Fat Friends writer Kay Mellor left a treasure trove of TV scripts when she died two years ago – as well as a £13.2million fortune

The daughter of writer Kay Mellor has revealed her mum left a treasure trove of TV scripts when she died two years ago.

The Fat Friends writer, pictured with daughter Gaynor Faye, left more than £13.2million to her family after she died suddenly in May 2022 – just days after her 71st birthday.

Ms Faye, who has starred in Emmerdale and Coronation Street, told the BBC a new TV series could be in the works. She added: ‘She’s got scripts she put in a drawer and said there’s always a time and a place for it.’

Fat Friends writer Kay Mellor (right) pictured with her daughter Gaynor Faye (left)
Ms Mellor was a trailblazer for working-class drama, earning an OBE in 2009. Her hits included TV series Band Of Gold and lottery drama The Syndicate.

She won the Writers’ Guild Award for Outstanding Contribution to Writing in 2014.

‘Everything my mum wrote will be used,’ Ms Faye said.

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