Emma Luffingham

Head of Development
Emma Luffingham
Emma joined World Productions in October 2019 as Head of Development, helping to drive a broad and exciting slate of ambitious drama to screen and working with both new and established writers. During her time at World, she has Exec Produced Showtrial 2 for BBC1, The Diplomat for UKTV, and upcoming Karen Pirie 2 and Malpractice 2 for ITV. She also story produced the first series of both Karen Pirie, Showtrial and Malpractice.
Previously, Emma was at Tiger Aspect where she developed and script exec'ed an eclectic slate of projects, including the 3rd series of The Good Karma Hospital for ITV. Whilst at Tiger, Emma was responsible for heading up a new Writers Initiative; tasked to identify new British Asian talent and commission three original ideas to script.
Emma began her drama career in 2010 as part of the BBC in-house drama team where she stayed until 2018. BBC credits included Undercover, Three Girls, Silk (series 3), In The Flesh, What Remains and The Interceptor.