Gaby Chiappe - screenwriter
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Gaby Chiappe is an experienced TV writer. She has written extensively for long-running series such as Family Affairs, Doctors, EastEnders, Casualty, Survivors and many more. She also wrote for the series Lark Rise to Candleford, Shetland, Vera and created and wrote (with Alexander Perrin) the series The Level for ITV and more recently The Beast Must Die for BritBox. Gaby’s first feature film was Their Finest (Triple F-Rated, directed by Lone Scherfig), premiered at the London Film Festival it follows a former secretary, played by Gemma Arterton who is newly appointed as a scriptwriter for propaganda films and joins the cast and crew of a major production while the Blitz rages around them. Her next was Misbehaviour (also Triple F-Rated and directed by Philippa Lowthorpe) which tells the stories of both the women who disrupted the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London - and the competition including the first ever Black Miss World winner. Apologies for the recording quality - this was a lockdown recording and we had a microphone issue :'-(
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