Full list of
Writing Credits
for Film, Television, and Theatre
L’Invention de Toi et Moi
(Looking for the Zee)
(2014)
2hr teleplay currently in development for French television
Adaptation and script of Janice Hally’s novel “Looking for the Zee”
commissioned by French Film & TV Production company, LM les Films
Assassins Sans Visages
(Adapted from Peter May’s The Enzo Files)
(2013/14)
TV series currently in development for French television
Writer of Bible for six-part TV series
Adaptation of the “Enzo Files” novels of Peter May
commissioned by French Film & TV Production company, LM les Films
Les Disparues
(The Killing Room)
(2010/11)
Feature Film
Writer
Screenplay for full-length feature production.
Adaptation of the novel of Peter May's The Killing Room (Les Disparues de Shanghai)
commissioned by French Film Production company, The French Connection.
Meurtres à Pékin
(The Firemaker)
(2009)
Feature Film
Writer
Screenplay for full-length feature production.
Adaptation of the novel of Peter May's The Firemaker (Meurtres à Pékin)
commissioned by French Film Production company, KUIV.
Machair
(1990 - 1996)
Television Drama Serial
Co-Creator, and Executive Story/Script Editor
Along with Peter May, created the series and the characters.
Storylined and script edited the first 99 episodes,
and wrote the scripts for more than 50 episodes.
The series was produced by Scottish Television and broadcast by STV and the BBC.
“A credit to the company (Scottish Television) and a smack in the face to those of us who were doubtful"
“...quite simply the best thing to have happened to television in Scotland for a long time."
Kenneth Roy, TV Critic, Scotland on Sunday (on “Machair”)
Take The High Road
(1983-1989)
Television Drama Serial
Scriptwriter, and Story Editor
Wrote more than 50 episodes;
Associate Script Editor on 208 episodes,
storyliner of 240 episodes between 1983 and 1988.
Produced by Scottish Television and broadcast on network television across Britain.
Private Eye
(1985)
Single Television Screenplay
Writer
Produced by Scottish Television and broadcast on network television across Britain as part of the children's series, Dramarama.
My Mum's A Courgette
(1984)
Single Television Screenplay
Writer
Produced by Scottish Television and broadcast on network television across Britain as part of the children's series, Dramarama.
D'You Get Paid For Doing This?
(1983)
Single Television Screenplay
Writer
Produced by Scottish Television as part of the Preview series of plays.
Broadcast in the Scottish and other British television regions.
"surely one of the best sustained drama offerings which have come out of Cowcaddens."
Colin McGill, Evening Times (on “D’You Get Paid For Doing This?”)
Ladies First
(1983)
Single Television Screenplay
Writer
Produced by Scottish Television as part of the Preview series of plays. Broadcast in the Scottish and other British television regions. Subsequently sold on to and broadcast on network television across Britain by Channel Four.
"there are some writers who can hit it off perfectly Janice Hally
has done it before and last night she did it again."
Helen Graham, The Herald (on “Ladies First”)
Ready Or Not
(1982)
Single Television Screenplay
Writer
Produced by Scottish Television as part of the Preview series of plays. Broadcast in the Scottish and other British television regions
Ready Or Not
(1982)
Theatre Play
Writer
Tron Theatre, Glasgow
"Janice Hally has all the wit, flair and tenacity required
I like the way she turns a phrase and twists a knife."
Tom Kinninmont, The Sunday Standard (on “Ready or Not”)
