Kay Stonham
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Kay Stonham is a British actress, writer and academic.[1]
Background
[edit]Stonham attended William Morris Senior High School in Walthamstow, East London, leaving in 1974. She then graduated from Rose Bruford College in 1977. Stonham has a master's degree in Screenwriting for Film and Television from Royal Holloway, University of London. She co-created and co-wrote series one and two of the BBC Radio 4 series Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends, and was sole writer on series three and four. She took the part of Wendy Mayfield opposite collaborator on the first two series Simon Greenall as Robin Mayfield.
Career
[edit]She created the series Audio Diaries for Radio 4 which ran for three series from 1998 to 2001. This innovative mockumentary was ahead of its time in style and content. As a performer she appeared in another mock documentary series People Like Us both in its Radio 4 and BBC 2 incarnations. She was also a contributor to other Radio 4 comedy shows including The Sunday Format, Dead Ringers and Week Ending. She won the Radio Light Entertainment Titheridge Award in 1995.[2]
In 1995 she shared a Writers' Guild of Great Britain award with her co-writers for the television comedy series Harry Enfield and Chums. Simon Greenall shared the same award. Other TV sketch shows she has written for include Alistair McGowan's Big Impression for BBC 1, and Alas Smith and Jones for BBC 2, The Sketch Show for ITV, Comedy Nation for BBC 2 and TV to Go for BBC 1. She was a table writer on My Family in 2006.[3]
Her work for children's and young peoples TV includes, Kerching for CBBC, Girls in Love for Granada Kids, and Grange Hill for Mersey Television. Dani's House for CBBC and Shaun the Sheep for Aardman Animation.
Teaching
[edit]She is a Teaching Fellow in Screenwriting at Worcester University.[4] She also teaches screenwriting at the London Film Academy.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Writing Bad Salsa". About the BBC. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ Associates, Casarotto Ramsay &. "Kay Stonham - Casarotto Ramsay & Associates". Casarotto Ramsay & Associates. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ Guide, British Comedy (2 October 2010). "Kay Stonham interview - Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends - British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Kay Stonham" Archived 2014-01-02 at the Wayback Machine, University of Worcester
- ^ "London Film Academy - Tutors & Guest Speakers". www.londonfilmacademy.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
External links
[edit]- Kay Stonham at IMDb
- Living people
- Academics of the University of Worcester
- Alumni of Royal Holloway, University of London
- Screenwriting instructors
- British women television writers
- 21st-century British women writers
- British women screenwriters
- English television writers
- English screenwriters
- English children's writers
- 21st-century British screenwriters