In 1995, her half-hour satirical comedy Life's a Bitch, starring Sean Hughes and Kathy Burke, aired on Channel 4.
[1] Her first original sitcom, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, ran for ten years, across nine series, with Nickson writing the majority of the episodes.
[2] The series enjoyed enormous popular success,[3] helping to launch the careers of its stars Sheridan Smith, Ralf Little and Will Mellor.
[5] Nickson also created the BBC Three sitcom Grownups, script-edited Coming of Age, and contributed episodes to series 11 and 12 of Birds of a Feather.
[6] In 2022, her latest original series, Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything, premiered on Sky Comedy.