Barbara Cox (writer)
Barbara Cox is a British writer and script editor who works mainly in television.[1] She co-created[citation needed] the 1990s television show 99-1[1] and in 2005 won a BAFTA for the children's drama Wipe Out in the category Writer, Best Adapted Script.[2]
Biography
[edit]She has worked on programmes including The Bill, The Paradise Club, Cardiac Arrest,[1][3] Love Hurts,[1][4][5] Dangerfield[1] and Holby City. In 1993-1994, she and Terry Johnson co-created the series[citation needed] 99-1 ,[1] which starred Leslie Grantham and Sir Robert Stephens. 99-1 did well in its first season with ratings of 12 million, but was eclipsed in its second year when the BBC scheduled The X Files against it; a projected third series was not commissioned.[citation needed]
From there, Cox worked on Wycliffe and several children's programmes, including I Was a Rat, Bootleg and Pig Heart Boy.[1][3] In 2022, she was commissioned to write a TV series proposal and pilot script based on the book The Encyclopaedia of Scary Things.[3] A University of Oxford graduate, Cox now oversees bachelor's courses in screenwriting at Birkbeck, University of London.[1][3]
In 2005, Cox won a British Academy Children's Film and Television Award for Writer, Best Adapted Script, for the children's drama Wipe Out,[1][2][3] based on a book by Mimi Thebo.[6]
External links
[edit]- Barbara Cox at IMDb
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Ms Barbara Cox". Birkbeck University of London. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Through the Years: Childrens/Writer - Adapted". BAFTA. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ a b c d e "The Screenwriter and the Industry 2022". Birkbeck University of London. 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ "Barbara Cox". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ "Love Hurts". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ "Mimi Thebo". RLF. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
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