Moya O'Shea
Moya writes for Film, TV, Animation, Audio Drama and Theatre. Recent work includes the screenplay for the animated feature film, The Glassworker, for Mano Animation Studios, Pakistan, which premiered in competition at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2024 and is Pakistan’s Official Entry for Best International Feature for the 2025 Academy Awards. The movie has made the long list in that category and also in Best Animated Feature for the Oscars.
Her award winning short film, Some Sweet Oblivious Antidote, starring Sir Lenny Henry, Wunmi Mosaku,Sylvestra Le Touzel, Arinzé Kene and Colin Salmon, won Best Screenplay at the Canberra Short Film Festival.
TV includes Byker Grove, Doctors and the animated series, Peppa Pig, Floogals, Tree Fu Tom, Tilly & Friends, Driver Dan's Story Train, Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!, Eddy &
The Bear, Gordon the Garden Gnome, The Koala Brothers, Toot the Tiny Tugboat, Caiman and ten episodes of Little Princess.
Moya has written many original plays for BBC Radio Drama namely Theo which was voted the most popular radio play in the BBC Archive and Beside Myself, a biography of
Daphne du Maurier starring Helena Bonham Carter and Bill Nighy broadcast in 2024.
Adaptations comprise Jules Verne’s Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Nevil Shute’s A Town Like Alice (Sony Award Winner), Mary McCarthy’s The Group, Daphne du
Maurier’s September Tide, Edna Ferber's Show Boat and Michael Field based on the diaries of the poet, Michael Field.
Her comedy play Room Service Included was performed at New Farnham Rep and The Mill At Sonning.
Her award winning short film, Some Sweet Oblivious Antidote, starring Sir Lenny Henry, Wunmi Mosaku,Sylvestra Le Touzel, Arinzé Kene and Colin Salmon, won Best Screenplay at the Canberra Short Film Festival.
TV includes Byker Grove, Doctors and the animated series, Peppa Pig, Floogals, Tree Fu Tom, Tilly & Friends, Driver Dan's Story Train, Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!, Eddy &
The Bear, Gordon the Garden Gnome, The Koala Brothers, Toot the Tiny Tugboat, Caiman and ten episodes of Little Princess.
Moya has written many original plays for BBC Radio Drama namely Theo which was voted the most popular radio play in the BBC Archive and Beside Myself, a biography of
Daphne du Maurier starring Helena Bonham Carter and Bill Nighy broadcast in 2024.
Adaptations comprise Jules Verne’s Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Nevil Shute’s A Town Like Alice (Sony Award Winner), Mary McCarthy’s The Group, Daphne du
Maurier’s September Tide, Edna Ferber's Show Boat and Michael Field based on the diaries of the poet, Michael Field.
Her comedy play Room Service Included was performed at New Farnham Rep and The Mill At Sonning.
London (Greater London)
Film
“The Glassworker” - Animated Feature Film, Mano Animation Studios, Pakistan (2024) Director: Usman Riaz, Producers: Khizer Riaz & Manuel Cristobal Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2024 - Official Competition, Guadalajara International Film Festival 2024, Shanghai International Film Festival 2024 - Golden Goblet Award Competition, Hiroshima Animation Season 2024, The International South Asian Film Festival 2024, Canada - Excellence in Feature Filmmaking Honourable Mention, Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, 2024, Lightbox Expo 2024, California, Virginia Film Festival, Best First Feature Film Award Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Audience Prize at the 10th Asian World Film Festival in Los Angeles, Official Entry: Pakistan - Best International Feature 2025, 97th Academy Awards, Oscars long lists for Best International Feature Film and Best Animated Feature Film...
