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Daran Little (born 11 May 1966) is a British writer, most notable for his work as a writer on Coronation Street
Coronation Street

Coronation Street is an award-winning soap opera created by Tony Warren. It is one of the longest-running television programmes in the United Kingdom, first broadcast on 9 December 1960, made by Granada Television and broadcast in all regions of ITV almost throughout its existence....
 from 2000 until 2006.

While at Manchester Polytechnic
Manchester Metropolitan University

Manchester Metropolitan University is a university based in the city of Manchester, England. It is the fifth largest university in the United Kingdom after the Open University, the University of London, University of Manchester and Leeds Metropolitan University....
, he wrote his dissertation
Thesis

A dissertation is a document that presents the author's research and findings and is submitted in support of candidature for a degree or professional qualification....
 about the show. After graduating, he was taken on by Granada Television
Granada Television

Granada Television is the United Kingdom ITV contractor for North West England. It previously held the "North of England" weekday franchise, which also covered most of Yorkshire, from 1954 until 1968 when its broadcast area was divided into two franchises....
 as an archivist in 1988.

He has written numerous books, both fiction and non-fiction, about the show and its characters.

Daran left Granada in 2006 after writing 95 episodes of the Street and introducing the first gay characters.






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Daran Little (born 11 May 1966) is a British writer, most notable for his work as a writer on Coronation Street
Coronation Street

Coronation Street is an award-winning soap opera created by Tony Warren. It is one of the longest-running television programmes in the United Kingdom, first broadcast on 9 December 1960, made by Granada Television and broadcast in all regions of ITV almost throughout its existence....
 from 2000 until 2006.

While at Manchester Polytechnic
Manchester Metropolitan University

Manchester Metropolitan University is a university based in the city of Manchester, England. It is the fifth largest university in the United Kingdom after the Open University, the University of London, University of Manchester and Leeds Metropolitan University....
, he wrote his dissertation
Thesis

A dissertation is a document that presents the author's research and findings and is submitted in support of candidature for a degree or professional qualification....
 about the show. After graduating, he was taken on by Granada Television
Granada Television

Granada Television is the United Kingdom ITV contractor for North West England. It previously held the "North of England" weekday franchise, which also covered most of Yorkshire, from 1954 until 1968 when its broadcast area was divided into two franchises....
 as an archivist in 1988.

He has written numerous books, both fiction and non-fiction, about the show and its characters.

Daran left Granada in 2006 after writing 95 episodes of the Street and introducing the first gay characters. He created, wrote and produced a 20-part series called Hollyoaks: In the City
Hollyoaks: In the City

Hollyoaks: In the City is a United Kingdom Drama set in Liverpool and first broadcast in 2006. Hollyoaks: In the City was a spin-off of the Channel 4 television series Hollyoaks originally devised by Phil Redmond....
 for Mersey Television
Mersey Television

Lime Pictures, formerly known as Mersey Television, is a United Kingdom television production company, founded by renowned producer and writer Phil Redmond in the early 1980s....
. He announced on his MySpace
MySpace

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 site in November 2006 that the series had not been recommissioned. Since then he has joined the Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks

Hollyoaks is an award winning British television soap opera which was first broadcast on 23 October 1995 on Channel 4. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill ....
 writing team.

ABC Daytime
ABC Daytime

ABC Daytime is a programming block on the American Broadcasting Company which has historically encompassed soap operas, game shows, and talk shows....
 hired him to be a Creative Consultant
Creative consultant

Creative consultant is a credit that has - particularly in the past - been given to screenwriters who have script doctor a movie screenplay. It is often given by producers in lieu of official credit....
 on All My Children
All My Children

All My Children, sometimes abbreviated by fans and the press as AMC, is an United States soap opera and drama television series that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the American Broadcasting Company television network since January 5, 1970, and the daily episode also airs weeknights on SOAPnet....
. He will be working closely with Brian Frons
Brian Frons

Brian Frons is an American television executive who holds a Master of Science degree inCommunications from Syracuse University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the State University of New York at Fredonia....
, Barbara Esensten, James Harmon Brown and Julie Hanan Carruthers
Julie Hanan Carruthers

Julie Hanan Carruthers is an American soap opera producer, director, and writer....
. He is now an Associate Head Writer as of July 14 2008.

Little is also a Magistrate, sitting in Manchester City Centre
Manchester City Centre

Manchester city centre – known formally as City Centre – is the central business district of both Manchester and Greater Manchester, in North West England....
.