Lisa Holdsworth is originally from Leeds and has worked in television in the city since she graduated. Lisa's first commission was an episode of "Fat Friends" which she devised herself. She was subsequently shortlisted for a Best New Writer award at BAFTA. Since then, she has written an original play for Radio 4 and spent three years on the Emmerdale writing team. She left to write for the BBC's police drama "New Tricks" and has recently completed her seventh episode for series 6 and is about to embark on her eighth for series seven. She has also written on the last two series of Waterloo Road including this year's feature length series opener - she has written two of the new series of Robin Hood; including the much-anticipated "origins" episode

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