Nicole Taylor

Writer of Three Girls, BAFTA Winner

Nicole Taylor is an award winning screenwriter for film and television.  She wrote BBC1's THREE GIRLS, starring Maxine Peake and Lesley Sharp, about the Rochdale grooming scandal which won five BAFTAs, including for best writer.  “Searingly compelling drama” – The Times - “This is what TV is for”.

She also wrote the country music movie WILD ROSE, starring Jessie Buckley and Julie Walters, THE C WORD for BBC1 starring Sheridan Smith and most recently, five part thriller THE NEST for BBC1 about about a surrogacy pact between a wealthy couple and a young girl.

Nicole is originally from Glasgow.  As a teenage Crohn’s patient, she had much experience of the amazing work of paediatric staff, and is delighted to be participating in DFB: Live and Connected.

0740-0855 UK / 1640-1755 Syd / 0240-0355 NY

Wednesday 26th August 2020

Networked - we're all connected now

Chair: Mary Freer

 

A special musical performance from Suman Biswas (Little Patients and Placebo)

 

The salt of the earth - granular ambulatory paediatrics
Mo Akindolie

 

Scouring the lid of Pandora's box: the writing of Three Girls
Liz Crowe interviewing Nicole Taylor

 

Next level scaffolding: parenting with distressed teens
Becky Platt interviewing Carly + Tom Irving