Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen

Sorcha Groundsell: From the Outer Hebrides to the BBC, and Why Actors Are Readers Too

Inkshares Season 1 Episode 3

We welcome Sorcha Groundsell to the third episode of Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen. Sorcha is a Scottish actor who has appeared in some of the biggest series on either side of the Atlantic, including His Dark Materials, Grantchester, and Shetland. She was the lead of Netflix’s 2018 series The Innocents and is the star of the BBC’s upcoming Gaelic-language series The Island. She joins us to discuss her love of books, what she thinks makes for a compelling story, and what insights about drama actors can give to writers—including the number one thing writers should remember as they sit down to work.