Patrea Smallacombe

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Patrea Smallacombe (born 13 October 1958, Adelaide, Australia) is an Australian writer and series script editor who contributed to numerous soap operas in 1986 and 1987^[1] in her native Australia including The Young Doctors,^[2] Prisoner,^[3] Neighbours^[4] and A Country Practice^[5] before moving to the United Kingdom in 1987.^{[citation needed]}

In the United Kingdom, she has written for many British television shows including Emmerdale, EastEnders,^[6] River City,^[7] Brookside, Family Affairs, The Bill, Casualty^[8] and also two separate stints penning scripts for the ITV1 soap opera, Coronation Street.^{[citation needed]}

In 1989, she was the script editor for Yorkshire Television's viewer controlled soap opera, Hollywood Sports.^[9]

As of 2012, Smallacombe had joined the scriptwriting team of Hollyoaks.^{[citation needed]}