Plater writes new period drama for ITV
The Stage (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Z Cars writer Alan Plater is penning a new period drama for ITV called Joe Maddison's War, which will star Kevin Whately and Robson Green.
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Beiderbecke Connection, The (mini-series): Conclusion to Beiderbecke Trilogy Planned for 2010
TVShowsOnDVD.com News (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... that their new school supplies aren't stolen goods.The conclusion to award-winning playwright Alan Plater's Beiderbecke trilogy sees the return of beloved characters: Big Al, Little Norm, Detective Sergeant Hobson (now Detective Inspector Hobson, Ph.D.), and Mr. Pitt, former town planner. The banter is easy and the humor wry in an offbeat adventure set to a jazzy, BAFTA-winning soundtrack....
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20 years on, it's still easy to remember how deeply the Cold War and Thatcherism permeated our culture
Labourlist (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... when there was a Labour government. It was based, loosely, on a book by Chris Mullin, but with Alan Plater’s screenplay it came alive. Harry Perkins is the Labour Prime Minister. A former Sheffield steel-worker, unilateral nuclear disarmer, and trade unionist, Perkins represented the Bennite’s dream: a genuine proletarian left-winger with a northern accent. Surrounded...
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Monday's ITV period drama news
The Medium is Not Enough TV blog (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Awards Results of the Scottish BAFTAs Film Jake Gyllenhaal to star in Source Code ? Gwyneth Paltrow to star in The Danish Girl Se7en team reunite for The Reincarnation of Peter Proud Theatre Jonathan Pryce to star in The Caretaker when it transfers to West End British TV ITV1 to adapt Philippa Gregory's The Little House Alan Plater to write one-off period drama for ITV1 ITV greenlights WW2 drama Joe...
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Saturday List - Famous Hull people
Carl Minns - Thoughts from Hull (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
... Company which he joined as Artistic Director in 1984. 3. Karen Briggs - World Judo Champion 4. Alan Plater- Playwright and screenwriter. 5. Paul Heaton-Musician with the Housemartins and the Beautiful South 6. Nick Barmby- Hull born ex England international footballer. 7. Reece Shearsmith - Comedy Actor. Best known for his part in the hit television comedy The League of Gentlemen....
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Retro TV W/C 30th October 2009
Retro To Go (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
... Omnibus talks to some of Ronnie's greatest admirers, including movie director Mel Brooks, writer Alan Plater and the Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke, MP, and features rare archive footage of historic performances at the club by Zoot Sims, Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald. Also showing over the weekend on BBC 4 as part of the same strand are 1959: The Year That Changed Jazz...