Sharon Horgan talks to Jay Hunt

BAFTA award-winning actor, writer, producer and director Sharon Horgan discusses her outstanding creative work with TV executive and new Hay Festival Chair Jay Hunt.

A writer with a remarkable ability to craft complex, compelling and messy characters within worlds of hilarity and intrigue, Horgan is well known for her sitcom Catastrophe and BBC show Pulling, winner of two British Comedy Awards. Black comedy series Bad Sisters, which Horgan co-wrote, produced and starred in for Apple TV+, has received high critical acclaim, winning Best Drama at the 2023 Television BAFTAS.

Horgan shares a look at her source material, from the Belgian TV series Clan on which Bad Sisters was based, to the true crime literature she loves to read. Considering how story bends and changes in the transfer across different media, she describes what gives a book great potential for adaptation. Her production company is currently co-producing adaptations of two New York Times bestsellers, I’m Glad My Mom Died for Apple and Vladimir for Netflix.