Robson Green thought he was being attacked by a panther on the set of his new drama. The actor - who appears in new ITV1 show 'Joe Maddison's War' later in the month - admitted he was initially terrified when he heard a growl in the bushes while filming on the Isle of Man, but later realised the feisty feline was just a pet cat. He explained: ''I was filming at night with my driver on the Isle of Man and I thought I heard a growl in the bushes. There had been reports of a panther on the loose and suddenly this ..
- 9/10/2010
- Virgin Media - TV
Playwright and author of TV dramas including The Beiderbecke Affair and Fortunes of War
Alan Plater, whose TV credits in a writing career spanning 50 years included The Beiderbecke Affair, Fortunes of War and the screenplay for A Very British Coup, has died, his agent confirmed to the BBC today.
Plater, 75, wrote novels and for film and theatre, but will be best remembered for a profilic body of television drama spanning six decades, starting with TV play The Referees for BBC North in 1961.
His final TV drama, Joe Maddison's War, starring Kevin Whately and Robson Green and set on the eve of the second world war in the north-east, where Plater was born, is currently in post-production for ITV.
Plater was born in Jarrow in 1935 and moved with his family as a young child to Hull, where he grew up.
He studied architecture at Newcastle University and worked for a short...
Alan Plater, whose TV credits in a writing career spanning 50 years included The Beiderbecke Affair, Fortunes of War and the screenplay for A Very British Coup, has died, his agent confirmed to the BBC today.
Plater, 75, wrote novels and for film and theatre, but will be best remembered for a profilic body of television drama spanning six decades, starting with TV play The Referees for BBC North in 1961.
His final TV drama, Joe Maddison's War, starring Kevin Whately and Robson Green and set on the eve of the second world war in the north-east, where Plater was born, is currently in post-production for ITV.
Plater was born in Jarrow in 1935 and moved with his family as a young child to Hull, where he grew up.
He studied architecture at Newcastle University and worked for a short...
- 6/25/2010
- by Jason Deans
- The Guardian - Film News
Screenwriter Plater Dies
British screenwriter Alan Plater died on Friday after a battle with cancer. He was 75.
Plater's agent tells the BBC he had been "very robust" until he was checked into a London hospice for his last week of life.
His career spanned six decades, during which time he wrote numerous works for the stage and screen as well as six novels.
Plater received a BAFTA award for writing in 2005 and he accepted a lifetime achievement honour from the Writers' Guild of Great Britain in 2007.
Among the full-length dramas he wrote was 2000 movie The Last of the Blonde Bombshells, which starred Dame Judi Dench in the lead role.
His final screenplay was World War II drama Joe Maddison's War, which will air on U.K. TV later this year.
Plater's agent tells the BBC he had been "very robust" until he was checked into a London hospice for his last week of life.
His career spanned six decades, during which time he wrote numerous works for the stage and screen as well as six novels.
Plater received a BAFTA award for writing in 2005 and he accepted a lifetime achievement honour from the Writers' Guild of Great Britain in 2007.
Among the full-length dramas he wrote was 2000 movie The Last of the Blonde Bombshells, which starred Dame Judi Dench in the lead role.
His final screenplay was World War II drama Joe Maddison's War, which will air on U.K. TV later this year.
- 6/25/2010
- WENN
Alan Plater's agent Alexandra Cann and Chris Mullin, author of A Very British Coup, remember the TV writer
Alexandra Cann, Alan Plater's agent
"How do you sum up Alan's career? With great difficulty. He was an astoundingly wonderful television writer and his contribution to British television was of a very high standard. He wrote many wonderful original things as well as adaptations.
"His swansong will be an original work — Joe Maddison's War — for ITV. When he died, he was writing an essay on Hull. "He was writing to the end, but his last TV writing was an episode of Lewis and Joe Maddison's War. His body was very frail but his mind was extremely robust. He really wanted to engage right through to the end.
"I was his agent for 20 years and had known him a little longer. He was just the most utterly delightful person, thoroughly enjoyable and amusing.
Alexandra Cann, Alan Plater's agent
"How do you sum up Alan's career? With great difficulty. He was an astoundingly wonderful television writer and his contribution to British television was of a very high standard. He wrote many wonderful original things as well as adaptations.
"His swansong will be an original work — Joe Maddison's War — for ITV. When he died, he was writing an essay on Hull. "He was writing to the end, but his last TV writing was an episode of Lewis and Joe Maddison's War. His body was very frail but his mind was extremely robust. He really wanted to engage right through to the end.
"I was his agent for 20 years and had known him a little longer. He was just the most utterly delightful person, thoroughly enjoyable and amusing.
- 6/25/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
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