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Radhika Sanghani

Radhika Sanghani is a writer specialising in comedy. She has written three comedy novels aimed at young women, and is also an award-winning journalist. She regularly writes on women’s issues and social affairs for national newspapers and women’s magazines.

Radhika was on the BBC Comedy Writers’ Room 2019-2020, and is currently working on several screenplays. She was a finalist in the BBC Asian Writers Initiative run by BBC Drama and Parti Productions (2021). Radhika also worked as a script consultant on Virgin, a TV series developed by Blackpills based on her debut novel Virgin.

Credits

TELEVISION
Date: 2023
Production (role):
MALORY TOWERS (Series 5)
Company:
King Bert/ BBC
Project details:
1 Episode
Date: 2023
Production (role):
ALL THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT MYSELF
Company:
BBC Studios
Project details:
In Development
Date: 2022
Production (role):
MALORY TOWERS (Series 4)
Company:
King Bert/ BBC
Project details:
Episode 5
Date: 2014-2016
Production (role):
VIRGIN
Company:
Blackpills/ Vice
Project details:
Script Consultant
8 x 13' Series developed by mobile streaming company Blackpills based on Radhika's debut novel
BOOKS
Date: 2023
Production (role):
I WISH WE WEREN'T RELATED
Company:
Berkley Publishing
Project details:
After a shocking phone call from her mother, Reeva Mehta’s life starts to sound like the plot of a Bollywood drama.
Date: 2022
Production (role):
30 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT MYSELF
Company:
Headline Review UK/ Penguin US
Project details:
Comedy that follows a 30-year-old woman’s journey to find 30 things she loves about herself whilst battling online abuse, family issues, and loneliness
Date: 2015
Production (role):
NOT THAT EASY
Company:
Harlequin UK/ Penguin US
Project details:
YA Sequel to Virgin
Date: 2013
Production (role):
VIRGIN
Company:
Harlequin UK/ Penguin US
Project details:
Debut YA Nobel following the story of a 21-year-old student trying to lose her virginity, and then explore her sexuality
JOURNALISM
Production (role):
Freelance writer regularly contributing to The Telegraph, Daily Mail, The Guardian,
Glamour, Grazia, Marie Claire, BBC, Cosmopolitan, and Elle magazine (2017-present).
Project details:
Articles range from opinion pieces on recent news, to long-reads and investigate
features on human rights issues, such as the imprisonment of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe,
to light-hearted features on trends like astrology and sustainable fashion alternatives.
Production (role):
AWARDS
Project details:
Winner of End Violence Against Women’s 2017 News Award
- Highly commended for BSME’s 2016 Rising Star ‘Best Original Content Idea’ award and
shortlisted for ‘Best Digital Writer’ award
- Shortlisted for Asian Women of Achievement’s 2016 Media Award
- Shortlisted for Words by Women’s 2016 Features Writer Award
- Winner of 2015’s Gold ‘MHP 30 to watch’ award

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): MALORY TOWERS (Series 5)
    Company: King Bert/ BBC
    Project details: 1 Episode
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): ALL THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT MYSELF
    Company: BBC Studios
    Project details: In Development
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): MALORY TOWERS (Series 4)
    Company: King Bert/ BBC
    Project details: Episode 5
  • Date: 2014-2016
    Production (role): VIRGIN
    Company: Blackpills/ Vice
    Project details: Script Consultant
    8 x 13' Series developed by mobile streaming company Blackpills based on Radhika's debut novel
  • Date
    Publication (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): I WISH WE WEREN'T RELATED
    Company: Berkley Publishing
    Project details: After a shocking phone call from her mother, Reeva Mehta’s life starts to sound like the plot of a Bollywood drama.
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): 30 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT MYSELF
    Company: Headline Review UK/ Penguin US
    Project details: Comedy that follows a 30-year-old woman’s journey to find 30 things she loves about herself whilst battling online abuse, family issues, and loneliness
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): NOT THAT EASY
    Company: Harlequin UK/ Penguin US
    Project details: YA Sequel to Virgin
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): VIRGIN
    Company: Harlequin UK/ Penguin US
    Project details: Debut YA Nobel following the story of a 21-year-old student trying to lose her virginity, and then explore her sexuality
  • Publication (role)
    Project details
  • Production (role): Freelance writer regularly contributing to The Telegraph, Daily Mail, The Guardian,
    Glamour, Grazia, Marie Claire, BBC, Cosmopolitan, and Elle magazine (2017-present).
    Project details: Articles range from opinion pieces on recent news, to long-reads and investigate
    features on human rights issues, such as the imprisonment of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe,
    to light-hearted features on trends like astrology and sustainable fashion alternatives.
  • Production (role): AWARDS
    Project details: Winner of End Violence Against Women’s 2017 News Award
    - Highly commended for BSME’s 2016 Rising Star ‘Best Original Content Idea’ award and
    shortlisted for ‘Best Digital Writer’ award
    - Shortlisted for Asian Women of Achievement’s 2016 Media Award
    - Shortlisted for Words by Women’s 2016 Features Writer Award
    - Winner of 2015’s Gold ‘MHP 30 to watch’ award
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