Daran Little

**Daran Little** has been a prolific writer on *EastEnders* in the last decade, writing **152** episodes of the programme since August 2010. Since his time on the show, Little created the dysfunctional Taylor family which were first seen onscreen in 2017. During his early years, he initially pitched a male-rape storyline to the then executive producer Bryan Kirkwood; however, both subsequently dropped the storyline, and Little went onto creating the storyline on *Hollyoaks*. Daran initially had a week's worth of work experience at *EastEnders* in 1985.

After studying at university in Manchester, he landed the job of official archivist on the ITV soap *Coronation Street*. He has written several books about *Coronation Street* and was responsible for writing the acclaimed *The Road to Coronation Street*, a TV drama broadcast on BBC Four about the show's origin history. In the early 2000s, he joined the scriptwriting staff before leaving in 2006. In 2010, Little wrote *East Street*, the first-ever cross over between *EastEnders* and *Coronation Street* for Children in Need.

Little created, wrote and produced the twenty-part Channel 4 teen drama *Hollyoaks: In The City*, a spin-off from *Hollyoaks*. The American television network ABC hired him to serve as the creative consultant and write for the American soaps *All My Children* and *The Young and the Restless*. He has also served as the producer on reality TV shows *The Only Way Is Essex*, *Made in Chelsea* and *The Real Housewives of Cheshire*.

## Episodes written by Daran Little

### 2010s

**2010 (9 episodes)**

* Episode 4056 (20th August 2010)
* Episode 4065 (6th September 2010)
* Episode 4096 (29th October 2010)
* Episode 4097 (1st November 2010)
* Episode 4110/4111 (25th November 2010)
* Episode 4119 (9th December 2010)
* Episode 4120 (10th December 2010)
* Episode 4131 (26th December 2010)
* Episode 4132 (27th December 2010)

**2011 (16 episodes)**

* Episode 4159 (10th February 2011)
* Episode 4173 (7th March 2011)
* Episode 4174 (8th March 2011)
* Episode 4185 (29th March 2011)
* Episode 4186 (31st March 2011)
* Episode 4219 (27th May 2011)
* Episode 4220 (30th May 2011)
* Episode 4233 (21st June 2011)
* Episode 4234 (23rd June 2011)
* Episode 4250 (19th July 2011)
* Episode 4268 (19th August 2011)
* Episode 4277 (5th September 2011)
* Episode 4278 (6th September 2011)
* Episode 4314 (8th November 2011)
* Episode 4315 (10th November 2011)
* Episode 4336 (16th December 2011)

**2012 (5 episodes)**

* Episode 4370 (6th February 2012)
* Episode 4371 (7th February 2012)
* Episode 4383 (28th February 2012)
* Episode 4404 (5th April 2012)
* Episode 4405 (6th April 2012)

**2013 (1 episode)**

* Episode 4765 (19th December 2013)

**2014 (16 episodes)**

* Episode 4777 (2nd January 2014)
* Episode 4778 (3rd January 2014)
* Episode 4787 (16th January 2014)
* Episode 4793 (27th January 2014)
* Episode 4825 (25th March 2014)
* Episode 4839 (17th April 2014)
* Episode 4867 (5th June 2014)
* Episode 4887 (10th July 2014)
* Episode 4910 (19th August 2014)
* Episode 4911 (21st August 2014)
* Episode 4923 (11th September 2014)
* Episode 4943 (16th October 2014)
* Episode 4944 (17th October 2014)
* Episode 4957 (10th November 2014)
* Episode 4974 (11th December 2014)
* Episode 4975 (12th December 2014)

**2015 (14 episodes)**

* Episode 5003 (22nd January 2015)
* Episode 5014 (13th February 2015)
* Episode 5035 (19th March 2015)
* Episode 5053 (20th April 2015)
* Episode 5063 (7th May 2015)
* Episode 5064 (8th May 2015)
* Episode 5077 (1st June 2015)
* Episode 5088 (19th June 2015)
* Episode 5097 (6th July 2015)
* Episode 5100 (10th July 2015)
* Episode 5111 (30th July 2015)
* Episode 5112 (31st July 2015)
* Episode 5157 (19th October 2015)
* Episode 5184 (4th December 2015)

