Mark Burt

Mark Burt is a British screenwriter of television and film. He made his screenwriting debut with the single film FORGIVE AND FORGET (ITV/STV), which he wrote as his graduation piece from the Northern School of Film and Television. It was directed by BAFTA winner Aisling Walsh, featured a cast including John Simm, Stephen Graham, Nikki Amuka-Bird and Meera Syal and received its premiere at the 1999 London Film Festival. He next wrote a two-part adaptation of the Simon Beckett novel WHERE THERE’S SMOKE (ITV/Talisman Films). It was directed by BAFTA nominee Richard Signy. Since then, he has written episodes of period drama HOME FIRES (ITV1/ITV Studios), crime comedy THE INVISIBLES (BBC One/Company Pictures), precinct procedurals MURDER INVESTIGATION TEAM (ITV) and LONDON’s BURNING (ITV), and young adult and children’s dramas PHOENIX RISE (BBC Three/BBC Studios) and THE DUMPING GROUND (CBBC/BBC Studios). He has been a CORONATION STREET (ITV1/ITV Studios) writer since 2004, contributing scripts for 236 episodes and counting.