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English screenwriter and playwright
Heidi Thomas OBE screenwriter and playwright .
Career
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After reading English at Liverpool University , Thomas gained national attention when her play, Shamrocks And Crocodiles , won the John Whiting Award in 1985. Her play Indigo was performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in their 1987/88 season. Other theatrical work includes Some Singing Blood at London's Royal Court Theatre , and an adaptation of Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea National Theatre of Norway in Oslo . Her play The House of Special Purpose was staged at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2010.
Her screen adaptations include feature film I Capture the Castle [1] BBC television adaptation of Madame Bovary executive producer of BBC period drama Lilies Cranford [2] Noel Streatfeild novel Ballet Shoes [3]
In 2010 she was writer and executive producer of a major revival of the classic British television drama series Upstairs, Downstairs Call the Midwife Jennifer Worth .[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
In March 2008, she received the Best Writer award at the UK Royal Television Society awards for her work on Cranford . In April 2008 she received the Best Writer award at the UK Broadcasting Press Guild Awards for her work on Cranford , Ballet Shoes , and Lilies . She was nominated for two BAFTA TV Awards for Cranford as well as a Primetime Emmy . In November 2008 she received the Writers' Guild of Great Britain award for Best TV Series for Cranford . In 2011 she received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Upstairs Downstairs . In December 2012, the annual UK 'Women in Film and Television ' awards presented her with the Technicolor Writing Award in recognition of her contribution to the industry.
A production of the musical Gigi Kennedy Center in January 2015, and then on Broadway , closing in June 2015.[10]
In January 2019, Thomas was presented with the Outstanding Contribution to Writing Award by the Writers' Guild of Great Britain for her body of professional work.[11] Desert Island Discs , selecting music by Joni Mitchell , The Beatles and Gabriel Fauré [12]
In 2021, Thomas wrote the screenplay for Allelujah film adaptation of Alan Bennett's play Allelujah! Nicholas Hytner at the Bridge Theatre in London. The film stars Jennifer Saunders , Bally Gill , Russell Tovey , David Bradley , Derek Jacobi , and Judi Dench and was directed by Richard Eyre .[13]
Thomas is an honorary associate of the London Film School ,[14] University of Liverpool and Edge Hill University .[15] [16]
Thomas was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to drama.[17]
Family
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Thomas is married to actor Stephen McGann , who plays Dr Turner in Call the Midwife
Selected works
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Film
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Television
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Madame Bovary
I Capture the Castle
Lilies
Ballet Shoes
Cranford
Cranford Christmas Special
Upstairs Downstairs
Call the Midwife
Little Women , 2017 BBC One
Theatre
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All Flesh is Grass , 1984, National Youth Theatre
Indigo , 1988, Royal Shakespeare Company and Almeida Theatre, London
Shamrocks and Crocodiles , 1987, Liverpool Playhouse and National Theatre Studio
Some Singing Blood , 1992, Royal Court Theatre
The House of Special Purpose , 2009, Chichester Festival Theatre
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References
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^ "Lilies by Heidi Thomas - a new drama series for BBC One" . BBC Press Office. Retrieved 12 April 2007 .
^ "Call the Midwife press release" . bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2011 .
^ "Danny Cohen orders eight new episodes of Call The Midwife - BBC One's biggest new drama launch on record" . bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2012 .
^ "Midwives to return for a fourth series" . 10 March 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2018 – via www.BBC.co.uk.
^ "Call the Midwife gets a fourth series" . Radio Times .
^ Ellie Walker-Arnott (1 April 2016). "Call the Midwife reveals first look at 2016 Christmas special" . Radio Times . Retrieved 9 November 2016 .
^ Mitchell, Bea (23 November 2016). "Call the Midwife is coming back... for series seven, eight AND nine" . Digitalspy.com. Retrieved 1 February 2017 .
^ Gigi Archived 17 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine Official Site
^ Guild, Writers' (14 January 2019). "Writers' Guild Award winners 2019" . writersguild.org.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2019 .
^ BBC Radio 4 (20 December 2019). "Desert Island Discs 2019" . bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2022 . {{cite web }}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link )
^ "Crowds Throng U.K.-Wide BFI London Film Festival – Global Bulletin" . 25 October 2021.
^ "London Film School announces honorary associates" . britishcinematographer.co.uk. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022 .
^ "Dr Heidi Thomas dominates festive TV" . edgehill.ac.uk. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2019 .
^ "Call The Midwife duo receive honorary degrees" . liverpool.ac.uk. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019 .
^ "No. 63714" . The London Gazette
^ "Heidi Thomas" . doollee. Retrieved 12 April 2007 .
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