Joe Ainsworth is an award-winning scriptwriter. He has written 150+ episodes of now defunct soap opera Brookside

Brookside

Brookside is a defunct British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003...

. He has also written for the Lakes, Mayo, Merseybeat

Merseybeat (TV series)

Merseybeat is a British police procedural television series shown on BBC One, with a total of four series broadcast between 2001 and 2004. The series follows the personal and professional lives of one shift of police officers from the fictional Newton Park police station on Merseyside, England.In...

 and Holby City

Holby City

Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...

. 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 24 scripts to date.