Writer
Jackie Wilkes writes character-led comedy and drama about ordinary people caught in increasingly extraordinary situations.
Familiar lives. Unexpected turns
ASHES TO STASHES
Feature screenplay · comedy / drama · mid-revision
Four Midlands mates. Their dead friend’s ashes. A trip to America.
And a camper van they really shouldn’t have taken.
THE STICK-UP
Comedy thriller · In development
Babs only joined the exclusive Pilates class because her employer didn't want to lose her place.
Then two armed men burst in... and Babs recognises one of the masked men.
RIGHT OF WAY
Six-part dark comedy thriller · In development
When Margaret installs electric gates on her private drive, a neighbour calmly insists he has a historic right of access.
What begins as a petty rural dispute becomes increasingly unsettling as boundaries – legal, personal and otherwise – start to shift.
NETBALL
Comedy drama · In development
A struggling café owner reunites her old netball team. They intend to save the café.
Then they remember how much they like winning.
Development Slate
Longer Fiction
DRIFTMEYER
In development
A small Wisconsin community.
An eleven-year-old boy is murdered.
The town thinks it knows who did it.
A collection of very short fiction – each one exactly 100-words.
If you want a quick sense of how I write, this is the fastest way in.
