Alan Clarke

Alan Clarke

male, deceased (1990)
Penda’s Fen, Edna O’Brien, George’s Room, Goodnight Albert, funny farm, A Man Of Our Times…Play of the Month, PlayForToday, The Wednesday Play
Alan Clarke (28 October 1935 - 24 July 1990) was a television and film director, producer and writer, born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England. Most...
John Mortimer

John Mortimer

male, 86 years old
Old Dragon, Honorary Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, Paradise Postponed, Oz magazine, Horace Rumpole, Granada Television…PlayForToday
Sir John Clifford Mortimer CBE QC (born 21 April 1923) is an English barrister turned prolific writer and dramatist. Educated at Harrow School and...
Richard Eyre

Richard Eyre

male, 66 years old
Theatre director, biopic, Nottingham Playhouse, Old Shirburnian, Lincoln College, Oxford, Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford…PlayForToday, Evening Standard Award for Best Director
Sir Richard Charles Hastings Eyre CBE (born 28 March, 1943) is an English theatre, television, film director.
Stephen Poliakoff

Stephen Poliakoff

male, 56 years old
Screenonline, British Film Institute, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, west london, Holland Park, Scottish Television…PlayForToday, Play for Britain
Stephen Poliakoff CBE (born December 1, 1952 in Holland Park in West London, England) is an acclaimed British playwright, director and...

Irene Shubik

female, 74 years old
The War Guest, Associated British Corporation, The Jewel in the Crown, Out of the Unknown, PlayForToday, Armchair Theatre…The Wednesday Play
Irene Shubik (born 1935) is a British television producer, notable for her contribution to the development of the single play in British television...
Michael Kitchen

Michael Kitchen

male, 61 years old
A Touch of Frost, Between the Lines, Hell's Angels, Dalziel and Pascoe, thriller, PlayForToday…To Play the King
Michael Kitchen (born October 31, 1948 in Leicester) is an English actor. Since 2002, he has been the star of the ITV television detective series...
Caroline Langrishe

Caroline Langrishe

female, 51 years old
PlayForToday, BBC, film actor, The Flipside of Dominick Hide, Judge John Deed, London, England
Caroline Langrishe (born 10 January 1958, London, England) is an English actress. Her first big part was in the 1980 BBC "Play for Today" by Alan...

Philip Martin

male, 71 years old
Z Cars, doctor who, Mindwarp, PlayForToday, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Vengeance on Varos
Philip Martin (born 1938 in Liverpool) is an English television screenwriter. His early work included regular series such as "Z Cars" in the late...

Peter McDougall

male
Catholic, Just your Luck, television play, Greenock, Scotland, Just Another Saturday, sectarian…PlayForToday
Peter McDougall, (born Greenock, Scotland, 1947) is a television playwright whose major success was in the 1970s. McDougall claims to have had very...
Jim Allen

Jim Allen

male, deceased (1995)
Middleton, Greater Manchester, Raining Stones, coronation street, left-wing, The Club, Rank and file…PlayForToday
Jim Allen (1926 - 1995) was a British writer from Manchester known for his many collaborations with film director Ken Loach. Allen was a Roman...