Joy Wilkinson

Joy Wilkinson is a British screenwriter, playwright and author.[1]

Joy Wilkinson
NationalityBritish
OccupationScreenwriter, playwright, author
Known forThe Sweet Science of Bruising, Doctor Who

Career

Wilkinson was born in Burnley, Lancashire. She worked as a journalist before winning the Verity Bargate Award. Since, she 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 wrote several Agatha Christie adaptations for BBC Radio, including Ordeal by Innocence, Sparkling Cyanide and The Pale Horse .[4][5]

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.[6] Wilkinson would novelise her episode as part of the Target Collection,[7] and later wrote the short story The Simple Things.[8] She co-wrote the fourth episode of The Watch,[9] which is inspired by the Ankh-Morpork City Watch from the Discworld series of fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett.

References
  1. "Award-winning former Burnley writer reveals joy after making directorial debut". www.burnleyexpress.net.
  2. "The Sweet Science of Bruising to transfer to Wilton's Music Hall | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com.
  3. Halligan2015-10-05T10:30:00+01:00, Fionnuala. "Joy Wilkinson, Stars of Tomorrow 2015". Screen.
  4. "The Pale Horse - S1 - Episode 1". Radio Times.
  5. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03y0l8y
  6. Jeffery, Morgan (August 20, 2018). "Doctor Who season 11 writers revealed". Digital Spy.
  7. "New Target novel collection in July 2020". Doctor Who.tv.
  8. Flook, Ray (April 23, 2020). "Doctor Who Writer Joy Wilkinson Pens New Graham-Focused Short Story". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors.
  9. "Terry Pratchett's Discworld The Watch TV Series". Discworld Monthly.
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