Barbara Slade is a writer, creator and producer of children’s programming. Based in London, England, she travels extensively, heading up shows for the international market.

Career

Barbara (both a British and U.S. citizen) began her screenwriting career in London when her first show “Brown Bear’s Wedding” starring Helena Bonham Carter,

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and Hugh Laurie aired on ITV, Christmas Day. It sold to most major territories, and was nominated for five Emmy awards including ‘Best Writer’. Barbara returned to America, where she continued her career, writing and developing series for Nickelodeon, Disney, ABC, Fox and many other networks worldwide. She has written features for Working Title and Disney and has received numerous awards including a ‘Humanitas’ for one of her episodes of ‘Rugrats’. Among many others, Barbara developed and served as Head Writer for “Angelina Ballerina” and “Rotten Ralph”. Barbara has worked as a head writer/producer for the Disney Channel U.K. and was brought on board to develop and head up the writing team on NRK’s prime time award-winning comedy series “Side by Side” now in its 8th season and "Best For" now on season three on TV2. Barbara was Creator/Executive Producer on several original TV series including “Dead Gorgeous” (CBBC/ABC/Nickelodeon) “Hi Opie” (TVO/Netflix) and is now in development on three original tv dramas “Heaven is a Perfect Tomato”, "Song for Britannia" and "A Drop of DNA". Barbara's specialty is writing, developing and heading up high concept television shows for the international market. She works with production companies and channels around the world and also leads intensive screenwriting and development workshops. The most popular is “The Beauty of a One Pager”, an intensive 2-3 day T.V. development workshop available for channels, production companies and media organizations.

Television credits

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Hi Opie! ''Hi Opie!'' is a Canadian preschool show that premiered on September 1, 2014 on TVOKids and also airs on Knowledge Network and City Saskatchewan. The series was renewed in 2015 for a second season. Season 2 began airing September 7, 2015 on TVO ...

'' - creator/executive producer *'' Dead Gorgeous'' - creator/associate producer *''Alexander and Pete'' - creator/executive producer *''Inbox'' - writer/producer *'' Angelina Ballerina'' - series development/head writer *''My Teen Genie'' - series development/head writer *'' Comin' Atcha'' - series development/head writer *''Eloise'' - series development/head writer *'' Freefonix'' - series development/head writer *'' Rotten Ralph'' - series development/head writer *'' The Legends of Treasure Island'' - series development/head writer *'' Side by Side'' - series development/lead on writing team *''Magnus'' - series development *'' Alle Sammen Sammen'' - series development *'' Rugrats'' (multiple episodes) - writer *''

Legend of Prince Valiant ''The Legend of Prince Valiant'' is a 1991–1993 American animated television series based on the ''Prince Valiant'' comic strip created by Hal Foster. Set in the time of King Arthur, it is a family-oriented adventure show about an exiled prince ...

'' (multiple episodes) - writer *'' Little Shop'' (multiple episodes) - writer *'' Tales from the Cryptkeeper'' (multiple episodes) - writer *''

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'' (multiple episodes) - writer *'' Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures'' (1 episode) - writer

Filmography

*Winnie the Pooh: ''Stories from the Hundred-Acre Wood'' - writer *Winnie the Pooh: ''Seasons of Giving''- writer *Angelina Ballerina: ''Angelina Sets Sail'' -writer *''Brown Bear's Wedding''- writer *''White Bear's Secret''- writer *''The Snow Queen''- writer

Awards

*1992 Nominated for 'Best Writer' Emmy Award "Brown Bear's Wedding" *1995 Humanitas Award 'Rugrats': "I remember Melville" *1996 'Silver Honor Award' "Rotten Ralph" *1997 'Best Animated Series for Children' Cartoons-on-the-Bay (Italy) "Rotten Ralph" *1997 'Silver Apple Award' "Rotten Ralph" *2000 Nominated for Bafta Award for 'Best Animated Series' "Rotten Ralph" *2001 Nominated for Bafta Award for 'Best Animated Series' "Rotten Ralph" *2002 Nominated for Bafta Award for Best Animated Series "Angelina Ballerina" *2002 Nominated for Annecy Animation Festival "Rose Fairy Princess Award" *2002 Silver World Medal for children's programs at New York Festival *2006 British Animation Awards Finalist for Children's Choice "Angelina Sets Sail" *2006 Oppenheim Platinum Award for best video "Angelina Sets Sail" *2010 Nominated for ' Best Children's Television Drama' at Australian Film Institute Awards "Dead Gorgeous"

References

Sources

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