The Giles Cooper Awards were honors given to plays written for radio. Sponsored by the BBC and Methuen Drama, these prizes were specifically focused on the best radio drama produced in the past year. Winners were chosen from hundreds of entries, and published in a series of books. They were named after Giles Cooper (1918-1966) a radio dramatist who wrote over 60 scripts for BBC radio.1
These awards were granted between 1978 and 1991, after which the program was discontinued.
List of Winners
1978
- Harris, Richard — Is it Something I Said?
- Haworth, Don — Episode on a Thursday Evening
- Hyem, Jill — Remember Me
- Mallin, Tom — Halt! Who Goes There?
- Phillips, Jennifer — Daughters of Men
- Weldon, Fay — Polaris
1979
- Gee, Shirley — Typhoid Mary
- Harrison, Carey — I Never Killed my German
- Keeffe, Barrie — Heaven Scent
- Kirkmorris, John — Coxcomb
- Peacock, John — Attard in Retirement
- Wymark, Olwen — The Child
1980
- Parker, Stewart — Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
- Read, Martyn — Waving to a Train
- Redgrave, Peter — Martyr of the Hives
- Trevor, William — Beyond the Pale
1981
- Barnes, Peter — The Jumping Minuses of Byzantium
- Haworth, Don — Talk of Love and War
- Pinter, Harold — Family Voices
- Pownall, David — Beef
- Rooney, J.P. — The Dead Image
- Thain, Paul — The Biggest Sandcastle in the World
1982
1983
- Daly, Wally K. — Time Slip
- Gee, Shirley — Never in my Lifetime
- Jones, Gerry — The Angels They Grow Lonely
- May, Steve — No Exceptions
- Read, Martyn — Scouting for Boys
1984
- Dunstone, Stephen — Who is Sylvia?
- Ferguson, Robert — Transfigured Night
- Haworth, Don — Daybreak
- Phillips, Caryl — The Wasted Years
- Russell, Christopher — Swimmer
- Tremain, Rose — Temporary Shelter
1985
1986
- Ferguson, Robert — Dreams, Secrets, Beautiful Lies
- Reid, Christina — Last of a Dyin' Race
- Rissik, Andrew — Anthony
- Whitmore, Ken — Gingerbread House
- Windsor, Valerie — Myths and Legacies
1987
1988
- Frisby, Terence — Just Remember Two Things: It's not Fair and Don't be Late
- Blakeson, Ken — Excess Baggage
- Minghella, Anthony — Cigarettes and Chocolate
- Munro, Rona — Dirt Under the Carpet
- Sheasby, Dave — Apple Blossom Afternoon
1989
1990
- Bagley, Tony — The Machine
- Cregan, David — A Butler Did It
- Fletcher, John — Death and the Tango
- Pepler, Tina — Song of the Forest
- Walker, Steve — The Pope's Brother
1991
- Glendinning, Robert — The Words are Strange
- Purser, John — Carver
- Stoppard, Tom — In the Native State
- Walker, Steve — Mickey Mookey
- Warner, Craig — Figure with Meat
References
- ^ International radio drama
