Jo Watson Jo Watson i(A145506 works by) (a.k.a. Joanne Watson)
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Television script-writer and script editor.

Jo Watson began working with Jonathan M. Shiff Productions in the late 1990s, when she was employed as a script coordinator and script editor for the children's science-fiction television series Thunderstone (1999). She followed this with a role as script editor on Cybergirl in 2001, as story consultant on Wicked Science (2006), and as story consultant on H2O: Just Add Water (2006), all Shiff productions. She also wrote the occasional script for these and other Shiff programs, including Pirate Islands (2003), Wicked Science (2004), and H2O: Just Add Water (2006).

In 2008, she worked as a script-writer on children's animated program Pixel Pinkie: produced by Blue Rocket Productions in association with the Nine Network, the program followed a young girl whose new mobile phone comes complete with a small, pink, accident-prone genie.

Since 2010, Watson has worked as a script-writer for long-running soap opera Neighbours.

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y separately published work icon Larry Leadbeater : Field Notes from a Fairy Possum Glebe : Little Steps , 2020 19136859 2020 single work picture book children's

'Larry is a tiny fairy possum with a tremendous problem. He’s on a mission to find a home that’s just right for him.

Brimming with friendship and optimism, his adventure invites us into a world where even the most challenging circumstances can be overcome.'

Source: publisher's blurb
2021 shortlisted The Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature — Picture Fiction
y separately published work icon Larry Leadbeater : Field Notes from a Fairy Possum Glebe : Little Steps , 2020 19136859 2020 single work picture book children's

'Larry is a tiny fairy possum with a tremendous problem. He’s on a mission to find a home that’s just right for him.

Brimming with friendship and optimism, his adventure invites us into a world where even the most challenging circumstances can be overcome.'

Source: publisher's blurb
2021 shortlisted The Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature — Picture Fiction
form y separately published work icon Neighbours 1985 Australia : Reg Grundy Enterprises FremantleMedia Australia , 1985-2022 Z1367509 1985 series - publisher film/TV

A daily television drama series set in the fictional Melbourne suburb of Erinsborough, Neighbours chronicles the lives of the residents of Ramsay Street. The series initially revolved around three families: the Ramsays (at number 24 Ramsay Street), the Robinsons (at number 26), and the Clarkes (at number 28). The scope of the series has since broadened to include new Ramsay Street familes.
1990 winner Logie Awards — Most Popular Series
1989 winner Logie Awards — Most Popular Series
1988 winner Logie Awards — Most Popular Drama Program
1987 winner Logie Awards — Most Popular Drama Program
2019 nominated Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Drama Series
2019 nominated Logie Awards — Most Popular Drama Program
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