Background
Worrell was born in Saint Lucia in the West Indies in 1960, and came to England at the age of five.
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Trix Worrell
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He was educated at the National Film and Television School, where he took up writing, because there were so few good parts for black actors to play.
Career
As a teenager he worked with the Albany Theatre in South London, where he wrote and directed his first play, School"s Out, in 1980. In the late 1980s, Channel Four was interested in commissioning a new sitcom, and Worrell contacted producer Humphrey Barclay to discuss possible ideas. On his way to the meeting, Worrell saw a barber shop, with three barbers looking out of the window ogling the women walking past
From this idea the popular series Desmond"s was born.
Desmond"s, starring Norman Beaton and Carmen Munroe, was one of Channel Four"s most successful comedy programmes, producing six series in five years, from 1989 to 1994. The setting of the programme was unique in that it was a Black sitcom based in the workplace.
The comedy appealed to both black and white audiences. His television writing credits include: Desmond"s, The Cosby Show, What You Lookin" At? and Porkpie, an offshoot from Desmond"s, starring Ram John Holder.
His writing for film includes Foreign Queen and Country (1989), starring Denzel Washington.
He also wrote the script for Puff Daddy when he was the presenter for the Music Television Europe Music Awards. In recent years Worrell has been working on an album and setting up a production company both entitled A Box Of Trix. They will showcase new musical and writing talent.
