Lucy Gannon MBE (born 1948) wrote 34 episodes of Coronation Street between August 2007 and November 2009. She began her career as a writer in 1987 when she entered the Richard Burton Award for New Playwrights, hoping to win some money towards a new car, having previously worked as a military policewoman, a residential social worker, and a nurse. She won first prize with the play Keeping Tom Nice and a six-month attachment to be writer-in-residence at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Four years later, she created the successful series Soldier Soldier and also wrote 11 episodes as well as multiple episodes of Peak Practice and Bramwell. In 2000 she created another successful series with the school drama Hope and Glory and in 2003 with the series Servants. Her plays include Tender Loving Care, Dancing Attendance, A Dog Barking, Janet And John and Raping The Gold. Recent work includes creating and writing the min-series Blue Dove (2004) and scripting for EastEnders.
Episodes written by Lucy Gannon[]
2000s[]
2007 (5 episodes)
- Episode 6628 (26th August 2007)
- Episode 6629 (27th August 2007)
- Episode 6661 (10th October 2007)
- Episode 6688 (18th November 2007)
- Episode 6706 (12th December 2007)
2008 (16 episodes)
- Episode 6734 (18th January 2008)
- Episode 6764 (29th February 2008)
- Episode 6766 (3rd March 2008)
- Episode 6784 (28th March 2008)
- Episode 6808 (2nd May 2008)
- Episode 6809 (4th May 2008)
- Episode 6810 (5th May 2008)
- Episode 6831 (2nd June 2008)
- Episode 6852 (4th July 2008)
- Episode 6877 (8th August 2008)
- Episode 6883 (15th August 2008)
- Episode 6894 (1st September 2008)
- Episode 6912 (26th September 2008)
- Episode 6942 (7th November 2008)
- Episode 6961 (7th December 2008)
- Episode 6971 (19th December 2008)
2009 (13 episodes)
- Episode 7002 (30th January 2009)
- Episode 7008 (9th February 2009)
- Episode 7024 (2nd March 2009)
- Episode 7034 (16th March 2009)
- Episode 7063 (27th April 2009)
- Episode 7064 (27th April 2009)
- Episode 7079 (18th May 2009)
- Episode 7097 (12th June 2009)
- Episode 7120 (15th July 2009)
- Episode 7184 (15th October 2009)
- Episode 7198 (2nd November 2009)
- Episode 7199 (2nd November 2009)
- Episode 7212 (20th November 2009)