Jim Eldridge

Jim Eldridge
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 Parsley Sidings, King Street Junior, Crosswords, Albert and Me and The Demon Headmaster. On TV, he has created children's science fiction drama Powers and Time of My Life, 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.

He has had 80 books published, which have sold over a million copies.

Bibliography

"Warpath" Series

• Warpath 1: Tank Attack
• Warpath 2: Deadly Skies
• Warpath 3: Behind Enemy Lines
• Warpath 4: Depth Charge Danger
• Warpath 7: Night Bomber
• Warpath 8: Island Of Fear
• Warpath 9: Beach Assault

"My Story" Series

• My Story: The Trenches (2002)
• My Story: Armada (2002)
• My Story: Flying Ace (2003)
• My Story: Spy Smuggler (2004)
• My Story: Desert Danger (2005)

Writing credits

Production	Notes	Broadcaster
Time of My Life	6 episodes (1980)	BBC1
Up the Elephant and Round the Castle	"May the Best Man Win" (1983) "The Hostage" (1985) "A Taxing Problem" (1985)	ITV
Bad Boyes	16 episodes (co-written with Duncan Eldridge, 1987–1988)	BBC1
Uncle Jack and Operation Green	6 episodes (1990)	BBC1
Time Riders	4 episodes (1991)	CITV
Uncle Jack and the Loch Noch Monster	6 episodes (1991)	BBC1
Spatz	"Talent Contest" (1991) "Witness" (1992)	CITV
Uncle Jack and the Dark Side of the Moon	6 episodes (1992)	BBC1
Uncle Jack and Cleopatra's Mummy	6 episodes (1993)	BBC1
Harry's Mad	"That's Entertainment" (1996) "Spooks" (1996) "Gambling Is a Risky Business" (1996)	CITV
Woof!	"When My Sheep Comes In" (1997)	ITV
The Legend of the Lost Keys	10 episodes (1998)	BBC2
Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde	6 episodes (1998)	CBBC
Monster TV	26 episodes (1999–2001)	BBC2 CBBC
The Ghost Hunter	18 episodes (co-written with Ivan Jones and Roy Apps, 2000–2002)	BBC1
Powers	13 episodes (2004)	BBC1

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Category	Result	Reference
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

External links

• Jim Eldridge at the Internet Movie Database
• Jim Eldridge homepage
• Jim Eldridge Interview
• Parsley Sidings episode guide