---
name: "Carmel Morgan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carmel-morgan"
fi1m_id: "carmel-morgan"
tmdb_id: 1227882
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-18T07:37:06.943419+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Carmel Morgan

## Identity

Carmel Morgan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carmel-morgan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** carmel-morgan
- **TMDB ID:** 1227882
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227882

Writer. Born in Oxfordshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1998–2004
- **Frequently works with:** [Mark Mylod](https://film.one/person/mark-mylod.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 85 (1), 2000s 75 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227882

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Royle Family*](https://film.one/tv/the-royle-family.md) (85), [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md) (75)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Carmel Morgan is a British television writer. Born in 1965 in Oxfordshire, she moved to Liverpool in 1984. She previously worked as a Granada Television press officer before serving an apprenticeship on the second series of *The Royle Family* in 1999.

She wrote for *Brookside* (1999–2002) and contributed to the first series of *Shameless* in 2004. Morgan joined the writing team for *Coronation Street* in 2002 and has written over 200 episodes. With Cheryl Taylor she co-created the BBC Three comedy drama *Drop Dead Gorgeous* (2006–2007).

Her stage play *Smaller*, commissioned by Dawn French and directed by Kathy Burke, toured in 2006 before a West End run. *Drop Dead Gorgeous* won Best Comedy Drama at the 2008 British Comedy Awards.

*Sources: imdb.com, shameless.fandom.com, curtisbrown.co.uk, coronationstreet.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *The Royle Family* (1998), Fi1m 85, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-royle-family.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Drop Dead Gorgeous* (2006), series, Writer, Creator
- *Shameless* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *The Royle Family* (1998), series, Writer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-royle-family.md)

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