Jamie Rix was born on 27 April 1958 and is an English children's author, television comedy writer, and media producer.
10 Facts About Jamie Rix
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Jamie Rix is best known for the book series Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids and The War Diaries of Alistair Fury; both were adapted into award-winning children's television programmes.
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Jamie Rix took note of how the lie had made his four-year-old eat all of his meals without hesitations, which would inspire a series that could scare children into behaving themselves.
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An unspecified time later, Jamie Rix was hired by the BBC to write and produce comedy, such as Radio Active, The Michael Bentine Show, The Wow Show, and The History of Rock for BBC Radio 4, and, for television, Alas Smith and Jones.
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In 1994, Jamie Rix founded a production company with Nigel Planer, at the time named Elephant Productions.
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Jamie Rix is the son of actor-turned-Mencap President Brian Rix and actress Elspet Gray, and was raised in Richmond Park with his two older sisters and younger brother.
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Jamie Rix admitted that Alistair Fury's odd relationship with his bullying siblings were based on the arguments he used to have with his siblings during childhood.
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At school, an English teacher inspired him to write fiction: Jamie Rix realised how fun creating stories was when he wrote about mutilated bodies after the teacher encouraged him to write whatever he liked.
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Jamie Rix's aunt is Sheila Mercier, who famously portrayed Annie Sugden in the long-running soap opera Emmerdale.
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Jamie Rix is the son-in-law of John Middleton Murry Jr.