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Cameron McAllister was the Series
Producer of DT in Season 1, and returned to the show in Season 6 to co-write 2
episodes.
After directing Hewland
International's "Gamesmaster" in 1992, Cameron trained in drama at
MerseyTV, leading to him directing 18 episodes of "Brookside" in 1995-96, and 9
episodes of "Hollyoaks" between 1996-97. After producing mini-series
"Forgotten" (3 episodes, 1999), he worked with Hewland on two
further productions; co-creating "Daylight Robbery" for ITV and
directing 3 episodes (1999-2000), and Exec producing "Mile High" and
a writer on "Mile High" (2003-05).
Cameron's other producing credits
include "Jericho" (4 eps, 2005) and 13 episodes of "Primeval" including
writing two. It was here in 2008 that he became a full-time scriptwriter,
with episodes of NBC's "Crusoe", "New Tricks", "Holby
City" and back to Hollyoaks for spin-off "Later". In 2009 he
began an eight-year writing stint with "Emmerdale", penning 107
episodes. Following which he moved to "Coronation Street",
where since 2017 up to 2025 he has written 96 episodes.
His 2024 4-episode written series
for Channel 5, "Too Good to Be True" AKA "Captivated",
was also a big hit on Netflix in 2025. Cameron is also a writer of two
children's novels, "The Tin Snail" (2014) and "The Demon
Undertaker" (2016).
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