Joe Ainsworth is an award-winning scriptwriter. He has written 150+ episodes of now defunct soap opera Brookside. He has also written for the Lakes, Mayo, Merseybeat and Holby City. His episode of Holby City, titled "Past Imperfect" won a BAFTA award for best continuing drama. He has been part of the regular writing team on Holby City since 2004 and has contributed 25 scripts to date[1].