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'''Eleanor Jane Scoones''' (20 January 1981 - 2 July 2023) was an English television producer and director. A history graduate of ], she worked on programmes presented by the historian ] and others broadcast on multiple British television channels such as ], ], ], ] and ]. '''Eleanor Jane Scoones''' (20 January 1981 – 2 July 2023) was an English television producer and director. A history graduate of ], she worked on programmes presented by the historian ] and others broadcast on multiple British television channels such as ], ], ], ] and ].


==Biography== ==Biography==
Scoones was born on 20 January 1981, in ], ].<ref name=DailyTelegraphObituary>{{cite news|title=Eleanor Scoones, director who enlivened factual TV with Who Do You Think You Are? and Lucy Worsley – obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/10/11/eleanor-scoones-director-who-do-you-think-you-are-obituary/|work=]|date=11 October 2023|access-date=13 January 2025|url-access=subscription}}</ref> She was the daughter of the English language teacher to foreign students Philip Anthony Francis Scoones and the ] worker Jane Francesca ({{nee|Barran}}).<ref name=TimesObituary>{{cite news|title=Eleanor Scoones obituary|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/eleanor-scoones-obituary-7j3b66slg|work=]|date=26 October 2023|access-date=13 January 2025|archive-url=https://archive.is/qMAcd|archive-date=26 October 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Mosley|editor-first=Charles|title=Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes|volume=1|page=270|location=], ], United States|publisher=Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd|year=2003}}</ref> Scoones moved to ] when she was four and was educated at ] in London.<ref name=TimesObituary/> She excelled in history,<ref name=DailyTelegraphObituary/> having become interested in the subject by a history teacher.<ref name=TimesObituary/> Scoones studied history at ].<ref name=DailyTelegraphObituary/> Scoones was born on 20 January 1981, in ], ].<ref name=DailyTelegraphObituary>{{cite news|title=Eleanor Scoones, director who enlivened factual TV with Who Do You Think You Are? and Lucy Worsley – obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/10/11/eleanor-scoones-director-who-do-you-think-you-are-obituary/|work=]|date=11 October 2023|access-date=13 January 2025|url-access=subscription|archive-date=16 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616092900/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/10/11/eleanor-scoones-director-who-do-you-think-you-are-obituary/|url-status=live}}</ref> She was the daughter of the English language teacher to foreign students Philip Anthony Francis Scoones and the ] worker Jane Francesca ({{nee|Barran}}).<ref name=TimesObituary>{{cite news|title=Eleanor Scoones obituary|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/eleanor-scoones-obituary-7j3b66slg|work=]|date=26 October 2023|access-date=13 January 2025|archive-url=https://archive.is/qMAcd|archive-date=26 October 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Mosley|editor-first=Charles|title=Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes|volume=1|page=270|location=], ], United States|publisher=Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd|year=2003}}</ref> Scoones moved to ] when she was four and was educated at ] in London.<ref name=TimesObituary/> She excelled in history,<ref name=DailyTelegraphObituary/> having become interested in the subject by a history teacher.<ref name=TimesObituary/> Scoones studied history at ].<ref name=DailyTelegraphObituary/>