“King of Tory” - Animated Feature Film Treatment for EZ Films, Ireland (2023)
“Some Sweet Oblivious Antidote”- Short Film - Creative England/BFI (2017) Director: Christiana Ebohon-Green, Producers: Fiona Gillies and Michael Mueller. Starring Sir Lenny Henry, Wunmi Mosaku, Colin Salmon, Sylvestra Le Touzel and Arinzé Kene Best International Screenplay - Canberra Short Film Festival 2018, Winner Best of the Fest Triforce Short Film Festival 2018, Winner Earl’s Court Short Film Festival 2018, East End Film Festival Nominee, South Central Film Festival 2019, Sydney Indie Film Festival 2017, Manchester International Film Festival 2017, Encounters Short Film Festival 2017, Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2017), BAFTA Long List 2018
“Snake” - Comedy Horror screenplay Black List Top Listed
“Flora of Texas” - Original screenplay Black List Top Listed
“Bau Bau” - Original Animated feature Black List Top Listed
Television
“Couture” Pilot for 6x60 mins drama - Richard Price Television Associates
"Byker Grove" Series 18, Episode 14, Zenith Productions for BBC 1 Director: Tim Leandro
"Doctors" Series 7, Episode 67, “The Doctor’s Wife” BBC1 Director: Christopher Timothy
"Doctors" Series 7, Episode 20, “Jules and Debs” BBC1 Director: Topher Campbell
"Doctors" Series 6, Episode 140, “Old Habits” BBC1 Director: Christopher Timothy
"Doctors" Series 6, Episode 98, “One Last Request” BBC1 Director: Rupert Such
"Doctors" Series 5, Episode 200 “Amy’s Story” BBC1 Directed by Chris Richards
“Doctors” Series 5, Episode 68 “Encountered Briefly ” BBC1 Directed by Darcia Martin
“Doctors” Series 5, Episode 36 “Nothing But The Truth ” BBC1 Directed by Ian Barber
“Doctors” Series 4, Episode 25 “Stolen Moments” BBC1 Directed by Terry Iland
“Doctors” Series 4, Episode 8 “Stuff Happens” BBC1 Directed by Dominic Keavy
“Doctors” Series 3, Episode 125 “Motherly Love” BBC1 Directed by S.J. Clarkson
Audio
“Double Exposure - Daphne: Beside Myself” - Afternoon Play about Daphne du Maurier, BBC Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale (2024) Starring: Helena Bonham Carter and Bill Nighy
“Snake” - Afternoon Play, BBC Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale (2017)
“Journey to the Centre of the Earth” (Adaptation of Jules Verne novel) Classic Serial, BBC Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale (2017)
“Super Chief” - Afternoon Play, BBC Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale. Featured on Pick of the Week, Radio 4
“Digging For Victory” - Afternoon Play, BBC Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale. Named Radio 4 ‘Drama of the Week’
“Show Boat” (Adaptation of Edna Ferber novel) - Classic Serial, BBC Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale
“Ob’owa” - Friday Play, Unique Productions for BBC Radio 4, Director: Christiana Ebohon
“September Tide” (Adaptation of Daphne du Maurier play) - Afternoon Play (Sixty minutes), BBC Radio Drama, Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale
“A Night in ‘54” - Saturday Play (Sixty Minutes), BBC Radio 4, Producer: Marc Beeby
“The Group” (Adaptation of Mary McCarthy Novel) - 2X60 mins Drama Series, BBC Radio 4,
Producer: Tracey Neale
“The Chocolate Lovers’ Club” 5X15 mins Comedy-Drama Series for Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale
“Chapters and Verses: Treasures of the British Library - Michael Field” - 10X15 mins Drama Series for Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale
“A Town Like Alice” - (Adaptation) 6X30 mins Drama Series, BBC Radio 2, Producer: David Blount/Tracey Neale. Silver Sony Drama Award
“Kalangadog Junction” - 6X30 mins Comedy-Drama Series, BBC Radio 2, Producer: Liz Anstee (Light Entertainment)
“Late in the Day” - Afternoon Play (Sixty minutes), BBC Radio Drama, Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale
“Theo” - (Ninety minutes), BBC Radio Drama, Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale. Voted Most Popular Drama from the BBC Archive as part of BBC 7/Radio 4 Extra’s 5th Birthday Celebrations 2007
“Lovely Witches” - Afternoon Play (Sixty minutes), BBC Radio Drama, Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale
“C.Q.D.” - Radio Drama for Thirty Minute Theatre, BBC Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale
“Day Off” - Radio Drama for Thirty Minute Theatre, BBC Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale
Animation
“The Glassworker” - Animated Feature Film, Mano Animation Studios, Pakistan (2024) Director: Usman Riaz, Producers: Khizer Riaz & Manuel Cristobal Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2024 - Official Competition, Guadalajara International Film Festival 2024, Shanghai International Film Festival 2024 - Golden Goblet Award Competition, Hiroshima Animation Season 2024, The International South Asian Film Festival 2024, Canada - Excellence in Feature Filmmaking Honourable Mention, Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, 2024, Lightbox Expo 2024, California, Virginia Film Festival, Best First Feature Film Award Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Audience Prize at the 10th Asian World Film Festival in Los Angeles, Official Entry: Pakistan - Best International Feature 2025, 97th Academy Awards, Oscars long lists for Best International Feature Film and Best Animated Feature Film...
