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Daran Little

Daran Little in the 2010 documentary Coronation Street: 50 Years, 50 Moments

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)

2001 (28 episodes)

Episodes written by Daran Little[]

2000s[]

2001 (14 episodes)

2002 (19 episodes)

2003 (18 episodes)

2004 (21 episodes)

2005 (16 episodes)

2006 (7 episodes)

2009 (6 episodes)

2010s[]

2010 (3 episodes)

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