Joy Wilkinson

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Joy Wilkinson
NationalityBritish
OccupationScreenwriter, playwright, author
Known forThe Sweet Science of Bruising, Doctor Who

Joy Wilkinson is a British screenwriter, playwright and author.

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[]

  1. ^ https://twitter.com/joyofse19/status/1382351578204635144
  2. ^ "The Sweet Science of Bruising to transfer to Wilton's Music Hall | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com.
  3. ^ Halligan2015-10-05T10:30:00+01:00, Fionnuala. "Joy Wilkinson, Stars of Tomorrow 2015". Screen.
  4. ^ "The Pale Horse - S1 - Episode 1". Radio Times.
  5. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03y0l8y
  6. ^ Jeffery, Morgan (August 20, 2018). "Doctor Who season 11 writers revealed". Digital Spy.
  7. ^ "New Target novel collection in July 2020". Doctor Who.tv.
  8. ^ Flook, Ray (April 23, 2020). "Doctor Who Writer Joy Wilkinson Pens New Graham-Focused Short Story". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors.
  9. ^ "Terry Pratchett's Discworld The Watch TV Series". Discworld Monthly.
  10. ^ "Award-winning former Burnley writer reveals joy after making directorial debut". www.burnleyexpress.net.

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