Jenny van der Lande

Jenny van der Lande

Creative Director, Drama

Jenny is Big Talk’s Creative Director for Drama. She joined in 2024 from Brontë and Snowed-In where she led the editorial side from inception and built the inaugural slate. She developed critical and commercial hits including six series of StrikeMrs Wilson (BAFTA-nominated), The Midwich CuckoosToo Close (BAFTA-nominated), You Don’t Know Me (BAFTA-nominated) and Joan – sourcing the latter three at manuscript stage.

Before that, she developed London Spy (BAFTA-nominated) and You, Me and the Apocalypse for Working Title TV. She trained at the BBC where she worked for over a decade – initially in development for BBC Drama Series and BBC Wales, and then onto Casualty where she worked on hundreds of hours of drama and was Series Editor on a BAFTA-winning run.

She has also worked as a freelance script consultant/script doctor and lives in Bristol.