Patrea Smallacombe

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Patrea Smallacombe (born 1961, Adelaide, Australia) is a prolific Australian writer and series script editor who contributed to numerous soap operas in her native Australia including The Young Doctors, Prisoner, Neighbours and A Country Practice before moving to the United Kingdom in 1987. Since then she has written for many high-profile shows including Emmerdale, EastEnders, Brookside, Family Affairs, The Bill and also two separate stints penning scripts for the top rated ITV1 soap opera, Coronation Street. In 1989 she was the script editor for Yorkshire Television's viewer controlled soap opera, .^[1] Her aunt was the equally prolific Australian television series script writer, Betty Quin.^{[citation needed]}

As of 2012, Smallacombe had joined the scriptwriting team of Hollyoaks.

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• Patrea Smallacombe at IMDb

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