{{Short description|British screenwriter}} '''Bernadette Davis''' is an English screenwriter who co-wrote the first two series of the BBC's sitcom ''Game On'' with Andrew Davies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/game_on/|title=Game On|work=comedy.co.uk|accessdate=13 July 2015}}</ref><ref>Cf 'Andrew Davis (Television)' critical appraisal book, by Sarah Cardwell, Manchester University Press, {{ISBN|978-0719064920}}, pp198-199 for references to his work with Bernadette Davis.</ref> She wrote the third series on her own and was nominated for a BAFTA award for the series in 1997.
== Education == Davis studied English and drama at Goldsmiths College, University of London.
== Career == In 1996, Davis co-wrote the mini-TV series ''Wilderness'' with Andrew Davies, from the novel by Dennis Danvers.<ref>Wilderness review, [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/movies/title/0,,2244430,00.html],''Artists Direct''</ref> She also wrote an episode of ''Soldier Soldier'' in 1997, titled "Line of Departure".
She wrote a 6-episode sitcom series called ''The Wilsons'' in 2000, which featured David Bradley and Julian Rhind-Tutt.<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-wilsons,''The Wilsons on Channel 4'' website]</ref><ref>[http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/wilsons/index.html,''The Wilsons on British Comedy website'']{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
In 2012, she wrote the BBC Three sitcom series ''Some Girls''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/some_girls/|title=Some Girls|work=comedy.co.uk|accessdate=13 July 2015}}</ref> Series 1 aired in November 2012,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcthree/2011/11/feed-my-funny-zai.shtml|title=BBC - BBC Three - Blog: BBC Three feeding more funny|work=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=13 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2011-11-30/fresh-meats-jack-whitehall-gets-his-own-bbc3-sitcom|title=Fresh Meat’s Jack Whitehall gets his own BBC3 sitcom|work=RadioTimes|accessdate=13 July 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.netnewspublisher.com/filming-begins-in-south-london-on-some-girls-a-new-comedy-series-for-bbc-three/ Net News Publisher article on Some Girls] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213606/http://www.netnewspublisher.com/filming-begins-in-south-london-on-some-girls-a-new-comedy-series-for-bbc-three/ |date=October 4, 2013 }}</ref> and series 2 started airing in September 2013.<ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/some-girls2.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130729213816/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/some-girls2.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 29, 2013|title=BBC - Some Girls return to BBC Three for brand new series - Media Centre|work=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=13 July 2015}}</ref>
''Some Girls'' has been described as: "...a comedy about the kind of girls more usually seen in worrying documentaries about inner city teens. The series centres around a group of 16/17 year old pupils at [a] Comprehensive School in London."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atvtoday.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3038:zai-bennett-announces-new-comedy-commissions&catid=1:tv-media&Itemid=3|title=ATV Today|work=ATV Today|accessdate=13 July 2015}}</ref> Davis herself said about the show: "As far as I know, there aren't any other comedies about girls of this age. The Inbetweeners has shown what a rich area for comedy this age group is - but girls are very different and I thought they should have their own show."<ref>[https://archive.today/20130419201823/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00y78kd/features/bernadette-davis-interview Interview with Bernadette Davis about Some Girls on the BBC website]</ref>
== Reception == The ''Daily Mirror'' made the first episode of ''Some Girls'' "Tuesday's must-see TV" and described the show as "Energetic, irreverent and real".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/night-copy/strictly-come-dancing-star-colin-1418785|title=Strictly Come Dancing star Colin Salmon stars in BBC3's energetic, irreverent and real Some Girls|last=Simon|first=Jane|date=6 November 2012|work=Daily Mirror|accessdate=13 July 2015}}</ref> ''The Stage'' online said: "the relationship between the quartet of friends is well observed and firmly rooted in recognisable, realistic emotions".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/tv-review-nick-nickleby-some-girls-the-late-great-eric-sykes|title=TV review: Nick Nickleby; Some Girls; The Late Great Eric Sykes - TV & radio - The Stage|author=Harry Venning|work=The Stage|access-date=13 July 2015}}</ref> Comedian Jimmy Mulville, Managing Director of Hat Trick Productions, says: “This second series of Some Girls confirms Bernadette Davis as one of the funniest writers working today. We're lucky to have her.”<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/>
''Game On'' was said to be "a part of a zeitgeist that came to define a generation" and was a "sitcom that was so of its time, that it took its name from a catchphrase of the decade."<ref>Interview with Matthew Cottle, [http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/the-arts/theatre/interview_matthew_cottle_1_3558176], ''Yorkshire Post''</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{British Comedy Guide|tv|game_on|Game On}} *[http://www.hattrick.com/ ''Game On''] at Hat Trick Productions Website *{{BBC Online|comedy/gameon|''Game On''}} *Wilderness (film 1996) review on ArtsDirect: [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/movies/title/0,,2244430,00.html] *{{British Comedy Guide|tv|some_girls|Some Girls}} *BBC 3 announces new sitcoms for 2012: [https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcthree/2011/11/feed-my-funny-zai.shtml] *Radio Times Article, New BBC 3 sitcoms in production: [http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2011-11-30/fresh-meats-jack-whitehall-gets-his-own-bbc3-sitcom] *Net News Publisher article about Some Girls: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213606/http://www.netnewspublisher.com/filming-begins-in-south-london-on-some-girls-a-new-comedy-series-for-bbc-three/] *BBC website interview with Bernadette Davis: [https://archive.today/20130419201823/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00y78kd/features/bernadette-davis-interview] *BBC website, programs on BBC3: [https://archive.today/20130729213816/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/some-girls2.html]
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