Contents

SECTION ONE: British Television Drama
SECTION TWO: Play for Today

Essays on this site

Interviews

Alan Plater interviewed about PFT: Land of Green Ginger (Dave Rolinson)

General topics

Whisper it but maybe Malcolm Tucker is good for us (Matthew Bailey)

Biographies

Michael Barry (Oliver Wake)
Alan Clarke (Dave Rolinson)
Iain MacCormick (Oliver Wake)
James MacTaggart (Oliver Wake)
John Osborne (Oliver Wake, forthcoming)
Tony Parker (Dave Rolinson)
Philip Saville (Oliver Wake)
Don Taylor (Oliver Wake)

Plays

Angels Are So Few (1970) (Ian Greaves)
Brimstone and Treacle (1976) (Cat McKiernan)
84, Charing Cross Road (John Wheatcroft)
Evelyn (1971) (‘Mr Wolf’)
Falklands Factor, The (Oliver Wake)
Foxtrot, The (1971) (Dave Rolinson)
Hallelujah Handshake, The (1970) (Dave Rolinson)
Long Distance Piano Player, The (1970) (John Wheatcroft)
Mrs Wickens in the Fall (1957) (Oliver Wake)
Rank and File, The (1971) (John Williams)
Robin Redbreast (1970) (John Williams)
Sunset Across the Bay (1975) (Dave Rolinson)
Traitor (1971) (Dave Rolinson)
War Game, The (1965) (Dave Rolinson)

Series and serials

History and Richard I in Doctor Who: ‘The Crusade’ (Dave Rolinson, forthcoming)
Out of this World (1962) (Oliver Wake)
Very British Coup, A (1988) (John Wheatcroft)
Doctor Who: ‘The Eleventh Hour’ (2010) (Dave Rolinson)
Sherlock: ‘A Study in Pink’ (2010) (Dave Rolinson)

Reviews: books, DVDs, programmes

Michael Palin, Halfway to Hollywood: Diaries 1980-1988 (2009) (Dave Rolinson)

Essays by our contributors for the BFI’s Screenonline website

Most recent additions (April and May 2010):

Shoot to Kill (1990) (Dave Rolinson)
Warriors (1999) (Dave Rolinson)
Faith (2005) (Dave Rolinson)
William Ivory (Dave Rolinson)
Peter Kosminsky (Dave Rolinson)

Biographies

Rudolph Cartier (Oliver Wake)
Giles Cooper (Oliver Wake)
Ian Curteis (Oliver Wake)
Andrew Davies (Dave Rolinson)
Jim Goddard (John Williams)
Ron Grainer (Oliver Wake)
Trevor Griffiths (John Williams)
William Ivory (Dave Rolinson)
Peter Kosminsky (Dave Rolinson)
James MacTaggart (Oliver Wake)
Cedric Messina (Oliver Wake)
John Osborne (Oliver Wake)
Trevor Preston (John Williams)
Philip Saville (Oliver Wake)
Charles Wood (Oliver Wake)

General topics

Drama Documentary (Dave Rolinson)
Live TV Drama (Oliver Wake)

Plays

Absolute Beginners (1974) (John Williams)
All Good Men (1974) (John Williams)
And Did Those Feet? (1965) (Oliver Wake
Big Flame, The (1969) (Oliver Wake)
Big George is Dead (1987) (Dave Rolinson)
Chariot of Fire (1970) (Oliver Wake)
The Cold Light (1956) (Oliver Wake)
Comedians (1979) (John Williams)
Country (1981) (John Williams)
Culloden (1964) (Dave Rolinson)
Death of a Princess (1980) (Dave Rolinson)
Faith (2005) (Dave Rolinson)
Falklands Factor, The (Oliver Wake)
Fanatics, The (1968) (Oliver Wake)
Hard Labour (1973) (Dave Rolinson)
Hillsborough (1996) (Dave Rolinson)
Hot Summer Night (1959) (Oliver Wake)
Invasion (1980) (Dave Rolinson)
Just Like Mohicans (1985) (Dave Rolinson)
Land of Green Ginger (1973) (Dave Rolinson)
Lee Oswald – Assassin (1966) (Oliver Wake)
Leeds United! (1974) (Dave Rolinson)
Legion Hall Bombing, The (1978) (Dave Rolinson)
Mad Jack (1970) (Oliver Wake)
Permissive Society, The (1975) (Dave Rolinson)
Shipman (2002) (Dave Rolinson)
Signalman, The (1976) (Dave Rolinson)
Spongers, The (1978) (Dave Rolinson)
Threads (1984) (Dave Rolinson)
Through the Night (1975) (John Williams)
To Encourage the Others (1972) (Dave Rolinson)
White Falcon, The (1956) (Oliver Wake)
Wuthering Heights (1962) (Oliver Wake)

Series, serials, multi-part dramas

Ace of Wands (1970-1972) (John Williams)
Bill Brand (1976) (John Williams)
Cadfael (1994-1998) (John Williams)
Emmerdale Farm (1972-present): the 1970s (John Williams)
Emmerdale Farm (1972-present): the 1980s (John Williams)
Flame Trees of Thika, The (1981) (John Williams)
Fox (1980) (John Williams)
Out (1978) (John Williams)
Play for Today (1970-1984) (Dave Rolinson)
Shoot to Kill (1990) (Dave Rolinson)
Special Branch (1969-1974) (John Williams)
Sword of Honour (1967) (Oliver Wake)
Warriors (1999) (Dave Rolinson)
Widows (1983-1985) (John Williams)

Related figures in comedy

Iannucci, Armando (Ian Greaves)
Morris, Christopher (Ian Greaves)

Contributors to date

Matthew Bailey, Ian Greaves, Cat McKiernan, Dave Rolinson, Oliver Wake, John Wheatcroft, John Williams, ‘Mr Wolf’



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