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English playwright and screenwriter (1935–2010)
Alan Frederick Plater CBE FRSL (15 April 1935 – 25 June 2010) was an English playwright and screenwriter, who worked extensively in British television
Alan_Plater
1985 film
scandalous love affair with Frieda Weekley was written by playwright Alan Plater for the centenary of Lawrence's birth. The film was released by ITV on
Coming_Through_(1985_film)
British TV sitcom (1974–1978)
Clarke from a concept by Bill Maynard, most of the series was written by Alan Plater. Set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Scarsdale, it starred Maynard
Oh_No_It's_Selwyn_Froggitt
Surname list
Plater is a surname, and may refer to: Felix Plater (1536–1614), Swiss physician George Plater (1735–1792), American lawyer and politician Thomas Plater
Plater
2010 television film
Joe Maddison's War is a 2010 television film written by Alan Plater about strained family and social relations in wartime. Directed by Patrick Collerton
Joe_Maddison's_War
British television series
K.M. Peyton, together with the first part adapted for television by Alan Plater. On meeting the star of Flambards, Christine McKenna, who plays Christina
Flambards_(TV_series)
British actress
wife in the 1988 Look and Read children's serial, Geordie Racer; in the Alan Plater drama Joe Maddison's War, playing Jenny Barlow; and the love interest
Madelaine_Newton
BBC adaptation of the novels by Agatha Christie starring Joan Hickson
dramatised. The adaptations were written by T. R. Bowen, Julia Jones, Alan Plater, Ken Taylor and Jill Hyem; and the series was produced by George Gallaccio
Miss_Marple_(TV_series)
British media franchise
and was released in 1976. It was directed by Eric Till, written by Alan Plater, and starred John Alderton as James Herriot and Colin Blakely as Siegfried
All Creatures Great and Small (franchise)
All_Creatures_Great_and_Small_(franchise)
British singer-songwriter (1935–2001)
the musical plays Close the Coal House Door and On Your Way, Riley! by Alan Plater, and scripts for the TV drama When the Boat Comes In, the theme song
Alex_Glasgow
British TV comedy drama serials
The Beiderbecke Trilogy is a trilogy of television serials written by Alan Plater and made by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network in the United Kingdom
The_Beiderbecke_Trilogy
1981 British TV series or programme
made by Yorkshire Television in 1981 for the ITV network. Written by Alan Plater, the plot concerns the disappearance of the husband of Leeds schoolteacher
Get_Lost!
1995 television series
Oliver's Travels is a five-part television serial written by Alan Plater and starring Alan Bates, Sinéad Cusack, Bill Paterson, and Miles Anderson. It
Oliver's_Travels
1963 novel by J. L. Carr
version was made in 1989, directed by Bob Mahoney from a screenplay by Alan Plater, and starring Peter Egan, Jack Shepherd, John Sessions, Jill Bennett
A_Day_in_Summer
British television detective series (2006–2015)
of several other writers including, most frequently, Russell Lewis, Alan Plater, and Stephen Churchett. The music for the series was composed by Barrington
Lewis_(TV_series)
British actor (born 1951)
J. Louden in a BBC radio production of The Devil's Music, written by Alan Plater. In 2011, Warrington played the father of a suspected terrorist in the
Don_Warrington
British television mini-series
Tales of Sherwood Forest is a British comedy-drama series created by Alan Plater. The show starred Pete Postlethwaite and Jill Baker. It was produced
Tales_of_Sherwood_Forest
British ITV comedy drama, 1st of trilogy
produced in the United Kingdom by ITV during 1985, written by the prolific Alan Plater, whose lengthy credits in British television since the 1960s included
The_Beiderbecke_Affair
1982 British TV series or programme
serial produced by Jonathan Powell for the BBC. It is an adaptation by Alan Plater of Anthony Trollope's first two Chronicles of Barsetshire, The Warden
The_Barchester_Chronicles
1981 British film by Christopher Miles
Christopher Miles and co-produced by Andrew Donally. The screenplay was by Alan Plater from the biography The Priest of Love by Harry T. Moore. The music score
Priest_of_Love
British television director
Penelope Wilton in the lead, and the television version of the Alex Glasgow/Alan Plater musical play Close the Coalhouse Door (1969), a late entry in The Wednesday
Bill_Hays_(director)
1997 British film
