Kirstie Swain

Kirstie is a BAFTA nominated Glasgow dwelling proudly Scottish screenwriter She is currently showrunning greenlit drama series SWEET PEA SeeSawSky which is an adaptation of C J Skuses popular novel and is due to start filming later this year This summer the BBC commissioned pilot for her original series LADYBABY Kudos went into production Kirstie wrote all six episodes of PURE for Channel 4 produced by Drama Republicwhich aired in the UK in January 2019 and was released on HBO Max in the US in August this year In 2019 PURE was nominated for two Scottish BAFTAS including Best Drama Series and Best Writer Kirstie was a Consulting Producer and wrote an episode of Vicky Joness RUN SkyHBO starring Domhnall Gleeson and Merritt Wever Kirstie won the 2013 Frank Deasy Award for new writing and in the same year was selected for the BushKudos Initiative and Broadcast Magazines Hotshots She is also a graduate of the 2012 BBC Writers Academy where she wrote episodes of 3 continuing drama series