Angela Pope, a renowned director, embarked on her illustrious career by crafting documentaries for television, subsequently transitioning into the realm of TV drama and feature films.
Born in 1945 in Weybridge, Surrey, Angela Pope's educational journey began at the esteemed Tiffin Girls Grammar School, followed by her attendance at Sussex University, where she later pursued postgraduate studies at UCLA, albeit briefly, before opting for a six-week contract as a junior researcher with BBC TV Current Affairs.
After spending 15 remarkable months with the BBC TV, Angela Pope decided to venture into freelance documentary filmmaking. Her 1971 project, "Yesterday's Men," although seemingly tame by today's standards, sparked a significant controversy at the time, subsequently securing her continuous employment in creating films for all major British TV companies.
In the years that followed, Angela Pope crafted the narrative for her inaugural TV drama, "Shiftwork," which premiered on September 24, 1986, and starred Maureen Lipman as a single mother and nighttime taxi driver, who unfortunately finds herself with a corpse in the back of her cab.
