Barbara Cox (writer)

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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]

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Biography

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Ms Barbara Cox". Birkbeck University of London. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Through the Years: Childrens/Writer - Adapted". BAFTA. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "The Screenwriter and the Industry 2022". Birkbeck University of London. 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Barbara Cox". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "Love Hurts". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Mimi Thebo". RLF. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
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