Elaine Morgan began writing in the 1950s after winning a competition in
Statesman, successfully publishing, then joining the BBC when they began produce her plays for television.Morgan's works include popular dramas, newspaper columns, and a series of publications on biological anthropology.
Morgan has written for many television series since 1955. The 32 credits for her work on IMDB include:
- Campion two episodes (1989)
- The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (1981)
- Testament of Youth (adaption of the book) (1979)
- How Green Was My Valley (adaption of the book) (1975)
- Nine episodes of Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1963—1970)
She has won two BAFTAs and two Writers' Guild awards. She also wrote the script for the Horizon documentary about Joey Deacon, the disabled fund-raiser. This won the Prix Italia in 1975. She was honoured with the Writer of the Year Award from the Royal Television Society for her series of
Testament of Youth.
In 2003 she started to write a weekly column for the Welsh national daily newspaper,
The Western Mail.
She was awarded an honorary D.Litt. by Glamorgan University in December 2006, an honorary fellow of the University of Cardiff in 2007, and awarded the Letten F. Saugstad Prize for her "contribution to scientific knowledge".
Morgan was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours for services to literature and to education. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature the same year.