Maya Sondhi

Writer / Executive Producer

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Film, TV & Theatre

Agent: Nick Barron
Associate Agent: Nicole Schivardi

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Assistant: Amber Hill
Associate Agent: Jennifer Karniely

Film, TV & Theatre

Maya is an actress and writer. Her original TV show for Hat Trick Mercurio, DI RAY, was commissioned by Polly Hill at ITV and won an RTS Midlands Award for Best Scripted Programme. The second series of DI RAY has been completed and is due to air in 2024. Mayahas written one episode of GRANTCHESTER series ten.

Maya was part of the writersroom for the TV adaptation of Adam Kay's bestseller, THIS IS GOING TO HURT, for Sister Pictures / BBC.  She was also part of the writing team developing and storylining the second series of ACKLEY BRIDGE for The Forge/C4 as well as writing an episode and on the writing team for the last series of THE KUMARS produced by Hat Trick for Sky 1.  She has written two episodes of EASTENDERS.  Maya's debut play SKET premiered at the Park Theatre in April 2016. She was named on the BBC New Talent Hotlist 2017.  

DI RAY Reviews

Stylist - unlike any other crime series on TV

The Guardian - a fresh twist on the police drama

The Times - a police show that says something new

iNews - a fresh take on the genre…what Sondhi is doing to modernise British police drama is fascinating

Metro – an intriguing drama

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GRANTCHESTER S10

Kudos Film and TV / ITV

Writer, one episode

Television

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DI RAY

Hat Trick Mercurio / ITV

6 x 60 min. Series two. Creator, Writer and Executive Producer.

DI RAY

Hat Trick Mercurio / ITV

4 x 60 minutes. Creator, Writer and Executive Producer.
Winner, Best Scripted Programme, RTS Midlands Awards 2022.

THIS IS GOING TO HURT

Sister Pictures

Part of writersroom

THE TROUBLE WITH MAGGIE COLE S2

Genial / ITV

1x 60' episode and script consultant across series 1 and 2

MOUNT PLEASANT

Tiger Aspect / Sky

1 x 60' episode and Script Associate across 2 series

EASTENDERS

BBC

2 episodes

THE KUMARS

Hat Trick for Sky 1

ACKLEY BRIDGE S2

The Forge / C4

1 x episode and storylining

Theatre

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SKET

Park Theatre

Online

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THE BREAK

2017

BBC

5 minute monologue