Biography
Paul Abbott is an English screenwriter and producer. Born in Burnley in 1960, he began his career writing radio plays before becoming a story editor and later a scriptwriter on Coronation Street. He produced the second series of Cracker in 1994 and wrote episodes for the drama.
Abbott created or wrote several acclaimed series, including State of Play (2003), Clocking Off (2000–2003), Shameless (2004–2013) and No Offence (2015–2018). He has received awards including a Royal Television Society Award for Clocking Off and a Peabody Award for State of Play.
