---
name: "Jan McVerry"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jan-mcverry"
fi1m_id: "jan-mcverry"
imdb_id: "nm0574692"
tmdb_id: 1215250
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T13:01:00.358630+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."
---

# Jan McVerry

## Identity

Jan McVerry

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jan-mcverry
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jan-mcverry
- **IMDb ID:** nm0574692
- **TMDB ID:** 1215250
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574692/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215250

Writer. Born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1960–2000
- **Frequently works with:** [John Fay](https://film.one/person/john-fay.md), [Sarah Harding](https://film.one/person/sarah-harding.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 74 (1), 2000s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574692/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215250

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Coronation Street*](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Jan McVerry is a British television writer. Born in Liverpool in 1966, she began her career in script and continuity roles, working as a script continuity assistant on Brookside before joining Coronation Street as a story associate in 1991.

She has been a regular writer on Coronation Street since 1997, contributing hundreds of episodes. Her credits include the programme's fiftieth-anniversary live episode in 2010 and the 9,000th episode in 2016. She has received BAFTA Television Awards for Soap and Continuing Drama in 2012 and 2014, a British Soap Award for Best Single Episode in 2011, and the Tony Warren Award in 2022.

McVerry's other writing credits include episodes of The Forsyte Saga (2002), Clocking Off, Emmerdale, Brookside, The Street, Homefront, Drop Dead Gorgeous and Cold Feet.

*Sources: imdb.com, coronationstreet.fandom.com, theagency.co.uk, eastieoaks.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Clocking Off* (2000), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/clocking-off.md)
- *Coronation Street* (1960), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *The Time of Your Life* (2007), series, Writer
- *The Forsyte Saga* (2002), series, Writer
- *The Innocent* (2001), Writer
- *Clocking Off* (2000), series, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/clocking-off.md)
- *Coronation Street* (1960), series, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

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