ISABELLE BARBER

DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE

Isabelle began her career at award-winning indie production company The Forge. She spent several years in development before moving into production, assistant script editing the newly reformatted fourth series of Ackley Bridge for Channel 4. From there she worked on the C4 Screenwriting Course,  including being part of the course’s first mentoring scheme. After a stint at Netflix freelancing on writers’ rooms for two new dramas, Isabelle script edited a YA comedy drama for the BBC. She has a passion for supporting new writers, and has run two shadow schemes, both for Channel 4 and for the BBC. Isabelle joined the Playground team in September 2021 and works alongside Head of Drama Daniel Gratton across the UK slate.