Biography
Siân Orrells was a Welsh television scriptwriter. Born in Port Talbot in 1965, she studied English and drama at Aberystwyth University before transferring to Swansea University, where she gained a degree in English and art.
She began writing scripts while living in London and gained an agent after her radio script Swimming Back to Malta was runner-up in the Radio Times drama awards in 1991. Her television credits included episodes of EastEnders (1994–1995), Wycliffe (1995–1996), Thief Takers (1996), A Touch of Frost (1997) and Touching Evil (1998). She created and wrote the original six-part BBC One series Jack of Hearts (1999), set in Cardiff and starring Keith Allen.
Orrells also wrote and directed the short film The Landlord for S4C. She died in 2021.