Following graduation, she got a job at Silver River, a production company.<ref name=TimesObituary/> Scoones was an assistant producer and worked on a ] documentary on ] in 2008.<ref name=Blitz2008>{{cite news|title=Film of the blitz is being made|work=]|page=9|date=21 July 2008|id={{ProQuest|332565781}}}}</ref><ref name=Broadcast2023>{{cite web|last=Kahn|first=Ellie|title=Industry pays tribute to producer director Eleanor Scoones|url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/people/industry-pays-tribute-to-producer-director-eleanor-scoones/5184268.article|work=]|date=21 July 2023|access-date=13 January 2025}}</ref> In 2011, she made the first collaboration with the historian ] when she was the assistant producer of the series ''If These Walls Could Talk'' broadcast on ] in 2011.<ref name=DailyTelegraphObituary/> The following year, Scoones again worked with Worsley on the three-part series ''Harlots, Housewives and Heroines: 17th Century History for Girls'' on women of ] period following the end of the ] run by ].<ref name=DailyTelegraphObituary/><ref name=TimesObituary/> The series was the first one she directed,<ref name=Broadcast2023/> something she aspired to be.<ref name=DailyTelegraphObituary/> Scoones directed the series ''Fit to Rule? How Royal Illness Changed History'' broadcast on ] in 2013, scrutinising the biological and psychological strengths and weaknesses of rulers from ] to ].<ref name=DailyTelegraphObituary/> She was the writer and director of the two-part 2014 BBC Two series ''Russia’s Lost Princesses'' on the four daughters of Tsar ] who were murdered by the ]. Scoones went on to direct the BBC Two documentary ''The Ascent of Woman'' by the historian ], discovering stories on history-making women from 10,000 BC to the present.<ref name=TimesObituary/> Following graduation, she got a job at Silver River, a production company.<ref name=TimesObituary/> Scoones was an assistant producer and worked on a ] documentary on ] in 2008.<ref name=Blitz2008>{{cite news|title=Film of the blitz is being made|work=]|page=9|date=21 July 2008|id={{ProQuest|332565781}}}}</ref><ref name=Broadcast2023>{{cite web|last=Kahn|first=Ellie|title=Industry pays tribute to producer director Eleanor Scoones|url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/people/industry-pays-tribute-to-producer-director-eleanor-scoones/5184268.article|work=]|date=21 July 2023|access-date=13 January 2025|archive-date=5 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805163027/https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/people/industry-pays-tribute-to-producer-director-eleanor-scoones/5184268.article|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011, she made the first collaboration with the historian ] when she was the assistant producer of the series ''If These Walls Could Talk'' broadcast on ] in 2011.<ref name=DailyTelegraphObituary/> The following year, Scoones again worked with Worsley on the three-part series ''Harlots, Housewives and Heroines: 17th Century History for Girls'' on women of ] period following the end of the ] run by ].<ref name=DailyTelegraphObituary/><ref name=TimesObituary/> The series was the first one she directed,<ref name=Broadcast2023/> something she aspired to be.<ref name=DailyTelegraphObituary/> Scoones directed the series ''Fit to Rule? How Royal Illness Changed History'' broadcast on ] in 2013, scrutinising the biological and psychological strengths and weaknesses of rulers from ] to ].<ref name=DailyTelegraphObituary/> She was the writer and director of the two-part 2014 BBC Two series ''Russia's Lost Princesses'' on the four daughters of Tsar ] who were murdered by the ]. Scoones went on to direct the BBC Two documentary ''The Ascent of Woman'' by the historian ], discovering stories on history-making women from 10,000 BC to the present.<ref name=TimesObituary/>


She was the director of episodes of the ] genealogy documentary series '']'' from 2016 to 2020. The episodes included the comedian ], the singer ], the actress ], the actress ] and the comedian ] with his father.<ref name=DailyTelegraphObituary/><ref name=TimesObituary/><ref name=Broadcast2023/> Scoones also worked for ], ] and ],<ref name=Broadcast2023/> and other programmes she worked on include ''Our Victorian Christmas'' broadcast on ], ''A House Through Time'' for BBC Two, ''Lucy Worsley’s Royal Palace Secrets'' for BBC Four,<ref name=Broadcast2023/> '']'',<ref name=TimesObituary/> ''Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey'' for ],<ref>{{cite web|title=Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey|url=https://www.moviefone.com/movie/sex-story-fifty-shades-of-grey/moLdgGQgWQVVtxIIyfPuz4/main/|work=]|access-date=13 January 2025}}</ref> and both ''Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance'' and ''Dan Cruickshank: At Home With The British'' for BBC Four.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04pw783|work=]|access-date=13 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dan Cruickshank: At Home With The British|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07ckwvx|work=]|access-date=13 January 2025}}</ref> She was the director of episodes of the ] genealogy documentary series '']'' from 2016 to 2020. The episodes included the comedian ], the singer ], the actress ], the actress ] and the comedian ] with his father.<ref name=DailyTelegraphObituary/><ref name=TimesObituary/><ref name=Broadcast2023/> Scoones also worked for ], ] and ],<ref name=Broadcast2023/> and other programmes she worked on include ''Our Victorian Christmas'' broadcast on ], '']'' for BBC Two, ''Lucy Worsley's Royal Palace Secrets'' for BBC Four,<ref name=Broadcast2023/> '']'',<ref name=TimesObituary/> ''Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey'' for ],<ref>{{cite web|title=Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey|url=https://www.moviefone.com/movie/sex-story-fifty-shades-of-grey/moLdgGQgWQVVtxIIyfPuz4/main/|work=]|access-date=13 January 2025}}</ref> and both ''Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance'' and ''Dan Cruickshank: At Home With The British'' for BBC Four.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04pw783|work=]|access-date=13 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dan Cruickshank: At Home With The British|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07ckwvx|work=]|access-date=13 January 2025|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108130654/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07ckwvx|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Personal life== ==Personal life==
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Eleanor Scoones
BornEleanor Jane Scoones
(1981-01-20)20 January 1981
Stepney, East London, England
Died2 July 2023(2023-07-02) (aged 42)
Occupation(s)Television producer and director
SpouseXavier
Children2

