Daisy Goodwin
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Daisy Georgia Goodwin is an award-winning British television producer, poetry curator and best-selling novelist.
Having attended Westminster School
in London and Queen's College, London
, Goodwin studied history at Trinity College, Cambridge
and attended Columbia Film School before joining the BBC as a trainee arts producer in 1985. In 1998 she moved to Talkback Productions
as head of factual programmes, and in 2005 founded Silver River Productions. Her first novel, My Last Duchess, was published in the U.K. in August 2010 and, under the title The American Heiress, in the U.S. and Canada in June 2011. She has also published eight best-selling poetry anthologies and a memoir entitled Silver River, and was chair of the judging panel for the 2010 Orange Prize for women's fiction. She has presented television shows including Essential Poems (To Fall In Love With) (2003) and Reader, I Married Him (2006).
Daisy Goodwin is married to Marcus Wilford, an ABC TV executive, and has two daughters.
Having attended Westminster School
Westminster School
The Royal College of St. Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain's leading independent schools, with the highest Oxford and Cambridge acceptance rate of any secondary school or college in Britain...
in London and Queen's College, London
Queen's College, London
Queen's College is an independent school for girls aged 11–18. It is located in central London at numbers 43-49, Harley Street. Founded in 1848 by F. D. Maurice, Professor of English Literature and History at King's College London along with a committee of patrons, the College was the first...
, Goodwin studied history at Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
and attended Columbia Film School before joining the BBC as a trainee arts producer in 1985. In 1998 she moved to Talkback Productions
Talkback Productions
Talkback Productions was formed in 1981 by Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones. The company is one of the UK’s leading production companies and part of the RTL Group, a major European broadcast and content company....
as head of factual programmes, and in 2005 founded Silver River Productions. Her first novel, My Last Duchess, was published in the U.K. in August 2010 and, under the title The American Heiress, in the U.S. and Canada in June 2011. She has also published eight best-selling poetry anthologies and a memoir entitled Silver River, and was chair of the judging panel for the 2010 Orange Prize for women's fiction. She has presented television shows including Essential Poems (To Fall In Love With) (2003) and Reader, I Married Him (2006).
Daisy Goodwin is married to Marcus Wilford, an ABC TV executive, and has two daughters.
BBC
- The Bookworm (1994)
- Looking Good (1997)
- HomefrontHomefront (TV series)Homefront was an interior design "makeover" TV show airing on the BBC, on par with American television's This Old House and Martha Stewart...
Talkback
Between 1998 and 2005 Goodwin worked as a producer or editor on shows including:- How Clean Is Your House?How Clean is Your House?How Clean Is Your House? was a British entertainment/lifestyle television programme in which expert cleaners Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie visited extremely filthy homes and then cleaned them to perfection...
(Channel 4) - Jamie's KitchenJamie's KitchenJamie's Kitchen is a five-part British documentary television series that aired on Channel 4 from 5 November to 10 December 2002. It follows chef Jamie Oliver as he attempts to train a group of fifteen disadvantaged youth, who will — if they complete the course — be offered jobs at Oliver's new...
(Channel 4) - Would Like To MeetWould Like To MeetWould Like To Meet is a British reality television dating series, first broadcast on BBC 2 in 2001. Presented by Lowri Turner, it featured relationship expert Tracey Cox, confidence coach Steven Anderson and celebrity stylist Jay Hunt, who each used their expertise to help a singleton find a date....
(BBC2) - House DoctorHouse DoctorThis article is about the original TV show, The House Doctor which featured Ann Maurice; originally broadcast in the UK the show is now reaching a global audience.For the San Francisco Bay area interior designer known as the "House Doctor", see Lisa Quinn...
(Channel 5) - Grand DesignsGrand DesignsGrand Designs is a British television series produced by Talkback Thames and broadcast on Channel 4 which features unusual and often elaborate architectural home-building projects....
(Channel4) - Other People's Houses (Channel 4)
- Your Money or Your Life (BBC2)
- Property LadderProperty ladderThe property ladder is a term widely used in the United Kingdom to describe an individual or family's lifetime progress from cheaper to more expensive housing. According to this metaphor, cheap houses for first-time buyers are at the bottom of the property ladder, and expensive houses are at the top...
(Channel 4) - Life Doctor (Channel 5)
- Life LaundryLife LaundryThe Life Laundry was a BBC reality TV show that ran for three series from 2002 to 2004. It was first broadcast on BBC Two on 30 January 2002....
(BBC2) - Fame, Set and Match (BBC2)
- Escape to the CountryEscape to the CountryEscape to the Country is a daytime television programme aired on BBC Two. It is currently presented by Jules Hudson, Alistair Appleton, Nicki Chapman, Denise Nurse, Aled Jones and Jonnie Irwin. Previous presenters include Tim Vincent, Catherine Gee, Nick Page and Melissa Porter. In 2010-General...
(BBC2) - She's Gotta Have ItShe's Gotta Have ItShe's Gotta Have It is a 1986 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Spike Lee. It was also Lee's first feature-length film. The film stars Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks and John Canada Terrell. Also appearing are cinematographer Ernest Dickerson as a Brooklyn resident and...
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(BBC2) - Lipstick Years (BBC2)
Silver River
- Pulling (2006)
- I'm Running Sainsbury's (2009)
- Supersizers Go... Series (2008 and 2009)
- Off By Heart (2009)
- Grow Your Own Drugs - Series 1 & 2 (2009)
- Kevin's Grand Tour (2009)
- If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home (2011)
Publications
- My Last Duchess (2010), published in the U.S. and Canada as The American Heiress (2011)
- Off by Heart (2009)
- Silver River (2007)
- Bringing Up Baby: The New Mother's Companion (2007)
- Essential Poems for the Way We Live Now (2005)
- Essential Poems for Children: First Aid for Frantic Parents (2005)
- Poems to Last a Lifetime (2004)
- Essential Poems to Fall in Love With (2003)
- 101 Poems That Could Save Your Life (2003)
- 101 Poems to Get You Through the Day and Night: A Survival Kit for Modern Life (2003)
- 101 Poems to Keep You Sane: Emergency Rations for the Seriously Stressed (2003)
- 101 Poems To Help You Understand Men (and Women) (2003)
- The Nation's Favourite: Love Poems (1997)