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Occupation | Screenwriter |
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Alison Hume is a British television writer, known for her work as creator and executive producer of the CBBC series The Sparticle Mystery [1] and the BBC drama Rocket Man.
Hume entered formal politics following years of campaigning around disability rights. [2] [3] At the 2019 European Parliament election, Hume stood as a candidate for the Labour Party in the Yorkshire and the Humber constituency. [4] [5] In 2019 she unsuccessfully stood to be the Labour candidate for Rother Valley [6] Hume was also a candidate in the 2021 election for the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner. [7] In 2023, she was selected as the Labour Party candidate for Scarborough and Whitby at the 2024 general election. [8]
Production | Notes | Broadcaster |
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Pure | Feature film (2002) | — |
The Vice | 2 episodes (2002–2003) | ITV |
New Tricks | "Home Truths" (2004) | BBC |
Beaten | TV movie (2005) | BBC |
Rocket Man | 3 episodes (2005) | BBC |
Roman Mysteries | 2 episodes (2007) | BBC |
Summerhill | TV movie (2008) | CBBC |
The Sparticle Mystery | 36 episodes (2011–2015) | CBBC |
Holby City | 1 episode (2019) | BBC |
So Awkward | 1 episode (2019) | CBBC |
Jamie Johnson | 2 episodes (2020) | CBBC |
Year | Award | Category | Recipients | Result |
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2008 | ||||
British Academy Children's Awards [9] | Children's: Drama | Alison Hume (with Stephen Smallwood and Jon East), for Summerhill | Nominated | |
Children's: Writer | Alison Hume, for Summerhill | Won | ||
Royal Television Society Awards [10] | Writer of the Year | Alison Hume, for Summerhill | Won | |
2015 | ||||
Royal Television Society Awards – Yorkshire [11] [12] | Writer – Drama | Alison Hume, for The Sparticle Mystery | Nominated |