“Peppa Pig” - Karrot Animation for eOne Entertainment (2024 - 2027) - Six Episodes
“King of Tory” - Animated Feature Film Treatment for EZ Films, Ireland (2023)
“Little Princess” - The Illuminated Film Company for Channel 5 (2019/2020) - Ten Episodes
“Caiman” - Pilot and two episodes, The Illuminated Film Company - Launched at Cartoon Forum, Mipcom and Mip Junior, 2016
“Floogals" - “Project: Sleepover”, The Foundation and Sprout/NBCUniversal
“Toot The Tiny Tugboat” - Lupus Films for Channel 5 - Three Episodes - Toot the Tiny Tugboat’s ‘Melt Down’ episode nominated for Best Short Film at Love International Film Festival 2016
“Tree Fu Tom” - Cbeebies/Fremantle Media Enterprises/Blue Zoo - Three Episodes
“Tilly and Friends”, Cbeebies/Jam Media (2012) - Three Episodes
“Driver Dan’s Story Train” - 3 Line Media for Cbeebies - Sweetie’s Reward
"Gordon Gnome", Collingwood O’Hare Entertainment for BBC - Six Episodes
Commissioned to devise and write the bible of a new animated series for HIT Entertainment
"The Koala Brothers", Famous Flying Films/Spellbound Productions for BBC - Three Episodes
“Yoko!Jakamoko!Toto!”, Collingwood O’Hare Entertainment for ITV - Eleven Episodes
“Eddy & The Bear”, Collingwood O’Hare Entertainment for ITV - Two Episodes
Theatre
“Room Service Included” The Mill At Sonning, Berkshire, 2012 (Director: Andy de la Tour)
“Room Service” New Farnham Rep Company, Hampshire, August, 2009
Citizenship - Irish-EU/British/Australian
Member: BAFTA, WGGB, WFTV, Animated Women UK
“The Glassworker” - Animated Feature Film, Mano Animation Studios, Pakistan (2024) Director: Usman Riaz, Producers: Khizer Riaz & Manuel Cristobal Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2024 - Official Competition, Guadalajara International Film Festival 2024, Shanghai International Film Festival 2024 - Golden Goblet Award Competition, Hiroshima Animation Season 2024, The International South Asian Film Festival 2024, Canada - Excellence in Feature Filmmaking Honourable Mention, Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, 2024, Lightbox Expo 2024, California, Virginia Film Festival, Best First Feature Film Award Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Audience Prize at the 10th Asian World Film Festival in Los Angeles, Official Entry: Pakistan - Best International Feature 2025, 97th Academy Awards, Oscars long lists for Best International Feature Film and Best Animated Feature Film...
“King of Tory” - Animated Feature Film Treatment for EZ Films, Ireland (2023)
“Some Sweet Oblivious Antidote”- Short Film - Creative England/BFI (2017) Director: Christiana Ebohon-Green, Producers: Fiona Gillies and Michael Mueller. Starring Sir Lenny Henry, Wunmi Mosaku, Colin Salmon, Sylvestra Le Touzel and Arinzé Kene Best International Screenplay - Canberra Short Film Festival 2018, Winner Best of the Fest Triforce Short Film Festival 2018, Winner Earl’s Court Short Film Festival 2018, East End Film Festival Nominee, South Central Film Festival 2019, Sydney Indie Film Festival 2017, Manchester International Film Festival 2017, Encounters Short Film Festival 2017, Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2017), BAFTA Long List 2018
“Snake” - Comedy Horror screenplay Black List Top Listed
“Flora of Texas” - Original screenplay Black List Top Listed
“Bau Bau” - Original Animated feature Black List Top Listed
Television
“Couture” Pilot for 6x60 mins drama - Richard Price Television Associates
"Byker Grove" Series 18, Episode 14, Zenith Productions for BBC 1 Director: Tim Leandro
"Doctors" Series 7, Episode 67, “The Doctor’s Wife” BBC1 Director: Christopher Timothy
"Doctors" Series 7, Episode 20, “Jules and Debs” BBC1 Director: Topher Campbell
"Doctors" Series 6, Episode 140, “Old Habits” BBC1 Director: Christopher Timothy
"Doctors" Series 6, Episode 98, “One Last Request” BBC1 Director: Rupert Such
"Doctors" Series 5, Episode 200 “Amy’s Story” BBC1 Directed by Chris Richards
“Doctors” Series 5, Episode 68 “Encountered Briefly ” BBC1 Directed by Darcia Martin
“Doctors” Series 5, Episode 36 “Nothing But The Truth ” BBC1 Directed by Ian Barber
“Doctors” Series 4, Episode 25 “Stolen Moments” BBC1 Directed by Terry Iland
“Doctors” Series 4, Episode 8 “Stuff Happens” BBC1 Directed by Dominic Keavy
“Doctors” Series 3, Episode 125 “Motherly Love” BBC1 Directed by S.J. Clarkson
Audio
“Double Exposure - Daphne: Beside Myself” - Afternoon Play about Daphne du Maurier, BBC Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale (2024) Starring: Helena Bonham Carter and Bill Nighy
“Snake” - Afternoon Play, BBC Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale (2017)
