Jane Hollowood

Jane Hollowood was one of the prominent writers in EastEnders in the 1980s having been responsible for 49 scripts between February 1985 and August 1989. Also in 1989 alongside Charlie Humphreys and Tony McHale she took on the role of storylining the programme following the departure of Co-creators Julia Smith and Tony Holland and Mike Gibbon who was appointed executive producer following their departure turned to the most experienced writers and asked them to take on the role of the producing the storylines for the show. In her early years, before taking on such a huge part and being an average writer, she was responsible for hard-hitting storylines such as the fatal cot death of baby Hassan, the showdown between Den, Angie and Jan and the Christmas and New Years episodes in 1987.

Upon becoming a storyliner, Hollowood remained in that position until August 1989. But she has had over a dozen more work on other TV dramas such as Angels, Grange Hill, The District Nurse (a show created by the creators of EastEnders), Eldorado (another show also created by the creators of EastEnders) and The Bill.

While juggling her career as a television writer, Jane has also had a knack of turning up on our screen as an actress, and she has appeared in some of the UK's high profile television shows such as Emmerdale, Coronation Street and Brookside.

Episodes written by Jane Hollowod

1985 (12 episodes)

1. 21 February 1985
2. 5 March 1985
3. 7 March 1985
4. 14 May 1985
5. 20 June 1985
6. 2 July 1985
7. 1 August 1985
8. 22 August 1985
9. 24 September 1985
10. 8 October 1985
11. 7 November 1985
12. 12 December 1985

1986 (9 episodes)

1. 16 January 1986
2. 4 February 1986
3. 13 March 1986
4. 1 April 1986
5. 1 May 1986
6. 27 May 1986
7. 11 September 1986
8. 16 October 1986
9. 11 November 1986

1987 (13 episodes)

1. 17 February 1987
2. 19 March 1987
3. 14 May 1987
4. 23 June 1987
5. 21 July 1987
6. 11 August 1987
7. 24 September 1987
8. 13 October 1987
9. 24 November 1987
10. 22 December 1987
11. 25 December 1987
12. 31 December 1987 - Part 1
13. 31 December 1987 - Part 2

1988 (9 episodes)

1. 26 January 1988
2. 10 March 1988
3. 19 May 1988
4. 24 May 1988
5. 19 July 1988
6. 9 August 1988
7. 29 September 1988
8. 20 October 1988
9. 24 November 1988

1989 (6 episodes)

1. 2 February 1989
2. 27 April 1989
3. 2 May 1989
4. 4 July 1989
5. 8 August 1989
6. 10 August 1989