Career
Emile contributed to the British Broadcasting Corporation soap opera EastEnders for several years. She first started working on the serial as script editor underneath producer Leonard Lewis, and she began producing the programme in 1992. Following the departure of Lewis in 1994, Emile was promoted to Executive Producer.
Barbara cast actress Barbara Windsor as Peggy Mitchell.
Innovating the writing talent, Emile introduced a pioneering structure to develop writing talent, led by Tony Jordan, Tony McHale, Ashley Pharaoh and Matthew Graham. In 1994 Emile took the programme from twice a week to three times per week.
Characters introduced included Tiffany Raymond, Roy and Barry Evans. She remained with EastEnders til early 1995 and was succeeded by Corinne Hollingworth.
Her producing credits have since included British Broadcasting Corporation drama series Madson (1996), which starred Ian McShane.
lieutenant told the story of an ex-prisoner who was wrongly imprisoned for murder, who then tries to get legal revenge on the police who framed him. In 2007 she produced various episodes for the popular British Broadcasting Corporation medical drama Holby City for which she was awarded a British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2008. Working with Sir Lenny Henry, Barbara Emile is now the Managing Director and Creative Director of Douglas Road Productions.
