 2020
Production (role):
VERA SERIES 10
Company:
ITV
Project details:
Episode 2 - writer
Date: 2017
Production (role):
INDIAN DETECTIVE
Company:
Big Light / CTV
Project details:
1 episode
Starring Russell Peters
Prod: Frank Spotnitz and Sharon Remmer
Date: 2017
Production (role):
BROKEN
Company:
LA Productions / BBC1
Project details:
1 episode
Starring Sean Bean
Created by Jimmy McGovern
Date: 2016
Production (role):
MOVING ON (SERIES 8)
Company:
LA Productions / BBC
Project details:
1 episode
Date: 2014
Production (role):
MOVING ON (SERIES 7)
Company:
LA Productions / BBC
Project details:
1 episode
Date: 2014
Production (role):
MOVING ON (SERIES 6)
Company:
LA Productions / BBC
Project details:
1 episode
Date: 2013
Production (role):
MOVING ON (SERIES 4)
Company:
LA Productions / BBC
Project details:
1 episode
THEATRE
Date: 2017
Production (role):
SCARLETT
Company:
Hampstead Theatre / Theatre Clwyd
Project details:
Dir: Mel Hillyard

Date: 2014
Production (role):
UNTITLED HAMPSTEAD COMMISION
Company:
Hampstead Theatre
Date: 2013
Production (role):
I KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT EVE
Company:
Hampstead Theatre
Production (role):
HATCH
Company:
24:7 Theatre Festival / Bolton Octagon
Project details:
Play
Production (role):
WAYS TO LOOK AT FISH
Company:
24:7 Theatre Festival / Theatre 503 / Manchester’s Library Theatre
AWARDS
Date: 2014
Production (role):
Arts Foundation Award for Playwriting
Project details:
Runner up
Date: 2013
Production (role):
Royal Literary Fund
Project details:
Receipient of the JB Priestly Award
IN DEVELOPMENT
Production (role):
TV PODCAST ADAPTATION
Company:
Left Bank Pictures
Production (role):
TV NOVEL ADAPTATION
Company:
The Lighthouse Film & Television
Production (role):
TV NOVEL ADAPTATION
Company:
West Road Pictures
Production (role):
ORIGINAL TV SERIES
Company:
BBC Studios
Production (role):
THE LOSS ADJUSTERS
Project details:
Original drama series

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2026
    Production (role): DALZIEL AND PASCOE
    Company: West Road Pictures / ITV / Britbox
    Project details: Co-Creator, Lead Writer & Executive Producer
  • Date: 2025
    Production (role): DEPARTMENT Q
    Company: Left Bank Pictures / Netflix
    Project details: Writer of 2 episodes
  • Date: 2024
    Production (role): DALGLIESH
    Company: New Pictures / Channel 5
    Project details: Writer of 2 episodes
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): VERA SERIES 12
    Company: ITV
    Project details: Episode 4 - Writer
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): TEMPLE SERIES 2
    Company: Hera Pictures
    Project details: Lead Writer
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): VERA SERIES 11
    Company: ITV
    Project details: Episode 2 - Writer
  • Date: 2020
    Production (role): VERA SERIES 10
    Company: ITV
    Project details: Episode 2 - writer
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): INDIAN DETECTIVE
    Company: Big Light / CTV
    Project details: 1 episode
    Starring Russell Peters
    Prod: Frank Spotnitz and Sharon Remmer
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): BROKEN
    Company: LA Productions / BBC1
    Project details: 1 episode
    Starring Sean Bean
    Created by Jimmy McGovern
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): MOVING ON (SERIES 8)
    Company: LA Productions / BBC
    Project details: 1 episode
  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): MOVING ON (SERIES 7)
    Company: LA Productions / BBC
    Project details: 1 episode
  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): MOVING ON (SERIES 6)
    Company: LA Productions / BBC
    Project details: 1 episode
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): MOVING ON (SERIES 4)
    Company: LA Productions / BBC
    Project details: 1 episode
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): SCARLETT
    Company: Hampstead Theatre / Theatre Clwyd
    Project details: Dir: Mel Hillyard

  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): UNTITLED HAMPSTEAD COMMISION
    Company: Hampstead Theatre
    Project details:
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): I KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT EVE
    Company: Hampstead Theatre
    Project details:
  • Date:
    Production (role): HATCH
    Company: 24:7 Theatre Festival / Bolton Octagon
    Project details: Play
  • Date:
    Production (role): WAYS TO LOOK AT FISH
    Company: 24:7 Theatre Festival / Theatre 503 / Manchester’s Library Theatre
    Project details:
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Project details
  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): Arts Foundation Award for Playwriting
    Project details: Runner up
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): Royal Literary Fund
    Project details: Receipient of the JB Priestly Award
  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): TV PODCAST ADAPTATION
    Company: Left Bank Pictures
    Project details:
  • Production (role): TV NOVEL ADAPTATION
    Company: The Lighthouse Film & Television
    Project details:
  • Production (role): TV NOVEL ADAPTATION
    Company: West Road Pictures
    Project details:
  • Production (role): ORIGINAL TV SERIES
    Company: BBC Studios
    Project details:
  • Production (role): THE LOSS ADJUSTERS
    Company:
    Project details: Original drama series
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