Jim Eldridge facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Jim Eldridge
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| Born | 1944 (age 79–80) London, England |
| Occupation | Children's author and screenwriter. |
| Period | 1965–present |
| Genre | Comedy, drama, adventure, science fiction |
Jim Eldridge (born November 1944) is an English radio, film and television screenwriter with hundreds of radio and TV scripts broadcast in the United Kingdom and across the world in a career spanning over 30 years.
Eldridge is the creator and writer of radio shows including Shut UP, King Street Junior, Coming Alive, Crosswords, Albert and Me, Parsley Sidings and The Demon Headmaster. On TV, he has created children's science fiction drama Powers, Time of My Life and Uncle Jack 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.
In 1971 he sold his first sitcom to the BBC and had his first book commissioned. Since then he has had more than 100 books published, which have sold over three million copies. He lives in Kent with his wife.
Writing credits
| Production | Notes | Broadcaster |
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| Time of My Life |
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BBC1 |
| Up the Elephant and Round the Castle |
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ITV |
| Bad Boyes |
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BBC1 |
| Uncle Jack and Operation Green |
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BBC1 |
| Time Riders |
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Children's ITV |
| Uncle Jack and the Loch Noch Monster |
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BBC1 |
| Spatz |
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Children's ITV |
| Uncle Jack and the Dark Side of the Moon |
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BBC1 |
| Uncle Jack and Cleopatra's Mummy |
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BBC1 |
| Harry's Mad |
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CITV |
| Woof! |
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ITV |
| The Legend of the Lost Keys |
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BBC2 |
| Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde |
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CBBC |
| Monster TV |
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BBC2 CBBC |
| The Ghost Hunter |
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BBC1 |
| Powers |
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BBC1 |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Result | Reference |
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| 1973 | Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award | Lines from My Grandfather's Forehead | Best Light Entertainment Show (Radio) | Won | |
| 1987 | Sunday Times Literary Award | Save Our Planet: An Anti-Nuclear Guide for Teenagers | N/A | Nominated | |
| 1988 | Royal Television Society Awards | Bad Boyes | Best Children's Drama Series (with Duncan Eldridge) | Won | |
| 1988 | Sony Radio Awards | King Street Junior | N/A | Nominated | |
| 1989 | British Academy Television Awards | Bad Boyes | Best Children’s TV Series (with Duncan Eldridge) | Nominated | |
| 1991 | Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award | King Street Junior | N/A | Nominated | |
| 1992 | Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award | N/A | Nominated | ||
| 1998 | Rose d'Or | Upwardly Mobile | Shortlist for Best Situation Comedy | Nominated | |
| 1999 | Chicago International Festival of Children's Films | Whizziwig: Double Trouble | Short Children’s Film/Video (Live Action Category) | Nominated | |
| Prix Danube | Whizziwig: Double Trouble | Best Children’s Drama | Nominated |
