Donna Franceschild is a British-based television writer and dramatist, originally from the US. She came to public attention as the writer ofTakin' Over the Asylum, a six-part series for BBC television about a hospital radio station in a psychiatric hospital. It was first broadcast in 1994 and starred Ken Stott and David Tennant. The show won the 1995 BAFTA award for Best Serial and Best Editing, RTS Award for Best Writer, Mental Health in the Media Award and the Scottish BAFTA for Best Serial and for Best Writer. For theatre, Donna has writtenQuartet(Òran Mor 2006),And The Cow Jumped Over the Moon(Traverse Theatre & tour 1990) and several other plays for companies including the Tricycle Theatre and Etcetera Theatre. Recently, Donna Franceschild has been writing plays for BBC Radio 4 with Kirsty Williams producing. These plays includeThe Ca'Doro Cafe, an adaptation of John Steinbeck'sOf Mice and Men,Lost in Plain Sightand, most recently, an acclaimed adaptation ofThe Grapes of Wrath.