Tolula Dada

Tolula is an award-nominated writer with over a decade’s TV experience, spanning drama development and script editing continuing drama and returning series for BBC One, ITV, Sky One and HBO/Cinemax.

Her first full-length play, CARROT OR STICK? was nominated for the 2015 Alfred Fagon Award. She went on to complete the Royal Court’s Introduction to Playwriting Group and a year-long writing residency at Oxford Playhouse. Since completing the 2019 4Screenwriting Course, her second play, MARRY OR BURN, was long-listed for the Verity Bargate Award 2020.

She is currently developing a number of original projects for TV, alongside writing on the BBC Three series, RED ROSE, the sixth series of ITV’s GRANTCHESTER, and has recently written an episode of THE BLUE for Paramount+.

London (Greater London)


Harriet Pennington Legh

Red Rose (1 x 45)  - Series 1, episode 3

Granchester (1 x 60) - Series 6, episode 6

The Blue (1 x 60) - Series 1, episode 4

Film, Television, Theatre