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Jim EldridgeJim Eldridge

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Jim Eldridge has been a professional writer since 1971 when his first crime novel “Down Payment on Death” was published, and he sold his first sitcom to BBC radio (“Parsley Sidings” starring Arthur Lowe.) Since then he had had 250 BBC radio scripts broadcast, 250 TV scripts broadcast in the UK and internationally, 100 children’s books published, and (since 2016) 6 historical crime fiction novels published. He is now concentrating on crime fiction.

Other Awards

Jim’s awards relate to his scriptwriting days: a Royal Television Society Award for Best Children’s Drama series for “Bad Boyes” (co-written with his son, Duncan Eldridge); a shared Writers Guild Award for best comedy series for Ronnie Barker’s “Lines From My Grandfather’s Forehead”. He was also shortlisted for the Golden Rose at Montreux for one of his episodes for the RTE sitcom “Upwardly Mobile”.

Books by Jim Eldridge

  • Murder at Madame Tussauds Murder at Madame Tussauds

    Amazon

  • Murder At The Ritz Murder At The Ritz

    Amazon

  • Murder At The Savoy Murder At The Savoy

    Amazon

  • Murder At The National Gallery Murder At The National Gallery

    Amazon

  • Murder At Claridges Murder At Claridges

    Amazon

  • Shadows of the Dead Shadows of the Dead

    Amazon

  • Murder at the Natural History Museum Murder at the Natural History Museum

    Amazon

  • Assassins Assassins
  • Murder At The Fitzwilliam Murder At The Fitzwilliam

    Amazon

  • Murder at the Ashmolean Murder at the Ashmolean

    Amazon

  • Murder At The British Museum Murder At The British Museum

    Amazon

  • Murder At The Manchester Museum Murder At The Manchester Museum

    Amazon

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