{{short description|English screenwriter, television producer and script editor}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2008}} {{Infobox person <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | name = Susan Nickson | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1979}} | birth_place = Runcorn, Cheshire, England | occupation = {{flatlist| *Screenwriter *television producer *script editor}} | years_active = 1994–present }} '''Susan Nickson''' (born 1979) is an English screenwriter and executive producer.
==Early life== Nickson was raised in Runcorn, Cheshire, where she attended The Grange School.
==Career== Nickson began her career aged 14 when she won the Lloyds Bank Film Challenge with a ten-minute short film called ''Buddah's Legs''. In 1995, her half-hour satirical comedy ''Life's a Bitch'', starring Sean Hughes and Kathy Burke, aired on Channel 4.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/a-bitch-of-a-day-1620996.html|title=A Bitch of a Day|last=Guttridge|first=Peter|date=24 May 1995|website=The Independent|access-date=9 Dec 2022}}</ref>
Her first original sitcom, ''Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps'', ran for ten years, across nine series, with Nickson writing the majority of the episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/two_pints/|title=Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps|website=British Comedy Guide|access-date=9 Dec 2022}}</ref> The series enjoyed enormous popular success,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/bbc-three-best-shows-documentaries-comedies-fleabag-this-country-stacey-dooley/392087|title=BBC Three is returning to TV: from I May Destroy You to Fleabag, these are the best series to stream |last=Richardson|first=Hollie|website=Stylist|access-date=9 Dec 2022}}</ref> helping to launch the careers of its stars Sheridan Smith, Ralf Little and Will Mellor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/nostalgia/cast-bbcs-two-pints-lager-25123775|title=The cast of BBC's Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps: Where are they now? From Emmy Awards to Bridgerton stardom |last=Molyneux|first=Jess|date=29 Sep 2022|website=Manchester Evening News|access-date=9 Dec 2022}}</ref> It can still regularly be seen on BBC Three, and is currently available on BBC iPlayer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m8nj|title=BBC Three: Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps|website=BBC|access-date=9 Dec 2022}}</ref>
Nickson also created the BBC Three sitcom ''Grownups'', script-edited ''Coming of Age'', and contributed episodes to series 11 and 12 of ''Birds of a Feather''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/birds_of_a_feather/|title=Birds of a Feather|website=British Comedy Guide|access-date=9 Dec 2022}}</ref>
In 2022, her latest original series, ''Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything'', premiered on Sky Comedy.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=1 November 2022 |title=First Look Trailer for Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything |url=https://www.skygroup.sky/article/first-look-trailer-for-rosie-molloy-gives-up-everything-coming-to-sky-comedy-and-now-from-7-december |access-date=9 Dec 2022 |website=Sky Group}}</ref>
==Personal life== Nickson is a patron of Cheshire Autism Practical Support (ChAPS), which helps families navigating autism, having grown up with an autistic brother.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cheshireautism.org.uk/news/patrons/|title=Patrons: Cheshire Autism Practical Support|work=Cheshire Autism|access-date=10 Dec 2022}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0630099}}
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