Louise Donald joined C4 Drama in December 2024 and has editorial oversight over Hollyoaks and a number of original dramas, aswell as leading on Channel 4’s new talent schemes – including 4Screenwriting and the New Writers Scheme. With over fifteen years of script development experience in the UK drama industry Louise is a highly experienced script and story editor. She started her career in Independent Drama Commissioning for the BBC before moving on to script editing. Louise has worked as a story producer and script editor for some of the UK’s biggest drama producers including BBC Studios Drama, Tiger Aspect Productions and Red Planet Pictures. Script editing credits include EastEnders, Holby City, Death in Paradise (series one) and Good Karma Hospital (series 4). With a passion for nurturing new voices, Louise has worked with a number of emerging writers on schemes such as the BBC Writers Academy and Tiger Aspect’s mentorship programme. Louise loves authentic character driven stories with universal themes at their heart.