based on the 1936 novel by George Orwell. The screenplay was written by Alan Plater and was produced by Peter Shaw. The film stars Richard E. Grant and Helena
Keep the Aspidistra Flying (film)
Keep_the_Aspidistra_Flying_(film)
1970 British film by Christopher Miles
Miles and starring Joanna Shimkus and Franco Nero. The screenplay by Alan Plater was based on the novella of the same name by D. H. Lawrence. The film
The Virgin and the Gypsy (film)
The_Virgin_and_the_Gypsy_(film)
Scottish actor and theatre director (born 1936)
2013 Blasted by Sarah Kane, Sheffield Studio, 2015 Peggy For You by Alan Plater, Hampstead Theatre, 2021 The Corrupted (BBC Radio 4, 2017) as Melford
Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)
Richard_Wilson_(Scottish_actor)
British ITV comedy drama, 2nd of trilogy
Beiderbecke Tapes is a two-part British television drama serial written by Alan Plater and broadcast in 1987. It is the second serial in The Beiderbecke Trilogy
The_Beiderbecke_Tapes
1975 British TV drama series
television series, consisting of six 50-minute programmes, written by Alan Plater and shown on BBC2. It was loosely based on Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury
Trinity_Tales
1988 British political television series
from Chris Mullin's 1982 novel of the same name in 1988 by screenwriter Alan Plater and director Mick Jackson. Starring Ray McAnally, the series was first
A Very British Coup (TV series)
A_Very_British_Coup_(TV_series)
1974 British thriller film directed by Richard Lester
taking over the film, Lester completely rewrote the script with writer Alan Plater. "I feel I'm hired to bring something of myself to an assignment and
Juggernaut_(1974_film)
English writer and producer (born 1951)
Company, a new writing company in Newcastle upon Tyne, collaborating with Alan Plater on In Blackberry Time (1987–8)., a play about the life and work of his
Michael_Chaplin_(writer)
British TV series
in the series included Alexander Baron, Jeremy Paul, T. R. Bowen, and Alan Plater. Brett had been approached in February 1982 by Granada to play Holmes
Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series)
Sherlock_Holmes_(1984_TV_series)
English comedy writer (born 1930)
Bill Maynard. He wrote the pilot episode, but left to be replaced by Alan Plater when the programme went to series. Rosie with Paul Greenwood was broadcast
Roy_Clarke
Association football club in England
hometown club. Elsewhere in entertainment, playwright and screenwriter Alan Plater grew up locally, having been born in Jarrow, and became a Hull supporter
Hull_City_A.F.C.
1982 play by Alan Plater
On Your Way, Riley is a 1982 play by Alan Plater and a 1985 Yorkshire Television drama of the same name about the private and theatrical partnership of
On_Your_Way,_Riley
British ITV comedy drama, 3rd of trilogy
Beiderbecke Connection is a four-part British television serial written by Alan Plater and broadcast in 1988. It is the third and final part of The Beiderbecke
The_Beiderbecke_Connection
British anthology television series
contemporary playwrights including Willy Russell, Fay Weldon, Tom Stoppard, Alan Plater etc. Programmes were originally broadcast to a school audience as part
Scene_(TV_series)
1976 British film
and starring John Alderton and Colin Blakely. The screenplay was by Alan Plater. It was the sequel to the 1975 film All Creatures Great and Small. Although
It_Shouldn't_Happen_to_a_Vet
2000 American TV series or program
British-American television film directed by Gillies MacKinnon. The script by Alan Plater focuses on the efforts of a recently widowed woman to re-unite the members
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
The_Last_of_the_Blonde_Bombshells
Story collection by Geoffrey Chaucer
however, it was later removed by Pasolini, and is now considered lost. Alan Plater retold the stories in a series of plays for BBC2 in 1975: Trinity Tales
The_Canterbury_Tales
First few words of a text used as a title
Occasionally, incipits have been used for humorous effect, such as in the Alan Plater-written television series The Beiderbecke Affair and its sequels, in
Incipit
Onyeka[clarification needed] Joe Orton John Osborne Harold Pinter Alan Plater Alan Pollock J. B. Priestley Peter Quilter Terence Rattigan David Rudkin
List_of_British_playwrights
English actor (1929–2025)
Hall, Comedy Theatre, December 1966 Jackie in Close the Coalhouse Door (Alan Plater), Fortune Theatre, October 1968 Warrant Office Ormsby in Poor Horace
John_Woodvine
Welshman involved in 1831 Merthyr Rising
