Tributes have come flooding for Kay Mellor after the acclaimed TV writer and actress died at the age of 71.
Kay is the woman who brought us a string of smash hit dramas including gritty 190s ITV series Band of Gold, which gave Hollywood actress Samantha Morton her breakthrough role, as well as Fat Friends, famously starring a young James Corden and Emmerdale's Lisa Riley, alongside Kay's daughter, ex Coronation Street star and Dancing on Ice champion Gaynor Faye.
Most recently Kay put her pen to successful BBC dramas The Syndicate and In The Club and also worked on Coronation Street, Playing The Field and Children's Ward during her illustrious small screen career.
