Elaine Collins Joins STV Drama

Elaine Collins has signed an exclusive deal with STV Productions to develop and co-produce a slate of drama projects for television.

Collins was previously a producer and executive producer at ITV Studios. There, she optioned Ann Cleeves’ Vera Stanhope novels, which she then developed and produced as Vera. She was also responsible for developing and executive producing three seasons of the BBC One crime drama Shetland. Most recently, Collins was creative director at BBC Drama.

At STV Productions Collins will be working in close collaboration with the company’s head of drama, Sarah Brown, to build a slate of distinctive, high-quality, writer-led shows, including a raft of projects set in Scotland.

Brown said: “We are thrilled to be working with Elaine on this exciting new venture. She is hugely respected in the industry thanks to her fantastic writer relationships, terrific development brain and impeccable taste. Her track record making shows which are so loved and admired will give a fantastic boost to our ambitions to grow our drama business and to build on our past successes as a leading producer of top-quality drama both north and south of the border.”

Collins added: “I’m very much looking forward to teaming up with Sarah and STV Productions. Our shared ambition to work with the very best screenwriting talent, provide a home for the most original novels, both historical and contemporary, and our passionate commitment to producing top-quality work from Scotland and beyond, makes it feel like the perfect home for me.”