---
name: "Sian Orrells"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sian-orrells"
fi1m_id: "sian-orrells"
tmdb_id: 2898888
roles: ["Writer"]
died: "11 June 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:31:46.371936+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."
---

# Sian Orrells

## Identity

Sian Orrells

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sian-orrells
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sian-orrells
- **TMDB ID:** 2898888
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2898888

Writer. Born in Port Talbot, Wales. Died 11 June 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Died:** 11 June 2021
- **Active:** 1992–1997
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2898888

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*A Touch of Frost*](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md) (76)

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

## 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.

*Sources: theguardian.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), Fi1m 76, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Jack of Hearts* (1999), series, Writer
- *Touching Evil* (1997), series, Writer
- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), series, Screenplay — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md)

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