From Band of Gold, about a group of sex workers in Bradford, which ran from 1995-97, to The Syndicate 4, about lottery-winning kennel workers, screened in 2021, Kay's dramas have been about the highs and lows of working people - stories told with humanity, homour and compassion.
The cast of The Syndicate 4, filmed in Apperley Bridge and Burley-in-Wharfedale. Pic: Ben Blackall
Bradford actress Natalie Anderson in Fat Friends the Musical at the Alhambra. Pic: Helen Maybanks
Fat Friends the Musical at the Alhambra. Pic: Helen Maybanks
Cast members of the first series of The Syndicate in 2012. Pic: Matt Squire
Kay on the Bradford set of The Syndicate 2 in 2013
Mark Addy on the Bradford set of The Syndicate 2 in 2013
Geraldine James and Samantha Morton, front, and Barbara Dickson and Cathy Tyson, back, in Band of Gold. Pic: ITV
An ad for Band of Gold on a Bradford street in the 1990s
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