Joy Wilkinson
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Joy Wilkinson | |
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| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, playwright, author, director |
| Known for | The Sweet Science of Bruising, Doctor Who |
Joy Wilkinson is a British screenwriter, playwright, author, and director.
Early life[edit]
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[edit]
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] In 2021, she wrote an adaptation of Hope Mirrlees' Lud-in-the-Mist for BBC Radio 4.[6]
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.[7] Wilkinson would novelise her episode as part of the Target Collection,[8] and later wrote the short story The Simple Things.[9] She wrote the comic strip Black Powder for Doctor Who Magazine in 2021. She co-wrote the fourth episode of The Watch,[10] which is inspired by the Ankh-Morpork City Watch from the Discworld series of fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett. On March 17, 2022, it was announced that Wilkinson would be writing a feature adaptation of Kevin J. Anderson and Steven L. Sears’ Stalag-X, to be directed by Francis Lawrence.[11]
In 2020, her directorial debut, the period short film Ma'am, was released.[12] It won at the Emerging Talent Awards at the New Renaissance Film Festival. Wilkinson wrote and directed a follow-up short film, The Everlasting Club in 2021. In 2023, Wilkinson began production on her feature film debut, the low-budget thriller 7 Keys.[13]
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Title | Notes | Broadcaster |
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| 2006–12 | Doctors | Wrote 36 episodes | BBC One |
| 2006 | Casualty | Episode: "Heads Together" | BBC One |
| 2006 | Holby City | Episode: "One for My Baby" | BBC One |
| 2011 | Land Girls | Episode: "Farewell My Lovely" | BBC One |
| 2012 | The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby | Wrote 4 episodes | BBC One |
| 2018 | Doctor Who | Episode: "The Witchfinders" | BBC One |
| 2020 | Ma'am | Also director | |
| 2021 | The Watch | Co-wrote: "Twilight Canyons" | BBC America |
| 2021 | The Everlasting Club | Also director | |
| 2022 | The Pact | Series 2, Wrote Episodes 4 & 5[14] | BBC One |
| 2023 | Lockwood & Co.[15] | Wrote 3 episodes | Netflix |
| TBA | 7 Keys | Feature film. Also director | |
| TBA | Suspect | Series 2, Co-writer with David Allison | Channel 4 |
References[edit]
- ^ @joyofse19 (14 April 2021). "And my very first play and Guardian review!! 'Fried Eggs & Fag Ends', noted for its "sense of an inevitable slide i…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "The Sweet Science of Bruising to transfer to Wilton's Music Hall | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com. 10 January 2019.
- ^ Halligan2015-10-05T10:30:00+01:00, Fionnuala. "Joy Wilkinson, Stars of Tomorrow 2015". Screen.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "The Pale Horse - S1 - Episode 1". Radio Times.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 Extra - Agatha Christie, Ordeal by Innocence, 1. Stranger".
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Drama, Lud-in-the-Mist". BBC.
- ^ Jeffery, Morgan (20 August 2018). "Doctor Who season 11 writers revealed". Digital Spy.
- ^ "New Target novel collection in July 2020". Doctor Who.tv.
- ^ Flook, Ray (23 April 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.
- ^ "Francis Lawrence to Direct 'Stalag-X' for New Republic Pictures, About:Blank Producing". 17 March 2022.
- ^ "Award-winning former Burnley writer reveals joy after making directorial debut". www.burnleyexpress.net. 4 February 2020.
- ^ "UK shoot underway for Joy Wilkinson feature debut '7 Keys'; first image revealed (Exclusive)".
- ^ "The Pact series 2: Filming begins with brand new story".
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (19 May 2020). "Edgar Wright, Nira Park, Joe Cornish & Rachael Prior Launch London & LA-based Film & TV Company Complete Fiction With Three Series In Works At Netflix". Deadline. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
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