 With "Shameless", Brocklehurst won a BAFTA for series one, co-wrote series two with Paul Abbott and became lead writer on series three.He left prior to the fourth series.His self-created series, "Sorted", the BBC's high-profile postal drama, starring Hugo Speer, achieved 5 million viewers in the summer of 2006 and was the only drama that year to grow week on week in the ratings.