Biography
Debbie Oates is a British television writer and playwright. She has written for the ITV soap Coronation Street since 2002, contributing more than 260 episodes including the live episode broadcast in 2015 to mark sixty years of ITV.
Her other television credits include episodes of Brookside (1999–2001), Fat Friends (2004–2005), Robin Hood (2006–2007), Crusoe (2008–2009), Primeval (2011), The Dumping Ground (2014), Cold Feet (2019) and Medici (2019). She began her career as an actor and wrote initially to create acting opportunities, later working in theatre and radio before moving into television.
Oates has also written numerous stage plays and adaptations, including work for The Dukes theatre in Lancaster.
