- Trix Worrell
Trix Worrell writer, composer and director, was born in
St. Lucia in theWest Indies in1960 , and came to England at the age of five. As a teenager he worked with the Albany Theatre inSouth London , where he wrote and directed his first play, "School's Out", in 1980. Worrell was educated at theNational Film and Television School , where he took up writing, because there were so few good parts for black actors to play.In 1984, he won
Channel Four Television's "Debut New Writers" with his play "Mohicans", which was broadcast as "Like a Mohican" in 1985. In the late 1980's, Channel Four was interested in commissioning a new sitcom, and Worrell contacted producerHumphrey Barclay to discuss possible ideas. On his way to the meeting, he saw a barber shop, with three barbers looking out the window ogling the women who were walking past. From this idea the popular series "Desmond's " was born."Desmond's", starring
Norman Beaton andCarmen Munroe , was one of Channel Four's most successful comedy programmes, producing seven series in five years, from 1989 to 1994. The setting of the programme was unique in that it was a Black sitcom based in the workplace. The comedy appealed to both black and white audiences. [http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/D/htmlD/desmonds/desmonds.htm]Worrell received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the
Royal Television Society in 1998. His TV writing credits include: "Desmonds ", "The Cosby Show ", "What You Lookin' At? " and "Porkpie", an off-shoot from "Desmond's", starringRam John Holder . His writing for film includes "For Queen and Country " (1989), starringDenzel Washington . He also wrote the script forPuff Daddy when he was the presenter for the "MTV Europe Music Awards ". In recent years Worrell has been working on an album and setting up a production company both entitled "A Box Of Trix". They will showcase new musical and writing talent. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/tv/lastlaugh/writers/writer.shtml?worrell]External links
* [http://www.100greatblackbritons.com/bios/trix_worrel.html Trix Worrell and 100 Great Black Britons]
* [http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/W/htmlW/worreltrix/worreltrix.htm Trix Worrell on The Museum of Broadcast Communications]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0941610/ Worrell onInternet Movie Database ]
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* [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/94404 Trix Worrell's entry in the British Film Institute]
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