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Drama producer Wearing dies aged 41

Published Thursday 10 January 2008 at 13:00 by Matthew Hemley

Bafta-winning drama producer Catherine Wearing has died at the age of 41.

Wearing, who was a development producer at independent television production company Leopardrama and who was a former drama producer at the BBC, died suddenly in her sleep on New Year’s Eve while on holiday in Grenada. She would have been 42 yesterday.

The daughter of ex-BBC head of serials Michael Wearing, she was best known for producing the 1999 BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel Our Mutual Friend, which won a Bafta for best serial drama.

During her time at the BBC she also worked on the dramas Common as Muck, A Dark Adapted Eye and The Buccaneers.

Upon leaving, Wearing went freelance and worked on dramas such as Rose and Maloney for ITV and Channel 4’s Second Generation.

She joined Leopardrama, the sister company of Leopard Films, last year and had been developing a number of projects with the company. Reports have claimed that Wearing’s death was caused by complications arising from a long-standing diabetic condition.