Jess Brittain (born 1989/90) [1] is a British television writer. She is best known as a writer for the Channel 4 TV series Skins , and for creating, producing and writing the television thriller series Clique , streamed on BBC Three.
After her teenage years in Bristol, Brittain studied English literature at the University of Edinburgh. [2] Her first professional experience was writing scripts for the Channel 4 television series Skins, [3] for which she had initially given some informal contributions as a teenager. [4] [5] She also wrote the spin off novel Skins: Summer Holiday. [6] [7]
Subsequently, she created and wrote for the BBC Three thriller Clique. [8]
Brittain is the daughter of Scottish TV writer and Skins co-creator Bryan Elsley. [2]