Barbara works as both a writer and a script editor.
She is a Modern Languages graduate of Oxford University and speaks fluent French, some German and some Russian. She has written and edited TV programmes for adults and children, as well as developing several feature film scripts and writing children’s books.
WRITING WORK includes:
WIPE OUT - Adaptation of book by Mimi Thebo about a boy coping with bereavement. Children’s BAFTA Award 2005: Writer, best adapted script. (BBC Education/BBC2)
GRANNY THE PAG - (in development) TV movie adaptation of novel by Nina Bawden about a divided family. (Greenpoint Films/Ann Scott)
NINETY-NINE TO ONE - Series I and II. Thriller series about an undercover investigator. Series co-creator and writer with Terry Johnson, also co-producer of both series. (Zenith Productions for Carlton)
LOVE HURTS - Series III (Alomo/BBC1)
DANGERFIELD - Series IV (BBC1)
WILD AT HEART - Series format and pilot script about a family with a wild animal hospital in their back garden, based on Les Stocker’s book ‘Something in a Cardboard Box’. (World)
AVAILABLE PROJECTS:
HANNAH AND THE OUTLAWS - Drama about the blacklisted Hollywood writers who found work in 1950s Britain.
ANYWHERE TO ANYWHERE - Wartime love story about the women pilots of the ATA. In development with funding from the PAWS fund.
CURRENTLY WRITING:
THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF SCARY THINGS - Children’s book (Weldon Owen Publishers)
SCRIPT EDITING includes:
TALES FROM THE JUKEBOX - Triggerfish Films (in development) TV series including music and user-generated content.
BOOTLEG - CBBC (BAFTA Award, Best Children’s Drama Series)
I WAS A RAT! - CBBC (BAFTA nominated)
PIG HEART BOY - CBBC (BAFTA Award Best Children’s Drama Series, numerous other awards)
WYCLIFFE - Series IV & V, Feature-length special, HTV
CARDIAC ARREST - (World/BBC)
THE PARADISE CLUB - (Zenith)
THE BILL - (Thames)
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