Eleanor Jane Scoones (20 January 1981 – 2 July 2023) was an English television producer and director. A history graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, she worked on programmes presented by the historian Lucy Worsley and others broadcast on multiple British television channels such as BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four, Channel 4 and Channel 5.

Biography

Scoones was born on 20 January 1981, in Stepney, East London. She was the daughter of the English language teacher to foreign students Philip Anthony Francis Scoones and the National Trust worker Jane Francesca (née Barran). Scoones moved to Hammersmith when she was four and was educated at St Paul's Girls' School in London. She excelled in history, having become interested in the subject by a history teacher. Scoones studied history at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Following graduation, she got a job at Silver River, a production company. Scoones was an assistant producer and worked on a BBC documentary on The Blitz in 2008. In 2011, she made the first collaboration with the historian Lucy Worsley when she was the assistant producer of the series If These Walls Could Talk broadcast on BBC Four in 2011. The following year, Scoones again worked with Worsley on the three-part series Harlots, Housewives and Heroines: 17th Century History for Girls on women of Stuart Restoration period following the end of the Commonwealth of England run by Oliver Cromwell. The series was the first one she directed, something she aspired to be. Scoones directed the series Fit to Rule? How Royal Illness Changed History broadcast on BBC Two in 2013, scrutinising the biological and psychological strengths and weaknesses of rulers from Henry VIII to Edward VIII. She was the writer and director of the two-part 2014 BBC Two series Russia's Lost Princesses on the four daughters of Tsar Nicholas II who were murdered by the Bolsheviks. Scoones went on to direct the BBC Two documentary The Ascent of Woman by the historian Amanda Foreman, discovering stories on history-making women from 10,000 BC to the present.

She was the director of episodes of the BBC One genealogy documentary series Who Do You Think You Are? from 2016 to 2020. The episodes included the comedian Greg Davies, the singer Lulu, the actress Naomie Harris, the actress Jodie Whittaker and the comedian Jack Whitehall with his father. Scoones also worked for Twenty Twenty Television, Wall to Wall Media and Viacom International Studios, and other programmes she worked on include Our Victorian Christmas broadcast on Channel 5, A House Through Time for BBC Two, Lucy Worsley's Royal Palace Secrets for BBC Four, The Supersizers..., Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey for Channel 4, and both Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance and Dan Cruickshank: At Home With The British for BBC Four.

Personal life

Scoones was married to the finance worker Xavier and had two children with him. She died of ovarian cancer on 2 June 2023.

References

  1. ^ "Eleanor Scoones, director who enlivened factual TV with Who Do You Think You Are? and Lucy Worsley – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 11 October 2023. Archived from the original on 16 June 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Eleanor Scoones obituary". The Times. 26 October 2023. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  3. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Vol. 1. Wilmington, Delaware, United States: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. p. 270.
  4. "Film of the blitz is being made". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 21 July 2008. p. 9. ProQuest 332565781.
  5. ^ Kahn, Ellie (21 July 2023). "Industry pays tribute to producer director Eleanor Scoones". Broadcast. Archived from the original on 5 August 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  6. "Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey". Moviefone. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  7. "Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance". BBC. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  8. "Dan Cruickshank: At Home With The British". BBC. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

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