In My Skin

Pascale Kann (September Says) plays main character Chance, a 17-year-old who is as smart as she is fierce.

In late 2030s Margate, inequality, temperatures and sea levels are all soaring, and the political landscape is just as tumultuous. Chance has had to turn to crime to provide for her family, but a government rejuvenation scheme promises to breathe new life into her town. When Chance falls for the much-more privileged Franky, though, she learns that not everything is as it seems.

In both industry and stu­dent categories – owing to successive Covid­19 lock­downs – awards were made for programmes shown in 2020 and 2021.

Two BBC series were hon­oured in the Drama category, Bad Wolf’s Philip Pullman adaptation His Dark Materials in 2020 and Kayleigh Llewellyn’s comedy drama, made by Expectation, In My Skin (2021).

What does the job involve?

As a writer, I think it’s easy to become overwhelmed and feel inadequate. I like to remind myself that it’s not brain surgery; it’s storytelling and it is supposed to be fun. I try to shut off the inner critic and listen to my gut.

Surely, it must be a trial sometimes?

The first draft is the hardest: it can take me weeks of procrastination; it feels like torture at times. I pace from room to room in my house, with quite a degree of self-loathing.