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 ''King Street Junior'' is a radio comedy which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between March 1985 and November 1998. The show ran for ten series and the cast included Peter Davison, James Grout and Karl Howman. The series is written by Jim Eldridge ...

'', ''Coming Alive'', ''Crosswords'', ''

Albert and Me ''Albert and Me'' is a British radio comedy series that was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1977 and 1983. The first series starred Richard Beckinsale as Bryan Archer, a single parent struggling to find a job and to bring up his child, with the ...

'', ''

Parsley Sidings ''Parsley Sidings'' is a BBC Radio sitcom of the early 1970s created by Jim Eldridge. It stars Arthur Lowe and Ian Lavender (who were starring in the sitcom ''Dad's Army'' at the time) and Kenneth Connor from the ''Carry On'' films. The show is ...

'' and '' The Demon Headmaster''. On TV, he has created children's science fiction drama ''

Powers Powers may refer to: Arts and media * ''Powers'' (comics), a comic book series by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming ** ''Powers'' (American TV series), a 2015–2016 series based on the comics * ''Powers'' (British TV series), a 200 ...

'', ''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 ''Up the Elephant and Round the Castle'' is a British television sitcom, which aired from 1983 to 1985, and was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. Starring comedian Jim Davidson, who played the role of Jim London, the show spaw ...

'', 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.

Bibliography

;"Warpath" Series *''Warpath 1: Tank Attack'' *''Warpath 2: Deadly Skies'' *''Warpath 3: Behind Enemy Lines'' *''Warpath 4: Depth Charge Danger'' *''Warpath 5: Last Convoy'' *''Warpath 6: Beach Assault'' *''Warpath 7: Night Bomber'' *''Warpath 8: Island Of Fear'' ;"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) ;"Museum mysteries" *''Murder at the Fitzwilliam'' (2018) *''Murder at the British Museum'' (2019) *''Murder at the Ashmolean'' (2019) *''Murder at the Manchester Museum'' (2020) *''Murder at the Natural History Museum'' (2020) *''Murder at Madame Tussauds'' (2021) *''Murder at the National Gallery'' (2022) ;"Hotel mysteries" *''Murder at the Ritz: The Stylish Wartime Whodunnit'' (2021) *''Murder at the Savoy: The Sophisticated Wartime Whodunnit'' (2021) *''Murder at Claridge's: The Elegant Wartime Whodunnit (2022)

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Jim Eldridge homepage

Jim Eldridge Interview

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eldridge, Jim British male screenwriters English children's writers 1944 births Living people English male writers