ISBN 0-85315-664-6. Only A Matter of Time and Time Added on For Injuries – Alan Plater (linked radio plays for the BBC, 2000) My Land's Shore – Christopher
Dic_Penderyn
1929 novel by J.B. Priestley
reappraisal of the various versions by Ronald Harwood, André Previn and Alan Plater amongst others. In Graham Greene's 1932 novel Stamboul Train, Priestley
The_Good_Companions
British film producer (1943–2016)
publicity then as an assistant director and directed. He then worked for Alan Plater. At Pebble Mill Studios, Hanson produced Second City Firsts (1973-74)
Barry_Hanson
British actress
the Blonde Bombshells with Judi Dench and Ian Holm, again written by Alan Plater (2000). She acted in Midsomer Murders “Dance with the Dead” (2006) as
Felicity_Dean
American folk song and spiritual
"Jazz Heritage Wales". Jazz Heritage Wales. Retrieved 16 March 2023. "Alan Plater - The Devil's Music". BBC Radio 4 Extra. BBC. Retrieved 16 March 2023
Roll,_Jordan,_Roll
Short story by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring Sherlock Holmes
ISBN 978-1845765378. Barnes, Alan (2011). Sherlock Holmes on Screen. Titan Books. p. 186. ISBN 9780857687760. "Plater, Alan (1935–) — Film & TV credits"
The_Man_with_the_Twisted_Lip
British actress (1939–2014)
teacher, Judy Threadgold, opposite Alun Armstrong's woodwork teacher in Alan Plater's Get Lost! for Yorkshire Television, shown in 1981. Armstrong was unavailable
Bridget_Turner
1987 BBC TV series
in real life. Other cast members included Ronald Pickup, Robert Stephens, Alan Bennett, Philip Madoc and Rupert Graves. Emma Thompson as Harriet Pringle
Fortunes_of_War_(TV_series)
1935 dystopian novel by Sinclair Lewis
Coup novel adaptions on TV: A Very British Coup (1988), screenwriter Alan Plater, director Mick Jackson Secret State (2012), a four-part mini-series inspired
It_Can't_Happen_Here
English actress, singer (1933–1992)
respectively. The episode dealing most closely with Annie Kenney was written by Alan Plater, who had written the 1972 drama about Marie Lloyd (played by Brown) and
Georgia Brown (English singer)
Georgia_Brown_(English_singer)
Welsh actor (1944–2017)
The Family Way (1966). He was cast after John Boulting saw him in the Alan Plater play A Smashing Day and felt he had "the appearance of both sensitivity
Hywel_Bennett
English actor (1885–1954)
shows and summer seasons, until the 1980s when he retired. In 1982, Alan Plater wrote a play, On Your Way, Riley, about the life of Arthur Lucan, with
Arthur_Lucan
Scottish film and television actor (1931-1986)
musical comedy drama" based on the novel by J. B. Priestley, adapted by Alan Plater. Given his history of heart problems, it is perhaps not surprising that
Bill_Simpson_(actor)
City in the East Riding, England
Spring Street, a complex of buildings demolished in 2011. The playwright Alan Plater was brought up in Hull and was associated with Hull Truck Theatre. Hull
Kingston_upon_Hull
Collier. Northway has also published jazz-focused books by playwright Alan Plater and poet Chris Searle. The Jazz Composer. Archived 2015-08-15 at the
Northway_Books
British television director (1932–2024)
Dennis Potter's 1971 biopic of Casanova, Marie Curie, A Touch of Frost, Alan Plater's On Your Way, Riley, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and A Bit of a Do
John_Glenister
British police procedural TV series (1955–1976)
they were continually to go around beating up every suspect. Indeed, Alan Plater, who was a writer for Z-Cars early in his career, argued in 1976 (published
Dixon_of_Dock_Green
Novel by Chris Mullin
also titled A Very British Coup, was adapted in 1988 by screenwriter Alan Plater and starred Ray McAnally. The 2012 four-part Channel 4 series, Secret
A_Very_British_Coup
1975 British film by Claude Whatham
returned as Helen. The film was directed by Eric Till from a script by Alan Plater. Starting in 1978, there was a TV series based on the book, which was
All Creatures Great and Small (film)
All_Creatures_Great_and_Small_(film)
Arts Festival
commissioned for the festival, including a trio of original plays by Alan Plater. Education and community projects have included many residents of Orkney
St_Magnus_Festival
English writer
republished most recently by Flambard Press in 2004. In 1968, playwright Alan Plater based his play and musical production Close The Coalhouse Door on Chaplin's
Sid_Chaplin
British television anthology series
Potter, Stephen Poliakoff, Sir David Hare, Willy Russell, Alan Bleasdale, Arthur Hopcraft, Alan Plater, Graham Reid, David Storey, Andrew Davies, Rhys Adrian
