The Giles Cooper Awards were honours given to plays written for BBC Radio. Sponsored by the BBC and Methuen Drama, the awards were specifically focused on the script of the best radio drama produced in the past year. Five or six winners were chosen from the entire year's production of BBC drama, and published in a series of books. They were named after Giles Cooper (1918–1966), the distinguished radio dramatist who wrote over 60 scripts for BBC radio and television between 1949 and 1966. These awards ran annually between 1978 and 1992, instigated by Richard Imison at the BBC and Geoffrey Strachan at Eyre Methuen. There was no prize money, but publication was a notable mark of permanence in the ephemeral world of broadcasting. List of winners 1978 John Arden — Pearl (Published separately as per special arrangement with Eyre Methuen) Richard Harris — Is it Something I Said? Don Haworth — Episode on a Thursday Evening Jill Hyem — Remember Me Tom Mallin — Halt! Who Goes There? Jennifer Phillips — Daughters of Men Fay Weldon — Polaris 1979 Shirley Gee — Typhoid Mary Carey Harrison — I Never Killed my German Barrie Keeffe — Heaven Scent John Kirkmorris — Coxcomb John Peacock — Attard in Retirement Olwen Wymark — The Child 1980 Stewart Parker — Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner Martyn Read — Waving to a Train Peter Redgrave — Martyr of the Hives William Trevor — Beyond the Pale 1981 Peter Barnes — The Jumping Minuses of Byzantium Don Haworth — Talk of Love and War Harold Pinter — Family Voices David Pownall — Beef J. P. Rooney — The Dead Image Paul Thain — The Biggest Sandcastle in the World 1982 Rhys Adrian — Watching the Plays Together John Arden — The Old Man Sleeps Alone Harry Barton — Hoopoe Day Donald Chapman - Invisible writing Tom Stoppard — The Dog It Was That Died William Trevor — Autumn Sunshine 1983 Wally K. Daly — Time Slip Shirley Gee — Never in my Lifetime Gerry Jones — The Angels They Grow Lonely Steve May — No Exceptions Martyn Read — Scouting for Boys 1984 Stephen Dunstone — Who is Sylvia? Robert Ferguson — Transfigured Night Don Haworth — Daybreak Caryl Phillips — The Wasted Years Christopher Russell — Swimmer Rose Tremain — Temporary Shelter1985 Rhys Adrian — Outpatient Barry Collins — King Canute Martin Crimp —