Harry Smyth(II)

Harry Smyth is a head of development & writer of BAFTA-winning TV. With one foot in scripted drama and the other in documentary, Harry has developed an impressive list of unscripted one-offs and series for major broadcasters such as BBC, Channel 4, Sky and many more. Recent credits include the critically-acclaimed ratings-hit 'Stacey Dooley: Stalkers' for BBC 1 & 3, which was one of BBC 3's most-watched documentaries that year - and BAFTA-winning 'The Jury: Murder Trial' for Channel 4, a true-crime social-experiment series which has garnered stellar reviews, a Broadcast Award for Best Original Programme, and which has fast become the channel's biggest unscripted launch of the last decade. Harry's development work accounts for well over 50 hours of broadcast content.

Harry was chosen ahead of 5,000 other writers for the BBC Writersroom Voices 2023 scripted development programme.