Yvonne Daphne Antrobus (born 1 November 1940) is a British novelist, abridger, radio dramatist, and actress.
She has made over 100 abridgments and dramatisations for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 and for independent audio publishers, including Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre, The British Journalist by Andrew Marr and Days From A Different World by John Simpson.
In 2009 BBC Radio 4 broadcast her series Diary of an On-Call Girl, based on the blogs and book by 'WPC Ellie Bloggs', the anonymous blogger who is also a serving British police officer.
[2] Among Antrobus' television appearances are Dixon of Dock Green (1963), Redcap (1965), Emergency Ward 10 (1967), The Benny Hill Show (1967), The First Churchills (1969), Z-Cars (1970), Steptoe and Son (1972), The Protectors (1973), Wessex Tales (1973), Within These Walls (1974), Thomas & Sarah (1979), The Bill (1989), The Chief (1990), and On Dangerous Ground (1996).
[3] Antrobus' other work includes appearances in London's West End (she was the winner of a London Theatre Critics’ Award for Best Supporting Actress[2]) and in the films Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965), The Pleasure Girls (1965), Mister Quilp (1975), and was interviewed as herself in the 1995 Dalek-film documentary Dalekmania.