Marilyn Imrie

Who is Marilyn Imrie?

Marilyn Elsie Imrie is a Scottish radio drama director and producer.

Marilyn Imrie has worked in drama and broadcasting in Scotland and England for over thirty years as a producer and director, for BBC, ITV and the independent companies Absolutely, Bona Broadcasting, CBL, CIM, Kindle and Sweet Talk. She was a drama producer in radio and television in BBC Scotland for twelve years before moving to London to devise and launch the BBC Radio 4 soap Citizens in 1987, then drama commissioning editor for BBC Radio 4 until 1999.

She has been a script executive for BBC Scotland Television drama, a drama development executive for three major Independent Companies and a producer and director in radio drama and in the theatre. She has been awarded Sony, TRIC and Talkies awards for her radio production work, the Samuel Beckett Award for television drama for Paris and an RTS Award for her work on the animation series Big & Small, starring Lenny Henry and Imelda Staunton.