**2016 (18 episodes)**

* Episode 5205 (5th January 2016)
* Episode 5210 (12th January 2016)
* Episode 5211 (14th January 2016)
* Episode 5230 (16th February 2016)
* Episode 5249 (21st March 2016)
* Episode 5250 (22nd March 2016)
* Episode 5276 (3rd May 2016)
* Episode 5279 (5th May 2016)
* Episode 5280 (6th May 2016)
* Episode 5297 (6th June 2016)
* Episode 5313 (11th July 2016)
* Episode 5314 (12th July 2016)
* Episode 5347 (8th September 2016)
* Episode 5348 (9th September 2016)
* Episode 5367 (13th October 2016)
* Episode 5368 (14th October 2016)
* Episode 5395 (2nd December 2016)
* Episode 5409/5410 (25th December 2016)

**2017 (22 episodes)**

* Episode 5428 (20th January 2017)
* Episode 5429 (20th January 2017)
* Episode 5430 (23rd January 2017)
* Episode 5431 (24th January 2017)
* Episode 5438 (9th February 2017)
* Episode 5467 (30th March 2017)
* Episode 5468 (31st March 2017)
* Episode 5477 (17th April 2017)
* Episode 5479 (20th April 2017)
* Episode 5499 (25th May 2017)
* Episode 5500 (26th May 2017)
* Episode 5511 (15th June 2017)
* Episode 5512 (16th June 2017)
* Episode 5524 (7th July 2017)
* Episode 5525 (10th July 2017)
* Episode 5552 (25th August 2017)
* Episode 5588 (27th October 2017)
* Episode 5589 (30th October 2017)
* Episode 5603 (23rd November 2017)
* Episode 5604 (24th November 2017)
* Episode 5617 (18th December 2017)
* Episode 5618 (19th December 2017)

**2018 (7 episodes)**

* Episode 5644 (24th January 2018)
* Episode 5645 (25th January 2018)
* Episode 5688 (12th April 2018)
* Episode 5689 (13th April 2018)
* Episode 5732 (29th June 2018)
* Episode 5733 (29th June 2018)
* Episode 5816 (22nd November 2018)

**2019 (21 episodes)**

* Episode 5846 (8th January 2019)
* Episode 5859 (29th January 2019)
* Episode 5874 (25th February 2019)
* Episode 5875 (26th February 2019)
* Episode 5909 (26th April 2019)
* Episode 5929 (31st May 2019)
* Episode 5940 (20th June 2019)
* Episode 5941 (21st June 2019)
* Episode 5966 (5th August 2019)
* Episode 5967 (6th August 2019)
* Episode 5972 (15th August 2019)
* Episode 5973 (16th August 2019)
* Episode 5995 (24th September 2019)
* Episode 5996 (26th September 2019)
* Episode 5997 (27th September 2019)
* Episode 6020 (7th November 2019)
* Episode 6021 (8th November 2019)
* Episode 6027 (21st November 2019)
* Episode 6028 (22nd November 2019)
* Episode 6049 (26th December 2019)
* Episode 6050 (27th December 2019)

### 2020s

**2020 (13 episodes)**

* Episode 6069 (27th January 2020)
* Episode 6070 (28th January 2020)
* Episode 6087 (27th February 2020)
* Episode 6088 (28th February 2020)
* Episode 6105 (13th April 2020)
* Episode 6106 (14th April 2020)
* Episode 6120 (2nd June 2020)
* Episode 6127 (10th September 2020)
* Episode 6128 (11th September 2020)
* Episode 6149 (19th October 2020)
* Episode 6150 (20th October 2020)
* Episode 6177 (7th December 2020)
* Episode 6178 (8th December 2020)

**2021 (10 episodes)**

* Episode 6206 (19th January 2021)
* Episode 6207 (21st January 2021)
* Episode 6241 (22nd March 2021)
* Episode 6242 (23rd March 2021)
* Episode 6271 (13th May 2021)
* Episode 6272 (14th May 2021)
* Episode 6301 (5th July 2021)
* Episode 6302 (7th July 2021)
* Episode 6335 (2nd September 2021)
* Episode 6336 (3rd September 2021)