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The Giles Cooper Awards were honors given to plays written for radio. Sponsored by the BBC and Methuen Drama, these prizes were specifically focused on the best radio drama produced in the past year. Winners were chosen from hundreds of entries, and published in a series of books.

These awards were granted between 1978 and 1991, after which the program was discontinued.

1978

• Harris, Richard - Is it something I said?
• Haworth, Don - Episode on a Thursday evening
• Hyem, Jill - Remember me
• Mallin, Tom - Halt! Who goes there?
• Phillips, Jennifer - Daughters of men
• Weldon, Fay - Polaris

1979

• Gee, Shirley - Typhoid Mary
• Harrison, Carey - I never killed my German
• Keeffe, Barrie - Heaven scent
• Kirkmorris, John - Coxcomb
• Peacock, John - Attard in retirement
• Wymark, Olwen - The Child

1980

• Parker, Stewart --Kamikaze ground staff reunion dinner
• Read, Martyn --Waving to a train
• Redgrave, Peter --Martyr of the hives
• Trevor, William --Beyond the pale

1981

• Barnes, Peter - The jumping minuses of Byzantium
• Haworth, Don - Talk of love and war
• Pinter, Harold - Family voices
• Pownall, David - Beef
• Rooney, J.P. - The dead image
• Thain, Paul - The biggest sandcastle in the world

1982

• Adrian, Rhys --Watching the plays together
• Arden, John --The old man sleeps alone
• Barton, Harry --Hoopoe day
• Chapman, Donald --Invisible writing
• Stoppard, Tom --The dog it was that died
• Trevor, William --Autumn sunshine

1983

• Daly, Wally K. - Time slip
• Gee, Shirley - Never in my lifetime
• Jones, Gerry - The angels they grow lonely
• May, Steve - No exceptions
• Read, Martyn - Scouting for boys

1984

• Dunstone, Stephen - Who is Sylvia?
• Ferguson, Robert - Transfigured night
• Haworth, Don -- Daybreak
• Phillips, Caryl - The wasted years
• Russell, Christopher - Swimmer
• Tremain, Rose - Temporary Shelter

1985

• Adrian, Rhys - Outpatient
• Collins, Barry - King Canute
• Crimp, Martin - Three attempted acts
• Pownall, David - Ploughboy Monday
• Saunders, James - Menocchio
• Wall, Michael - Hiroshima: the movie

1986

• Ferguson, Robert --Dreams, secrets, beautiful lies
• Reid, Christina --Last of a dyin' race
• Rissik, Andrew --Anthony
• Whitmore, Ken --Gingerbread house
• Windsor, Valerie --Myths and legacies

1987

• Daly, Wally K. - Mary's
• Dunne, Frank - Dreams of Dublin Bay
• Fox, Anna - Nobby's Day
• Moffatt, Nigel D. - Lifetime
• Nelson, Richard - Languages Spoken Here
• Tinniswood, Peter - The village fête

1988

• Frisby, Terence --Just remember two things: it's not fair and don't be late
• Blakeson, Ken --Excess baggage
• Minghella, Anthony --Cigarettes and chocolate
• Munro, Rona --Dirt under the carpet
• Sheasby, Dave --Apple blossom afternoon

1989

• Baines, Elizabeth -- Baby buggy
• Johnston, Jennifer -- O Ananias, Azarias and Misael
• Mairowitz, David Zane -- Stalin sonata
• Nelson, Richard -- Eating words
• Warner, Craig -- By where the old shed used to be

1990

• Bagley, Tony - The Machine
• Cregan, David -- A Butler Did It
• Fletcher, John - Death and the Tango
• Pepler, Tina - Song of the Forest
• Walker, Steve -- The Pope's Brother

1991

• Glendinning, Robert -- The Words are Strange
• Purser, John -- Carver
• Stoppard, Tom -- In the Native State
• Walker, Steve -- Mickey Mookey
• Warner, Craig -- Figure with Meat

• [Methuen Drama]
• [Giles Cooper Awards]
• Best Radio Plays of 1985 - The BBC Giles Cooper Award Winners