Kate Brooke

Origins, education and early career[edit]

Kate Brooke (born 1st June 1968) is a British writer, director and producer in both television and theatre. She was educated at Wycombe Abbey School and Christ Church, Oxford, where she read English. After Oxford, she studied at L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris before setting up her own theatre group in England.

Her work for television includes The Winter King, A Discovery of Witches, Bancroft, Mr Selfridge and The Forsyte Saga.

While working in the theatre, she directed and adapted many works for the stage, including:

Production	Notes	Broadcaster
Six Pairs of Pants	"Episode #1.1" (1995)	Channel 4
Family Affairs	12 episodes (1998–2000)	Channel 5
Protesting Too Much	6 episodes (co-written with Sally Phillips, 2000)	BBC Radio 4
Always and Everyone	"Episode #2.6" (2000)	ITV
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness	Television film (co-written with Terry Winsor, 2003)	ITV
The Forsyte Saga, Series II	Television miniseries (co-written with John Galsworthy and Phil Woods, 2003)	ITV
Secret Smile	Television film (2005)	ITV
Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback	Television film (2007)	ITV
Wired	Television miniseries (2008)	ITV
Breaking the Mould	Television film (2009)	BBC Four
Case Sensitive	"The Point of Rescue" (2011)	ITV
The Making of a Lady	Television film (2012)	ITV
The Ice Cream Girls	Television miniseries (2013)	ITV
Mr Selfridge	11 episodes (co-written with Andrew Davies, 2013–)	ITV
Bancroft	Season 2, 4 episodes (2019)	ITV
A Discovery of Witches	5 episodes (2018)	Sky One

Year	Award	Work	Category	Result	Reference
2007	Edgar Allan Poe Awards	Secret Smile	Best Television Feature/Mini-Series Teleplay (shared with Nicci Gerrard)	Nominated

Brooke is married to Sir Stephen Lovegrove, formerly the UK's National Security Adviser. They have two daughters and live in London.