---
name: "Loren McLaughlan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/loren-mclaughlan"
fi1m_id: "loren-mclaughlan"
tmdb_id: 1943911
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T16:33:04.576341+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."
---

# Loren McLaughlan

## Identity

Loren McLaughlan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/loren-mclaughlan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** loren-mclaughlan
- **TMDB ID:** 1943911
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1943911

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2004–2013
- **Frequently works with:** [Amy Roberts](https://film.one/person/amy-roberts-2534139.md), [Dominic Leclerc](https://film.one/person/dominic-leclerc.md), [Luke Watson](https://film.one/person/luke-watson.md), [Tim Whitby](https://film.one/person/tim-whitby.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 75 (1), 2010s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1943911

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Village*](https://film.one/tv/the-village-2013.md) (78)
- **Apple TV:** [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md) (75)

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## Biography

Loren McLaughlan is a British television writer. She has written episodes of series including *Shameless* (2013), *The White Princess* (2017, with Amy Roberts), *Cold Feet* (2016), *The Village* (2014) and *The Hardacres* (2024–2026), on which she is also credited as creator.

McLaughlan began her career in production and script editing, working on programmes such as *Coronation Street* and *Shameless*. She collaborates with writer Amy Roberts; the pair met while script editing *Shameless*. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Manchester’s New Writing Centre and is based in Rochdale, England.

*Sources: imdb.com, bbc.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Village* (2013), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-village-2013.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *The Hardacres* (2024), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *The White Princess* (2017), series, Writer
- *The Village* (2013), series, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-village-2013.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)

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