Adele Rose

Between 1961 and 1998 Adele Rose wrote 455 episodes of Coronation Street. A Salford born former secretary she was encouraged to try to become a writer by Jack Rosenthal (with whom she co-wrote two episodes. A prolific writer of scripts for other programmes such as The Dustbinmen and Z Cars she created and wrote the popular BBBC childrens soap Byker Grove. In 1993 she was one of the joint winners of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award. She was one of the writers who left the show in the wake of Brian Parks becoming Producer in 1997.