Jude Tindall

Jude Tindall
Jude Tindall
Born
Judith Mary Tompkinson

(1964-01-17)17 January 1964
King;s Lynn, Norfolk
Died4 August 2024(2024-08-04) (aged 60)
EducationConvent of the Sacred Heart
Alma materUniversity of Saint Andrews
OccupationsTV Scriptwriter and {roducer
TelevisionFather Brown, Sister Boniface, Shakespeare % Hathaway
SpouseMark Donald Papillon Tindall
Children3
Parent(s)Michael and Mary

Jude Tindall

Jude Tindall (17 September 1964-4 August 2024) was the creator of the Sister Boniface mystery series, and co-creator of the detective comedy/drama Shakespeare and Hathaway. Tindall was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk She and her husband, Mark Donald Papillon Tindall had three offspring [1]

Tributes to Tindall

Dominique Moloney/; of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain described Tindall as "passionate about her shows" and "prolific in her writing" The Guild's Depute Director, Katherine Way, expressed "great adniration" for Tindall., and attributed many qualities to her: "funny, incisive..and focused"

Way also recalled that they had both been involved in writing for the TV series "Doctors" [2]

The actor Richard Price, who appeared in many episodes of Father Brown penned by Tindall, was quoted in the Radio Times online tribute as saying that Tindall was a "wonderful crestive"[3]

The "Daily Relegraph's headkine stated that she was thequeen of cosy crime"[4]

  1. ^ "Jude Tindall(1964-2024) Writer Producer". INDB. 17 December 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Arandjelovic-Vaughan, Benjamin (2024-08-23). "Jude Tindall: 1964-2024". The Writers' Guild of Great Britain. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  3. ^ Moss, Molly. "Jude Tindall tributes pour in after Father Brown writer dies | Radio Times". www.radiotimes.com. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  4. ^ Obituaries, Telegraph (2024-08-31). "Jude Tindall, BBC's 'queen of cosy crime' behind the Father Brown spin-off Sister Boniface". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2025-12-17.