Giles Cooper Awards

The Giles Cooper Awards were honors given to plays written for radio. Sponsored by the BBC and Methuen Drama, these prizes were specifically focused on the best radio drama produced in the past year. Winners were chosen from hundreds of entries, and published in a series of books. They were named after Giles Cooper (1918-1966) a radio dramatist who wrote over 60 scripts for BBC radio. [ [http://www.irdp.co.uk/radiodrama.htm International radio drama ] ]

These awards were granted between 1978 and 1991, after which the program was discontinued.

List of Winners

1978
* Harris, Richard — "Is it Something I Said?"
* Haworth, Don — "Episode on a Thursday Evening"
* Hyem, Jill — "Remember Me"
* Mallin, Tom — "Halt! Who Goes There?"
* Phillips, Jennifer — "Daughters of Men"
* Weldon, Fay — "Polaris"

1979
* Gee, Shirley — Typhoid Mary
* Harrison, Carey — "I Never Killed my German"
* Keeffe, Barrie — "Heaven Scent"
* Kirkmorris, John — "Coxcomb"
* Peacock, John — "Attard in Retirement"
* Wymark, Olwen — "The Child"

1980
* Parker, Stewart — "Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner"
* Read, Martyn — "Waving to a Train"
* Redgrave, Peter — "Martyr of the Hives"
* Trevor, William — "Beyond the Pale"

1981
* Barnes, Peter — "The Jumping Minuses of Byzantium "
* Haworth, Don — "Talk of Love and War"
* Pinter, Harold — "Family Voices "
* Pownall, David — "Beef"
* Rooney, J.P. — "The Dead Image"
* Thain, Paul — "The Biggest Sandcastle in the World"

1982
* Adrian, Rhys — "Watching the Plays Together"
* Arden, John — "The Old Man Sleeps Alone"
* Barton, Harry — "Hoopoe Day"
* Chapman, Donald --Invisible writing
* Stoppard, Tom — "The Dog it was that Died
* Trevor, William — "Autumn Sunshine"

1983
* Daly, Wally K. — "Time Slip"
* Gee, Shirley — "Never in my Lifetime"
* Jones, Gerry — "The Angels They Grow Lonely"
* May, Steve — "No Exceptions"
* Read, Martyn — "Scouting for Boys"

1984
* Dunstone, Stephen — "Who is Sylvia?"
* Ferguson, Robert — "Transfigured Night
* Haworth, Don — "Daybreak"
* Phillips, Caryl — "The Wasted Years"
* Russell, Christopher — "Swimmer"
* Tremain, Rose — "Temporary Shelter"

1985
* Adrian, Rhys — "Outpatient"
* Collins, Barry — "King Canute"
* Crimp, Martin — "Three Attempted Acts"
* Pownall, David — "Ploughboy Monday"
* Saunders, James — "Menocchio"
* Wall, Michael — "Hiroshima: the Movie"

1986
* Ferguson, Robert — "Dreams, Secrets, Beautiful Lies"
* Reid, Christina — "Last of a Dyin' Race"
* Rissik, Andrew — "Anthony"
* Whitmore, Ken — "Gingerbread House"
* Windsor, Valerie — "Myths and Legacies"

1987
* Daly, Wally K. — "Mary's"
* Dunne, Frank — "Dreams of Dublin Bay"
* Fox, Anna — "Nobby's Day"
* Moffatt, Nigel D. — "Lifetime"
* Nelson, Richard — "Languages Spoken Here"
* Tinniswood, Peter — "The Village Fête"

1988
* Frisby, Terence — "Just Remember Two Things: It's not Fair and Don't be Late"
* Blakeson, Ken — "Excess Baggage"
* Minghella, Anthony — "Cigarettes and Chocolate"
* Munro, Rona — "Dirt Under the Carpet"
* Sheasby, Dave — "Apple Blossom Afternoon"

1989
* Baines, Elizabeth — "Baby Buggy"
* Johnston, Jennifer — "O Ananias, Azarias and Misael"
* Mairowitz, David Zane — "Stalin Sonata"
* Nelson, Richard — "Eating Words"
* Warner, Craig — "By Where The Old Shed Used To Be"

1990
* Bagley, Tony — "The Machine"
* Cregan, David — "A Butler Did It"
* Fletcher, John — "Death and the Tango"
* Pepler, Tina — "Song of the Forest"
* Walker, Steve — "The Pope's Brother"

1991
* Glendinning, Robert — "The Words are Strange"
* Purser, John — "Carver"
* Stoppard, Tom — "In the Native State"
* Walker, Steve — "Mickey Mookey"
* Warner, Craig — "Figure with Meat"

References

* [http://www.methuen.co.uk/index.php Methuen Drama]
* [http://web.ukonline.co.uk/suttonelms/gcaward.html Giles Cooper Awards]
* Best Radio Plays of 1985 - The BBC Giles Cooper Award Winners