Barbara Slade is a writer, creator and producer of children’s programming. Based in London, England, she travels extensively, heading up shows for the international market. Career Barbara (both a British and U.S. citizen) began her screenwriting career in London when her first show “Brown Bear’s Wedding” starring Helena Bonham Carter, Joss Ackland and Hugh Laurie aired on ITV, Christmas Day. It sold to most major territories, and was nominated for five Emmy awards including ‘Best Writer’. Barbara returned to America, where she continued her career, writing and developing series for Nickelodeon, Disney, ABC, Fox and many other networks worldwide. She has written features for Working Title and Disney and has received numerous awards including a ‘Humanitas’ for one of her episodes of ‘Rugrats’. Among many others, Barbara developed and served as Head Writer for “Angelina Ballerina” and “Rotten Ralph”. Barbara has worked as a head writer/producer for the Disney Channel U.K. and was brought on board to develop and head up the writing team on NRK’s prime time award-winning comedy series “Side by Side” now in its 8th season and "Best For" now on season three on TV2. Barbara was Creator/Executive Producer on several original TV series including “Dead Gorgeous” (CBBC/ABC/Nickelodeon) “Hi Opie” (TVO/Netflix) and is now in development on three original tv dramas “Heaven is a Perfect Tomato”, "Song for Britannia" and "A Drop of DNA". Barbara's specialty is writing, developing and heading up high concept television shows for the international market. She works with production companies and channels around the world and also leads intensive screenwriting and development workshops. The most popular is “The Beauty of a One Pager”, an intensive 2-3 day T.V. development workshop available for channels, production companies and media organizations. Television credits Hi Opie! - creator/executive producer Dead Gorgeous - creator/associate producer Alexander and Pete - creator/executive producer Inbox - writer/producer Angelina Ballerina - series development/head writer My Teen Genie - series development/head writer Comin' Atcha - series development/head writer Eloise - series development/head writer Freefonix - series development/head writer Rotten Ralph - series development/head writer The Legends of Treasure Island - series development/head writer Side by Side - series development/lead on writing team Magnus - series development Alle Sammen Sammen - series development Rugrats (multiple episodes)- writer Legend of Prince Valiant (multiple episodes) - writer Little Shop (multiple episodes) - writer Tales from the Cryptkeeper (multiple episodes)- writer Sonic the Hedgehog (multiple episodes)