Sally Abbott created the award-winning original BBC drama THE CORONER which ran for two series on BBC1 and is shown all over the world. Sally has written four episodes of VERA for Silverprint Pictures/ITV including their first ever Christmas special, and two episodes of CALL THE MIDWIFE. In 2020, her play, I THINK WE ARE ALONE, was co-directed by Kathy Burke and Scott Graham for Frantic Assembly as their 25^th Anniversary. It was mid-way through a sold-out run at Theatre Royal Stratford East and about to continue a national tour when it was cancelled due to the pandemic.

Sally’s TV credits include VERA, CALL THE MIDWIFE, DEATH IN PARADISE, HOLBY, EASTENDERS and CASUALTY where one of her episodes was nominated for a Radio Times/CDN Award. In 2017 Sally co-wrote the stage monologue BOROUGH MARKET, ONE SATURDAY with Michael Begley which won the TCN Monologue Slam.  Sally’s original projects are in development with Mainstreet, Pernell Media, Blackbox Media, Rollem Productions, Hartswood and Channel 5. She’s also worked with STV, Playground Entertainment, Tall Story Pictures, ITV, Acorn and Leopard Pictures.

Born in Cheshire, Sally grew up in the West Country and worked in theatre for 17 years including as producer, director, dramaturg and animateur for Manchester Contact Theatre, English Touring Theatre and National Association of Youth Theatres. She trained on the Hope Street Project at Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre (which changed her life) and on the prestigious BBC Drama Writers Academy.