Last updated July 2008
Category: TV Drama
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Kate Harwood graduated from Birmingham University with a degree in Drama before becoming an Arts Council trainee director and then Literary Manager of the Royal Court Theatre.
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She joined the 91Èȱ¬ Drama Serials Department in 1990 where she worked on many productions, first as a script editor (BAFTA winner Holding On), then as a producer (Close Relations, Bafta winner Charles II – The Power And The Passion, David Copperfield) and executive producer (Daniel Deronda, Crime And Punishment).
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She was appointed Executive Producer of EastEnders in March 2005 and took the show to a position where it won a BAFTA and two National TV Awards.
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In October 2006, she was appointed Head of Series and Serials, 91Èȱ¬ Drama Production.
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She has, more recently, been Executive Producer of the acclaimed dramas Cranford and Oliver Twist, and the upcoming Tess Of The D'Urbervilles.
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Kate added the single drama slate to her portfolio in 2008 and became Controller, Series and Serials.
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