“Journey to the Centre of the Earth” (Adaptation of Jules Verne novel) Classic Serial, BBC Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale (2017)
“Super Chief” - Afternoon Play, BBC Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale. Featured on Pick of the Week, Radio 4
“Digging For Victory” - Afternoon Play, BBC Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale. Named Radio 4 ‘Drama of the Week’
“Show Boat” (Adaptation of Edna Ferber novel) - Classic Serial, BBC Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale
“Ob’owa” - Friday Play, Unique Productions for BBC Radio 4, Director: Christiana Ebohon
“September Tide” (Adaptation of Daphne du Maurier play) - Afternoon Play (Sixty minutes), BBC Radio Drama, Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale
“A Night in ‘54” - Saturday Play (Sixty Minutes), BBC Radio 4, Producer: Marc Beeby
“The Group” (Adaptation of Mary McCarthy Novel) - 2X60 mins Drama Series, BBC Radio 4,
Producer: Tracey Neale
“The Chocolate Lovers’ Club” 5X15 mins Comedy-Drama Series for Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale
“Chapters and Verses: Treasures of the British Library - Michael Field” - 10X15 mins Drama Series for Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale
“A Town Like Alice” - (Adaptation) 6X30 mins Drama Series, BBC Radio 2, Producer: David Blount/Tracey Neale. Silver Sony Drama Award
“Kalangadog Junction” - 6X30 mins Comedy-Drama Series, BBC Radio 2, Producer: Liz Anstee (Light Entertainment)
“Late in the Day” - Afternoon Play (Sixty minutes), BBC Radio Drama, Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale
“Theo” - (Ninety minutes), BBC Radio Drama, Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale. Voted Most Popular Drama from the BBC Archive as part of BBC 7/Radio 4 Extra’s 5th Birthday Celebrations 2007
“Lovely Witches” - Afternoon Play (Sixty minutes), BBC Radio Drama, Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale
“C.Q.D.” - Radio Drama for Thirty Minute Theatre, BBC Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale
“Day Off” - Radio Drama for Thirty Minute Theatre, BBC Radio 4, Producer: Tracey Neale
Animation
“The Glassworker” - Animated Feature Film, Mano Animation Studios, Pakistan (2024) Director: Usman Riaz, Producers: Khizer Riaz & Manuel Cristobal Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2024 - Official Competition, Guadalajara International Film Festival 2024, Shanghai International Film Festival 2024 - Golden Goblet Award Competition, Hiroshima Animation Season 2024, The International South Asian Film Festival 2024, Canada - Excellence in Feature Filmmaking Honourable Mention, Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, 2024, Lightbox Expo 2024, California, Virginia Film Festival, Best First Feature Film Award Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Audience Prize at the 10th Asian World Film Festival in Los Angeles, Official Entry: Pakistan - Best International Feature 2025, 97th Academy Awards, Oscars long lists for Best International Feature Film and Best Animated Feature Film...
“Peppa Pig” - Karrot Animation for eOne Entertainment (2024 - 2027) - Six Episodes
“King of Tory” - Animated Feature Film Treatment for EZ Films, Ireland (2023)
“Little Princess” - The Illuminated Film Company for Channel 5 (2019/2020) - Ten Episodes
“Caiman” - Pilot and two episodes, The Illuminated Film Company - Launched at Cartoon Forum, Mipcom and Mip Junior, 2016
“Floogals" - “Project: Sleepover”, The Foundation and Sprout/NBCUniversal
“Toot The Tiny Tugboat” - Lupus Films for Channel 5 - Three Episodes - Toot the Tiny Tugboat’s ‘Melt Down’ episode nominated for Best Short Film at Love International Film Festival 2016
“Tree Fu Tom” - Cbeebies/Fremantle Media Enterprises/Blue Zoo - Three Episodes
“Tilly and Friends”, Cbeebies/Jam Media (2012) - Three Episodes
“Driver Dan’s Story Train” - 3 Line Media for Cbeebies - Sweetie’s Reward
"Gordon Gnome", Collingwood O’Hare Entertainment for BBC - Six Episodes
Commissioned to devise and write the bible of a new animated series for HIT Entertainment
"The Koala Brothers", Famous Flying Films/Spellbound Productions for BBC - Three Episodes
“Yoko!Jakamoko!Toto!”, Collingwood O’Hare Entertainment for ITV - Eleven Episodes
“Eddy & The Bear”, Collingwood O’Hare Entertainment for ITV - Two Episodes
Theatre
“Room Service Included” The Mill At Sonning, Berkshire, 2012 (Director: Andy de la Tour)
“Room Service” New Farnham Rep Company, Hampshire, August, 2009
Citizenship - Irish-EU/British/Australian
Member: BAFTA, WGGB, WFTV, Animated Women UK
Animation, Comedy, Film, Television, Theatre