S10, Ep11: Sally Wainwright, TV writer

This week, TV writer, producer and director Sally Wainwright OBE is pulling up a seat at Grace’s kitchen table. Sally’s love for words started at the age of nine, when she and her sister would stage plays together in their bedroom, a passion that would one day see her writing for beloved British soaps like The Archers, Emmerdale and Coronation Street. But the road to writing royalty has not always been so smooth, and Sally and Grace discuss the foods that have seen her through it all — from spaghetti pie, canteen stodge during her bus driving days, boozy lunches at Corrie, and Sally’s own concoctions in the kitchen

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S10, Ep11: Sally Wainwright, TV writer is an episode from Comfort Eating with Grace Dent by The Guardian.

This episode is 00:39:37 long.

This episode was published on Oct 7, 2025.

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