Daran Little joined the Coronation Street production team in 1989 as official archivist. He later became a storyliner in November 2000 working on 56 episodes until February 2001. He then joined the scriptwriting staff and by the time he left Granada in 2006 he had scripted ninety-five episodes. He returned for a six-month period in 2009 for a further nine episodes making 104 in total. Daran is also a prolific Street fiction and non-fiction writer, having penned two prequel novels, the 35th and 40th anniversary companions, and four other Coronation Street reference books.
Daran created, wrote and produced the twenty-part Channel 4 teen drama Hollyoaks: In The City, a spin-off from the soap opera Hollyoaks, of which he was a part of the writing team. The series's cast included many former and future Coronation Street actors; including Lee Warburton, Denise Welch and Debbie Rush. He was also hired by ABC Television in the United States of America to be a creative consultant on popular daytime soap All My Children.
Following his return to the UK and brief return to Coronation Street, Little moved to the BBC, becoming a writer for EastEnders and writing the BBC Four drama The Road to Coronation Street, a telemovie documenting the creation and casting of the show. He also wrote Children in Need's East Street, the first-ever crossover between Coronation Street and EastEnders.
Episodes storylined by Daran Little[]
2000 (28 episodes)
- All episodes between Episode 4932 (20th November 2000) and Episode 4959 (31st December 2000)
2001 (28 episodes)
- All episodes between Episode 4960 (1st January 2001) and Episode 4983 (11th February 2001)
- All episodes between Episode 4989 (19th February 2001) and Episode 4992 (25th February 2001)
Episodes written by Daran Little[]
2000s[]
2001 (14 episodes)
- Episode 5017 (9th April 2001)
- Episode 5037 (14th May 2001)
- Episode 5061 (22nd June 2001)
- Episode 5068 (4th July 2001)
- Episode 5079 (22nd July 2001)
- Episode 5096 (20th August 2001)
- Episode 5100 (27th August 2001)
- Episode 5114 (17th September 2001)
- Episode 5120 (26th September 2001)
- Episode 5131 (14th October 2001)
- Episode 5140 (25th October 2001)
- Episode 5159 (22nd November 2001)
- Episode 5169 (7th December 2001)
- Episode 5178 (21st December 2001)
2002 (19 episodes)
- Episode 5189 (4th January 2002)
- Episode 5197 (18th January 2002)
- Episode 5206 (3rd February 2002)
- Episode 5215 (17th February 2002)
- Episode 5220 (25th February 2002)
- Episode 5236 (24th March 2002)
- Episode 5237 (25th March 2002)
- Episode 5257 (28th April 2002)
- Episode 5268 (17th May 2002)
- Episode 5284 (12th June 2002)
- Episode 5296 (1st July 2002)
- Episode 5301 (10th July 2002)
- Episode 5322 (18th August 2002)
- Episode 5345 (23rd September 2002)
- Episode 5346 (23rd September 2002)
- Episode 5367 (25th October 2002)
- Episode 5372 (1st November 2002)
- Episode 5394 (6th December 2002)
- Episode 5407 (27th December 2002)
2003 (18 episodes)
- Episode 5414 (6th January 2003)
- Episode 5426 (24th January 2003)
- Episode 5451 (2nd March 2003)
- Episode 5454 (5th March 2003)
- Episode 5471 (30th March 2003)
- Episode 5487 (21st April 2003)
- Episode 5488 (21st April 2003)
- Episode 5499 (7th May 2003)
- Episode 5523 (9th June 2003)
- Episode 5530 (22nd June 2003)
- Episode 5545 (18th July 2003)
- Episode 5565 (22nd August 2003)
- Episode 5575 (5th September 2003)
- Episode 5596 (5th October 2003)
- Episode 5597 (6th October 2003)
- Episode 5598 (6th October 2003)
- Episode 5615 (31st October 2003)
- Episode 5630 (21st November 2003)
2004 (21 episodes)
- Episode 5659 (1st January 2004)
- Episode 5660 (2nd January 2004)
- Episode 5666 (11th January 2004)
- Episode 5681 (30th January 2004)
- Episode 5702 (29th February 2004)
- Episode 5709 (8th March 2004)
- Episode 5733 (12th April 2004)
- Episode 5740 (21st April 2004)
- Episode 5768 (28th May 2004)
- Episode 5781 (11th June 2004)
- Episode 5796 (7th July 2004)
- Episode 5813 (1st August 2004)
- Episode 5834 (30th August 2004)
- Episode 5835 (30th August 2004)
- Episode 5851 (22nd September 2004)
- Episode 5871 (18th October 2004)
- Episode 5896 (22nd November 2004)
- Episode 5897 (22nd November 2004)
- Episode 5922 (24th December 2004)
- Episode 5928 (31st December 2004)
- Episode 5929 (31st December 2004)
2005 (16 episodes)
- Episode 5943 (19th January 2005)
- Episode 5970 (27th February 2005)
- Episode 5982 (14th March 2005)
- Episode 5999 (8th April 2005)
- Episode 5999a (10th April 2005)
- Episode 6009 (22nd April 2005)
- Episode 6027 (15th May 2005)
- Episode 6044 (6th June 2005)
- Episode 6059 (27th June 2005)
- Episode 6071 (15th July 2005)
- Episode 6097 (21st August 2005)
- Episode 6106 (2nd September 2005)
- Episode 6116 (16th September 2005)
- Episode 6139 (16th October 2005)
- Episode 6175 (2nd December 2005)
- Episode 6178 (5th December 2005)
2006 (7 episodes)
- Episode 6202 (9th January 2006)
- Episode 6203 (9th January 2006)
- Episode 6211 (22nd January 2006)
- Episode 6232 (20th February 2006)
- Episode 6248 (13th March 2006)
- Episode 6265 (7th April 2006)
- Episode 6278 (24th April 2006)
2009 (6 episodes)
- Episode 7130 (30th July 2009)
- Episode 7148 (24th August 2009)
- Episode 7167 (21st September 2009)
- Episode 7194 (28th October 2009)
- Episode 7217 (27th November 2009)
- Episode 7235 (21st December 2009)
2010s[]
2010 (3 episodes)