Gwyneth Hughes is a Bafta-nominated screenwriter, whose most recent work is the multiple award winning ITV serial Mr Bates vs The Post Office.

She was born in London, the daughter of a police constable from North Wales, and studied Russian at Sussex University, before moving to the north of England to train as a newspaper reporter on the Sheffield Morning Telegraph. Gwyn’s first job in broadcasting was on the Yorkshire Television regional newsdesk. From there she became a Bafta-nominated documentary director specializing in history and true crime, and began her move from factual TV into drama on cop shows like The Bill and Silent Witness. Her original thriller miniseries Five Days, and her Tippi Hedren biopic The Girl, were both nominated for the Baftas and the Golden Globes. Her classic dramatizations include The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Vanity Fair, and Miss Austen Regrets.