Jim Eldridge

Jim Eldridge

Jim Eldridge is a radio, TV and movie scriptwriter with hundreds of radio and TV scripts broadcast in the UK and across the world in a career spanning over 30 years.

Eldridge is the creator and writer of radio shows including "Parsley Sidings", "King Street Junior", "Crosswords", "Albert and Me" and "The Demon Headmaster". On TV, he has created children's science fiction drama "Powers" and "Time of My Life", and written for "The Ghost Hunter", "Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde" and "Up the Elephant and Round the Castle", in addition to other TV and radio series.

He has had 50 books published, which have sold over a million copies. [http://www.jimeldridge.com/index.htm]

Awards

Awards won

"Royal Television Society 1988"

Best Children’s TV drama series for "Bad Boyes" (co-written with Duncan Eldridge)

"Writer's Guild Award"

Best Light Entertainment Show (Radio) 1973 for co-writing "Lines from My Grandfather's Head" (starring Ronnie Barker).

Award nominations

"Rose d'Or (Montreux) 1998"

Shortlist for Best Situation Comedy for "Upwardly Mobile" (RTÉ - 1997)

"Prix Danube (Bratislava) 1999"

Best Children’s Drama for "Whizziwig: Double Trouble"

"Chicago International Festival Of Children's Films 1999"

Short Children’s Film/Video (Live Action Category) for "Whizziwig: Double Trouble"

"BAFTA 1989"

Best Children’s TV Series for "Bad Boyes"

"Sony Award 1988"

Radio comedy for "King Street Junior"

"Writers Guild (UK) 1991"

For "King Street Junior"

"Writers Guild (UK) 1992"

For "King Street Junior"

"Sunday Times Literary Award 1987"

For “Save our Planet - an anti-nuclear guide for teenagers” (1986).

Bibliography

"Warpath" Series

*"Warpath 1: Tank Attack" (1999)
*"Warpath 2: Deadly Skies" (1999)
*"Warpath 3: Behind Enemy Lines" (1999)
*"Warpath 4: Depth Charge Danger" (1999)
*"Warpath 7: Night Bomber" (2000)
*"Warpath 8: Island Of Fear" (2000)

“My Story” Series

*"My Story: The Trenches" (2002)
*"My Story: Armada" (2002)
*"My Story: Flying Ace" (2003)
*"My Story: Spy Smuggler" (2004)
*"My Story: Desert Danger" (2005)

External links

*
* [http://www.jimeldridge.com/ Jim Eldridge homepage]
* [http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/comedy/psidings.htm Parsley Sidings episode guide]


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