Catherine Shepherd
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Catherine Margaret Shepherd (born 1975) is an English actress and writer, with a career spanning radio, theatre, film and television.
She was educated in South London
at the James Allen's Girls' School
. A prolific writer, having co-written several plays performed at the Edinburgh Fringe
, Shepherd's stage play Cats and Monkeys has been produced as a BBC Radio 4
Afternoon Play, with a cast featuring Anna Carteret
, Jack Shepherd
and the author http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00770n6.
She was a commissioned writer on the comedy sketch show Party Piece (produced by Objective and shown on E4) and also wrote on the BBC Radio 4 show Concrete Cow
. Shepherd co-wrote Your Whole Life, which won a Best of the Sunday Lizard award at the Traverse Theatre
.
Whilst currently writing for the BBC2
sketch show The Peter Serafinowicz Show
, Shepherd is also developing a new TV sitcom
, Baggage.
Shepherd speaks fluent Italian, and achieved honours at senior grade in ballet dancing
.
She is the daughter of well known actor Jack Shepherd, who is perhaps most famous for having played Charles Wycliffe
in the HTV
television series Wycliffe
.
She was educated in South London
South London
South London is the southern part of London, England, United Kingdom.According to the 2011 official Boundary Commission for England definition, South London includes the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Southwark, Sutton and...
at the James Allen's Girls' School
James Allen's Girls' School
James Allen's Girls' School, or JAGS, is an independent day school situated in Dulwich, South London, England. It has a senior school for 11–18 year old girls, a prep school for 7–11 year old girls , and a pre-preparatory school — JAPPS — for 4–7 year old girls.-Jags History:The school is part of...
. A prolific writer, having co-written several plays performed at the Edinburgh Fringe
Edinburgh Fringe
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the world’s largest arts festival. Established in 1947 as an alternative to the Edinburgh International Festival, it takes place annually in Scotland's capital, in the month of August...
, Shepherd's stage play Cats and Monkeys has been produced as a BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
Afternoon Play, with a cast featuring Anna Carteret
Anna Carteret
Anna Carteret is a British stage and screen actress, born in Bangalore, India the daughter of Peter John Wilkinson and his wife Patricia Carteret . She is married to the television and film director Christopher Morahan and has often worked with him...
, Jack Shepherd
Jack Shepherd
Jack Shepherd is an English actor, playwright, theatre director, saxophone player and jazz pianist, who made his film debut in 1969 with All Neat in Black Stockings and The Virgin Soldiers. He is perhaps best known for his television roles, most notably the title role in detective drama Wycliffe...
and the author http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00770n6.
She was a commissioned writer on the comedy sketch show Party Piece (produced by Objective and shown on E4) and also wrote on the BBC Radio 4 show Concrete Cow
Concrete Cow
This article is about a radio show; for the sculptures located in Milton Keynes, see Concrete Cows.Concrete Cow was a BBC Radio 4 audience sketch show created by James Cary. Two series were broadcast in 2002 and 2003. It was mainly written by Cary with Adam Bromley, the producer. It also contained...
. Shepherd co-wrote Your Whole Life, which won a Best of the Sunday Lizard award at the Traverse Theatre
Traverse Theatre
The Traverse Theatre is a theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded in 1963.The Traverse Theatre commissions and develops new plays or adaptations from contemporary playwrights. It also presents a large number of productions from visiting companies from across the UK. These include new plays,...
.
Whilst currently writing for the BBC2
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
sketch show The Peter Serafinowicz Show
The Peter Serafinowicz Show
The Peter Serafinowicz Show was a BBC Two comedy sketch show written by and starring Peter Serafinowicz. The first series started on the 4 October 2007 at 21:30 as part of the newly launched "Thursdays Are Funny" brand on BBC2 and Thursdays on ABC2...
, Shepherd is also developing a new TV sitcom
Situation comedy
A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...
, Baggage.
Shepherd speaks fluent Italian, and achieved honours at senior grade in ballet dancing
Ballet
Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...
.
She is the daughter of well known actor Jack Shepherd, who is perhaps most famous for having played Charles Wycliffe
Charles Wycliffe
Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe is a fictional detective, created by author W. J. Burley. He is featured in twenty-two novels. ....
in the HTV
HTV
HTV, now legally known as ITV Wales & West, is the ITV contractor for Wales and the West of England, which operated from studios in Cardiff and Bristol. The company provided commercial television for the dual-region 'Wales and West' franchise, which it won from TWW in 1968...
television series Wycliffe
Wycliffe (TV series)
Wycliffe is a British TV series, based on W. J. Burley's novels about Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe . It was produced by HTV and broadcast on the ITV Network, following a pilot episode on 7 August 1993, between 24 July 1994 and 5 July 1998. The series was filmed in Cornwall, with a...
.
Television
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- Think the UnthinkableThink the UnthinkableThink the Unthinkable is an audience sitcom about hapless management consultants, written by James Cary and first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001. It starred Marcus Brigstocke, David Mitchell, Catherine Shepherd, Emma Kennedy and Beth Chalmers. Each week the team of consultants inflict their...
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