Daisy Coulam

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Daisy Coulam is a British television producer and screenwriter known for creating of the long-running murder mystery series Grantchester for ITV in 2014.

Biography

Coulam is from Ryde on the Isle of Wight, and attended Ryde High school.{{cite web|url=https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/18142496.isle-wight-tv-writer-daisy-coulams-two-big-shows----grantchester-deadwater-fell---/ |title=Isle of Wight TV writer Daisy Coulam's two big shows — Grantchester and Deadwater Fell — up against each other | Isle of Wight County Press |publisher=Countypress.co.uk |date=2020-01-07 |accessdate=2020-01-17}}

Coulam's early work in television included storylining Family Affairs and script editing The Bill. Following her work on The Bill, she was awarded a place on the BBC Writer's Academy, a programme designed to train new writers, and got to write on Doctors, EastEnders, Casualty and its spinoff, Holby City.{{cite web|url=https://scriptangel.com/screenwriter-interview-daisy-coulam/ |title=Screenwriter Interview - Daisy Coulam - Screenwriter Coaching and Talent Development |publisher=Scriptangel.com |date= 2 July 2015|accessdate=2020-01-17}} She'd move into primetime, writing Death in Paradise and Humans. Grantchester was based on The Grantchester Mysteries, collections of short stories written by James Runcie.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2014/nov/03/grantchesters-holy-sleuths-are-brimming-with-bromance-and-charm |title=Grantchester's holy sleuths are brimming with bromance and charm |author=Graeme Virtue |date=3 November 2014 |work=The Guardian |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216075951/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2014/nov/03/grantchesters-holy-sleuths-are-brimming-with-bromance-and-charm |archive-date=16 December 2016 |df=dmy-all }} The first series was based on the six stories from the first book, Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death, and was broadcast in 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-commissions-six-part-series-grantchester |title=ITV commissions six-part series Grantchester |date=7 November 2013 |work=ITV |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072658/http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-commissions-six-part-series-grantchester |archive-date=4 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }} It was a huge success and was recommissioned for several further series.

She also created the miniseries Deadwater Fell for Channel 4 in 2020, starring David Tennant as a Scottish doctor whose wife and three young children are murdered in a shocking fire.{{cite web|author=Jake Kanter |url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/deadwater-fell-acorn-tv-rights-david-tennant-drama-1202831620/ |title=Deadwater Fell: Acorn TV Snaps Up U.S. Rights To David Tennant Drama – Deadline |publisher=Deadline Hollywood |date= 16 January 2020|access-date=2020-01-17}}{{cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/is-deadwater-fell-a-true-story-the-true-crime-documentaries-that-inspired-channel-4-s-new-series-starring-david-tennant-1-5071997 |title=Is Deadwater Fell a true story? The true crime documentaries that inspired Channel 4's new series starring David Tennant |publisher=The Scotsman |date=2020-01-08 |accessdate=2020-01-17}}