Juliet May is a

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director. She has directed television shows such as ''

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'', '' Hope and Glory'', ''

New Tricks ''New Tricks'' is a British television police procedural comedy drama, created by Nigel McCrery and Roy Mitchell, produced primarily by Wall to Wall (until its final year, when it was handled by Headstrong Pictures), and broadcast on BBC On ...

'' and '' Miranda''.

Personal life

Juliet is the daughter of

Val May Valentine Gilbert Delabere "Val" May, CBE (1 July 1927 – 6 April 2012) was an English theatre director and artistic director. He led the Bristol Old Vic from 1961 to 1975, and the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre from 1975 to 1992. Early life and educa ...

, the theatre director, and his first wife, Penelope (formerly Rish).

Career

May oversaw all eight episodes of ''

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'' in 1990, a sitcom featuring

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and

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for

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in 1990; only the pilot was ever transmitted. In 1995, she was nominated for a

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award for ''

Rory Bremner, Who Else? ''Bremner, Bird and Fortune'', originally titled ''Rory Bremner...Who Else?'', is a satirical British television programme produced by Vera Productions for Channel 4, uniting comedy impressionist Rory Bremner with the veteran satirical comedy duo ...

'', and won a BAFTA Children's Award in 1999 for '' Microsoap'' produced by Andy Rowley, with whom May has collaborated on a number of productions. She directed all twelve episodes of

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's 1997 school-based sitcom ''

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''.''After the Chalk Dust Settled'', featurette on ''Chalk'' Series 1 DVD, ReplayDVD.co.uk, prod. & dir.

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She then directed

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in ''

My Dad's the Prime Minister ''My Dad's the Prime Minister'' is a 2003–2004 British sitcom written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman, and was a co-production between CBBC and BBC Entertainment. It centres on the life of the Prime Minister, his family and his spin doctor. Its m ...

'', and

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and

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in ''

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''. She also directed some episodes of series V of ''

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''. She found it hard to work with the science fiction elements of the series and left before the series was finished. The remaining episodes were directed by

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and

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.Grant and Naylor Look Back, Red Dwarf Smegazine, issue 11, January 1993, Fleetway Editions Ltd, issn 0965-5603 In 2008, she directed the

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film '' Dustbin Baby''. May then directed the BBC sitcom '' Miranda'', starring

Miranda Hart Miranda Katherine Hart Dyke (born 14 December 1972) is an English actress, comedian and writer. She has won three Royal Television Society awards, four British Comedy Awards, and four BAFTA nominations for her self-driven semi-autobiographical ...

. In 2015, May directed episodes 3, 4 and 6 of British television drama series ''

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'', for

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Selected filmography

* '' The Treasure Seekers'' (1996)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:May, Juliet Living people British television directors Mass media people from Ipswich Year of birth missing (living people)