How to forge a career in British TV with iconic Writer & Director Kay Mellor OBE

This is a unique opportunity to ask Kay Mellor OBE any questions about becoming a success in UK TV industry, and hear about her rise to becoming one of Britain's leading writers and directors and head of her own production company, Rollem Productions.

Kay Mellor OBE is a Leeds born and bred Writer, Director and Actress best known for her work on several successful and groundbreaking drama series’ including Fat Friends, Band of Gold, The Syndicate and most recently In The Club which have all recieved huge critical acclaim.

As a television actress, Kay has appeared in her own adaptation of Jane Eyre (1997) and in other series such as the comedy drama Stan the Man (2002), A Good Thief (2002) and Gifted (2003). On stage, Kay has acted in Three Girls in Blue and she wrote and starred in the one- woman show Queen at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.

Kay has just finished the second series of In The Club, which is due to air on BBC One in the Spring.

In 2014 Kay was awarded the Writers Guild Award for Outstanding Contribution to Writing.