Career
Since then she has written for many high profile shows including Emmerdale, EastEnders, Brookside, Family Affairs, The Bill and also two separate stints penning scripts for the top rated ITV1 soap opera, Coronation Street. In 1989 she was the script editor for Yorkshire Television"s viewer controlled soap opera, Hollywood Sports. Her aunt was the equally prolific Australian television series script writer, Betty Quin.
As of 2012, Smallacombe had joined the scriptwriting team of Hollyoaks.