Biography
Jayshree Patel is a British television writer. Her writing career began in 2016 after she won a Channel 4 Writing for Television Award, which included a placement with Lime Pictures on Hollyoaks. Prior to this she worked as a secondary school teacher and has maintained links with education.
She has written numerous episodes of Hollyoaks since 2018, including contributions to the far-right radicalisation storyline and the special episode ‘The Long Walk Home’. Patel has also written for Casualty (2021), Holby City (2022), Waterloo Road (from 2023) and EastEnders (2024). She co-wrote the 2023 Sky Arts short Diane from Accounts.
