Sarah Linton

Sarah is Head of Development at Instinct Productions. She joined the team in Nov 2023 from BBC Studios where she was Senior Development Producer, with a slate focussed on scripted comedy drama. Prior to the BBC, Sarah was Development Executive at Kudos Film & Television and worked on a mixture of drama and comedy including Two Weeks To Live and Then You Run for Sky, and Deep Water for ITV.

Sarah previously worked as Script Editor on the first series of dramatic thriller Killing Eve. Produced by Sid Gentle Films and written by Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge for BBC America. Prior to Killing Eve, Sarah script edited various dramas including ITV’s The Halcyon (Left Bank Pictures), Sky’s Lucky Man and ITV’s Downton Abbey (both Carnival Films).

Sarah has also consulted for ABC as their UK Comedy and Drama Scout, where her focus was on identifying and tracking exciting new writing and directing talent.

Sarah previously worked in-house at Carnival Films and NBC Universal. During her time at Carnival Sarah worked across the development slate and various productions including Downton Abbey, The Worricker Trilogy, Dracula and Whitechapel.