| abstract | - Iain MacLeod is a film and TV writer from Nova Scotia. Educated at York University and the Canadian Film Centre, where he was captain of the soccer team, Iain’s first TV gig was writing sketch on CBC’s Street Cents. Later he spent six seasons on Showcase’s Trailer Park Boys as story editor and the last four of those as one of the writers for 18 episodes.
- Iain MacLeod joined Coronation Street as a researcher in 2006, becoming a story associate the following year. He has been the Story Editor since Episode 7128 (27th July 2009) and has overseen plots including Jack Duckworth's death, the 50th anniversary tram crash and Carla Connor's rape. He married Script Editor Verity Ellis in 2013. Iain left the programme in 2014 to join Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks as series editor, before being promoted to series producer shortly afterwards. In September 2015, it was announced MacLeod would take over the role of series producer of Emmerdale from Kate Oates, who would subsequently become the new producer of Coronation Street.
- He previously worked as series producer on Hollyoaks between 2014 and 2016, his other work includes a story editor on Coronation Street between 2009 and 2013.
- The Right Honourable Iain Norman Macleod
* Born: 11 November 1913
* Died: 20 July 1970
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