Sharon and Iain’s write stuff
Sharon Young says the pandemic offered her the chance to turn her hand to scriptwriting, working on a drama with her The Scotts co-star, Iain Connell.
The pair, who play husband and wife Laura and Henry in the BBC comedy, hope the story might be picked up by a production company after working on the script, which she describes as “much darker than The Scotts”.
“We’ve written the first episode,” said Young, who spent the early part of her childhood in St Andrews before moving west to Helensburgh. “Iain’s based in Scotland and I’m in London, so it was mostly done on Zoom.
“He’s helped me so much in so many ways with my writing. We have such different perspectives on writing and on life, so it’s nice to see the same thing from two viewpoints.
“When we started working on it, it was at the tail-end of the pandemic, and it was a great creative outlet to have when things were quieter.
“The script is with a friend just now, who has kindly offered to look at it. I think it’s pretty much there, so when we get it back we’ll fine-tune it and hopefully somebody out there will like it enough to make it one day. It’s much darker than The Scotts, definitely in the drama category, and it’s been such good fun to work on.”