Joy Wilkinson is a British screenwriter, playwright and author.
Joy Wilkinson | |
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Nationality | British |
Occupation | Screenwriter, playwright, author |
Known for | The Sweet Science of Bruising, Doctor Who |
Early life
Wilkinson was born in Burnley, Lancashire. At age 14, she co-wrote Fried Eggs & Fag Ends, a play at the Lancashire Young Writers Festival that got reviewed in The Guardian by David Ward.[1] She worked as a journalist before winning the Verity Bargate Award.
Career
Wilkinson has written several plays, such as Britain’s Best Recruiting Sergeant, Fair and The Sweet Science of Bruising, which opened at Southwark Playhouse in 2018.[2] In 2015, she was announced as a Screen Daily Star of Tomorrow for her thriller screenplay, Killer Résumé, which landed her on the 2014 Brit List.[3] She adapted Qiu Xiaolong's Inspector Chen Cao for BBC Radio 4, as well as several Agatha Christie adaptations. Among them were Ordeal by Innocence, Sparkling Cyanide and The Pale Horse .[4][5]
On television, Wilkinson wrote for Doctors, Holby City, Casualty, and Land Girls. In 2012, Wilkinson adapted The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby as a five-part miniseries for BBC One. In 2018, she contributed the eighth episode of the eleventh series of Doctor Who, The Witchfinders.[6] Wilkinson would novelise her episode as part of the Target Collection,[7] and later wrote the short story The Simple Things.[8] She co-wrote the fourth episode of The Watch,[9] which is inspired by the Ankh-Morpork City Watch from the Discworld series of fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett.
In 2020, her directorial debut, the period short film Ma'am, was released.[10] Wilkinson began working on a follow-up film, The Everlasting Club.
References
- ^ https://twitter.com/joyofse19/status/1382351578204635144
- ^ "The Sweet Science of Bruising to transfer to Wilton's Music Hall | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com.
- ^ Halligan2015-10-05T10:30:00+01:00, Fionnuala. "Joy Wilkinson, Stars of Tomorrow 2015". Screen.
- ^ "The Pale Horse - S1 - Episode 1". Radio Times.
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03y0l8y
- ^ Jeffery, Morgan (August 20, 2018). "Doctor Who season 11 writers revealed". Digital Spy.
- ^ "New Target novel collection in July 2020". Doctor Who.tv.
- ^ Flook, Ray (April 23, 2020). "Doctor Who Writer Joy Wilkinson Pens New Graham-Focused Short Story". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors.
- ^ "Terry Pratchett's Discworld The Watch TV Series". Discworld Monthly.
- ^ "Award-winning former Burnley writer reveals joy after making directorial debut". www.burnleyexpress.net.
External links
- Official Website
- Joy Wilkinson at IMDb