Elizabeth Mickery
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Elizabeth "Lizzie" Mickery is a British
writer and former actress.
Her television credits include her role as Maggie Thorpe in the BBC
television
drama series Tenko
, roles in Emmerdale Farm
, Juliet Bravo
, Lovejoy
, Heartbeat, Woof
, The Merryhill Millionaires, Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy and Holby City
.
Since 2000 she has worked exclusively as a writer, usually credited in this capacity as Lizzie Mickery, for various British TV series such as Byker Grove
, The Bill
, Heartbeat, Pie in the Sky, Sunburn
, Harbour Lights, The Ice House (adapted from the novel by Minette Walters
), The Beggar Bride
(adapted from the novel by Gillian White) and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
(adapted from the Elizabeth George
novels).
She also wrote Messiah
, Messiah 2
and Messiah 3
for the BBC. One-off dramas include Sinners, Every Time You Look At Me, and Dirty War
which she co-wrote with writer-director Daniel Percival. They have subsequently written the conspiracy thriller The State Within
, which has been nominated for two Golden Globes 2008. Instinct
, a two-part thriller, was shown on ITV
in 2007. In 2008 she wrote the screenplay for the BBC drama The 39 Steps
, an adaptation of the John Buchan novel The Thirty-Nine Steps
. In late November 2009 the BBC transmitted Paradox
, a show written by Mickery.
United Kingdom
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writer and former actress.
Her television credits include her role as Maggie Thorpe in the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
drama series Tenko
Tenko (TV series)
Tenko is a television drama, co-produced by the BBC and the ABC. A total of thirty episodes were produced between 1981 and 1984 for women, followed by a one-off special , Tenko Reunion, in 1985 - also for women in mind.The series dealt with the experiences of British, Australian and Dutch women...
, roles in Emmerdale Farm
Emmerdale
Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...
, Juliet Bravo
Juliet Bravo
Juliet Bravo is a British television series, which ran on BBC1 between 1980 and 1985. The theme of the series concerned a female police inspector who took over control of a police station in the fictional town of Hartley in Lancashire.-Programme name:...
, Lovejoy
Lovejoy
Lovejoy is a TV series about the adventures of Lovejoy, a British antiques dealer and faker based in East Anglia, a less than scrupulous yet likeable rogue. The episodes were based on a series of picaresque novels by John Grant...
, Heartbeat, Woof
Woof
Woof may refer to:* Bark , the sound a dog makes* Weft in weaving, the threads or yarn that run from side to side on a loomIn music:* Woof , a record label* "Woof" , a 1999 single from rapper Snoop Dogg...
, The Merryhill Millionaires, Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy and Holby City
Holby City
Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...
.
Since 2000 she has worked exclusively as a writer, usually credited in this capacity as Lizzie Mickery, for various British TV series such as Byker Grove
Byker Grove
Byker Grove was a British television series which aired between 1989 and 2006 and was created by Adele Rose. The show was broadcast at 5.10pm after Newsround on CBBC on BBC One...
, The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
, Heartbeat, Pie in the Sky, Sunburn
Sunburn (TV series)
Sunburn is a British television series that followed the lives of a group of British holiday reps. It was broadcast on BBC One between 16 January 1999 and 1 May 2000, running for two series of six and eight episodes respectively. The first was set and filmed in Cyprus and the second in Algarve...
, Harbour Lights, The Ice House (adapted from the novel by Minette Walters
Minette Walters
Minette Walters is an English crime writer.- Life and work :After her birth in Bishop’s Stortford to a serving army officer, Capt Samuel Jebb and his wife Colleen, the first 10 years of Minette’s life were spent moving between army bases in the north and south of England...
), The Beggar Bride
The Beggar Bride
The Beggar Bride was a British two-part television programme adapted from the Gillian White novel of the same name.-Cast:*Keeley Hawes as Angela Harper*Nicholas Jones as Sir Fabian Ormerod*Joe Duttine as Billy Harper*Kacey Ainsworth as Tina...
(adapted from the novel by Gillian White) and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries is a series of BBC television programmes about Detective Inspector Thomas "Tommy" Lynley, 8th Earl of Asherton of Scotland Yard and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers...
(adapted from the Elizabeth George
Elizabeth George
Susan Elizabeth George is an American author of mystery novels set in Great Britain.Eleven of her novels featuring her lead character Inspector Lynley have been adapted for television by the BBC as The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.-Biography:George was born in Warren, Ohio to Robert Edwin and Anne ...
novels).
She also wrote Messiah
Messiah (TV series)
Messiah is a British television drama series, broadcast on the BBC One network and produced in-house by BBC Northern Ireland, although the series itself is set in England. Made up of a series of occasional serials, the first, with two parts subtitled The First Killings & The Reckoning, was...
, Messiah 2
Messiah (TV series)
Messiah is a British television drama series, broadcast on the BBC One network and produced in-house by BBC Northern Ireland, although the series itself is set in England. Made up of a series of occasional serials, the first, with two parts subtitled The First Killings & The Reckoning, was...
and Messiah 3
Messiah (TV series)
Messiah is a British television drama series, broadcast on the BBC One network and produced in-house by BBC Northern Ireland, although the series itself is set in England. Made up of a series of occasional serials, the first, with two parts subtitled The First Killings & The Reckoning, was...
for the BBC. One-off dramas include Sinners, Every Time You Look At Me, and Dirty War
Dirty War
The Dirty War was a period of state-sponsored violence in Argentina from 1976 until 1983. Victims of the violence included several thousand left-wing activists, including trade unionists, students, journalists, Marxists, Peronist guerrillas and alleged sympathizers, either proved or suspected...
which she co-wrote with writer-director Daniel Percival. They have subsequently written the conspiracy thriller The State Within
The State Within
The State Within is a 2006 Seven-episode British television political drama, written by Lizzie Mickery and Daniel Percival, produced by Grainne Marmion as a joint BBC–BBC America production, that was broadcast by BBC1 in the United Kingdom from Thursday, 2 November 2006.The protagonist of The State...
, which has been nominated for two Golden Globes 2008. Instinct
Instinct
Instinct or innate behavior is the inherent inclination of a living organism toward a particular behavior.The simplest example of an instinctive behavior is a fixed action pattern, in which a very short to medium length sequence of actions, without variation, are carried out in response to a...
, a two-part thriller, was shown on ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
in 2007. In 2008 she wrote the screenplay for the BBC drama The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps (2008 film)
The 39 Steps is a 2008 British television feature-length adaptation of the John Buchan novel The Thirty-Nine Steps produced by the BBC. The adaptation is set on the eve of World War I, and sees mining engineer Richard Hannay caught up in a conspiracy following the death of a British spy in his...
, an adaptation of the John Buchan novel The Thirty-Nine Steps
The Thirty-nine Steps
The Thirty-Nine Steps is an adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan. It first appeared as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine in August and September 1915 before being published in book form in October that year by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh...
. In late November 2009 the BBC transmitted Paradox
Paradox (TV series)
Paradox is a 2009 British science fiction police drama, starring Tamzin Outhwaite as Detective Inspector Rebecca Flint. Written by Lizzie Mickery and produced by Clerkenwell Films for the BBC, it was filmed and set in Manchester, England....
, a show written by Mickery.