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Laura joined the BBC in 1982 and worked as a script editor, producer and executive producer on a variety of programmes including Casualty and Undercover Heart.  She left in 1997 to join LWT as Deputy Controller of Drama. Laura returned to the BBC and became Head of Drama Serials in 2001.  During this time she oversaw a diverse output including Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Cutting It, and the period adaptations including Daniel Deronda and North & South”.  She has also overseen State of Play, Canterbury Tales, The Line of Beauty, and the BAFTA award winning serial Bleak House.

In April 2006, Laura joined ITV as Controller of Drama Commissioning and became Director of Drama in May 2007. Her commissions include Kingdom, Primeval, Lost in Austen, Wuthering Heights and thrillers Place of Execution and Whitechapel.