Mark Bickerton (born 1963) was a storyliner and story editor on Coronation Street. He took up the former post in September 2001 and transferred into being a story editor in June 2004 contributing 338 episodes in that position until September 2005 (50 of them co-credited with Bryan Kirkwood). After working on Family Affairs and Hollyoaks for a few years, he returned to Coronation Street as a storyliner (credited as "senior story associate") in July 2009 and continued until September 2013. Altogether he contributed 1,723 episodes in that role. He also worked in the interim on on-line material for Coronation Street.
He studied at both Manchester University and Birmingham University and is also a stage playwright with A Murder of Crows to his name. For the BBC he wrote Goldmoor and created the radio soap The Colcloughs.
In 2007, he married 'Yana Lumb' actress Jayne Tunnicliffe, whom he met on the set of Coronation Street.
Episodes storylined by Mark Bickerton[]
2000s[]
2001 (63 episodes)
- All episodes between Episode 5110 (10th September 2001) and Episode 5127 (7th October 2001)
- Episode 5138 (22nd October 2001)
- Episode 5140 (25th October 2001)
- All episodes between Episode 5143 (29th October 2001) and Episode 5185 (31st December 2001)
2002 (224 episodes)
- All episodes in this year
2003 (249 episodes)
- All episodes in this year
2004 (117 episodes)
- All episodes between Episode 5659 (1st January 2004) and Episode 5775 (4th June 2004)
2009 (114 episodes)
- All episodes between Episode 7128 (27th July 2009) and Episode 7241 (31st December 2009)
2010s[]
2010 (263 episodes)
- All episodes in this year
2011 (259 episodes)
- All episodes between Episode 7505 (3rd January 2011) and Episode 7693 (16th September 2011)
- All episodes between Episode 7700 (26th September 2011) and Episode 7769 (30th December 2011)
2012 (261 episodes)
- All episodes in this year
2013 (173 episodes)
- All episodes between Episode 8031 (2nd January 2013) and Episode 8202/3 (1st September 2013)
Episodes story edited by Mark Bickerton[]
2004 (154 episodes)
- All episodes between Episode 5776 (6th June 2004) and Episode 5929 (31st December 2004)
2005 (184 episodes)
- All episodes between Episode 5930 (2nd January 2005) and Episode 6062 (3rd July 2005)
- All episodes between Episode 6063 (4th July 2005) and Episode 6112 (11th September 2005) (Co-credited with Bryan Kirkwood)