Annabel Jones (born January 1972) is a Welsh television producer, best known for producing ''

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'' with

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. She is a co-writer of the 2018 book ''Inside Black Mirror'', with Brooker and Jason Arnopp. Jones is co-founder of the production company ''Broke and Bones'', alongside Brooker.

Early life

Jones was born in

Haverfordwest Haverfordwest ( , ; ) is the county town of Pembrokeshire, Wales, and the most populous urban area in Pembrokeshire with a population of 14,596 in 2011. It is also a Community (Wales), community consisting of 12,042 people, making it the secon ...

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January 1972 and grew up in

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. She began studying developmental economics at the

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in 1990. After graduating in 1994, she worked for television production companies in

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Career

Jones became an executive at the production company

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. She began working with Charlie Brooker at the production company Zeppotron, owned by the Endemol, on five series of ''

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'' (2006–2008), the first two series of the science fiction anthology series ''

'' (2011 and 2013) and the satirical police procedural '' A Touch of Cloth'' (2012–2014). Jones and Brooker founded the Endemol Shine production company House of Tomorrow in 2014, Jones serving as

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. It had a revenue of £31.2 million in 2018. Jones and Brooker quit the label House of Tomorrow in January 2020, founding the production company Broke and Bones in February 2020. The pair each have a 50% share in the company.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

In 2017, Jones won a

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for the ''Black Mirror'' episode "

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" and in 2018, won another for the episode "

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". Alongside other individuals associated with the series, Jones was credited in the programme's nomination for the 2018 Black Reel Award for Outstanding Television Movie or Limited Series and the 2017 nomination and 2018 awarding of the

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Awards

Nominations

Personal life

Jones is a vegetarian.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Annabel Living people 1972 births People from Milford Haven Alumni of the London School of Economics Welsh television writers Primetime Emmy Award winners British showrunners British women television writers