Play_for_Today
British poet, critic and playwright (born 1952)
Theatre: Six Plays from the North East (with Cecil Taylor, Tom Hadaway, Alan Plater, Lee Hall, Julia Darling) (Methuen) 2008: Afterlife (Picador) 2016: Once
Sean_O'Brien_(writer)
Irish actor
Maxwell, Dominic. "Peggy for You review — Tamsin Greig is superb in this Alan Plater revival". The Times. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved
Jos_Vantyler
Irish actress (1897–1964)
on Tuesday 24 March 1964, aged 66, from undisclosed causes. In 1982 Alan Plater wrote a play about Arthur Lucan's life with Kitty McShane, On Your Way
Kitty_McShane
British TV drama anthology (1964–1970)
Alan Clarke), in the 'Alan Clarke at the BBC' box set from the BFI. Sovereign's Company (written by Don Shaw, directed by Alan Clarke), in the 'Alan Clarke
The_Wednesday_Play
Town in East Kent, England
Softly, Softly: Task Force episode "Sunday, Sweet Sunday", written by Alan Plater, was filmed in Margate. The episode has many shots of the town and seafront
Margate
1930 novella by D.H. Lawrence
was made in 1970, directed by Christopher Miles from a screenplay by Alan Plater starring Imogen Hassall, Joanna Shimkus, Franco Nero, Honor Blackman
The_Virgin_and_the_Gypsy
English actress (1932–2021)
and 2 (1967) Theatre 625 episode "To See How Far It Is", scripted by Alan Plater (1968) Callan episode "Land of Light and Peace" (1969) Detective episode
Avril_Elgar
1975 British TV series
written by Alan Plater from A. J. Cronin's 1935 novel The Stars Look Down. The Granada Television production was directed by Roland Joffé, Alan Grint and
The Stars Look Down (TV serial)
The_Stars_Look_Down_(TV_serial)
1950 mystery novel by Agatha Christie
Jessica Tandy as Letitia Blacklock.[citation needed] A 1984 adaptation by Alan Plater starred Joan Hickson as Miss Marple and Ursula Howells as Miss Blacklock
A_Murder_Is_Announced
1935 novel by A. J. Cronin
as a 13 episode series. The series was written by Alan Plater and directed by Roland Joffé and Alan Grint. In 2004, North Eastern playwright Alex Ferguson
The_Stars_Look_Down
English singer-songwriter, poet and journalist
Habit, premiered in 2005 and toured the north of England. A rewrite by Alan Plater was due to tour the UK in 2007, but was put on hold following the death
Jake_Thackray
British theatre director (1948–2025)
Unsuitable for Adults by Terry Johnson, The Fosdyke Saga by Bill Tidy and Alan Plater, Love and Understanding by Joe Penhall, Dogs Barking by Richard Zajdliz
Mike Bradwell (theatre director)
Mike_Bradwell_(theatre_director)
British Labour politician (born 1947)
adapted for television by Alan Plater, with substantial alterations to the plot, and screened in 1988. The screenwriter was Alan Plater and it was directed
Chris_Mullin_(politician)
1819 poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley
"And The Moonbeams Kiss the Sea" directed by Dan Reed and written by Alan Plater. Caroline Kennedy features the poem in her poetry anthology She Walks
Love's_Philosophy
Town in Tyne and Wear, England
Conservative MP Charles Mark Palmer, shipbuilder, first mayor of Jarrow Alan Plater, writer Alan Price, musician, born in Washington and brought up in Jarrow Steve
Jarrow
British film director (1939–2023)
film on the life of D.H.Lawrence, Miles collaborated again with writer Alan Plater. Eventually a financier was found to back the project which had Ian McKellen
Christopher_Miles
American jazz saxophonist (1909–1959)
of an opera, Prez: A Jazz Opera, that was written by Bernard Cash and Alan Plater and broadcast by BBC television in 1985. Peter Straub's short story collection
Lester_Young
English jazz saxophone and clarinet player
Summertime (Concord) 2001: Manhattan feat. Conte Candoli (Concord) With Alan Plater 2004: Songs for Unsung Heroes (Woodville) 2006: Seven Ages of Jazz (Woodville)
Alan_Barnes_(musician)
English traditional folk singers from Hull
Vickers. In that year they performed and arranged the music for the Alan Plater TV Play for Today, "The Land of Green Ginger", set and filmed in Hull
The_Watersons
British theatre director
playwrights he encouraged and inspired such as Alan Ayckbourn, Harold Pinter, James Saunders and Alan Plater. In 1961 he helped to found the Association
Stephen_Joseph
English folk singer and songwriter (1939–2022)
John Harrison briefly replaced by Bernie Vickers, performing on the Alan Plater TV Play for Today, "The Land of Green Ginger", set and filmed in Hull
Norma_Waterson
Theatre in Kingston upon Hull, England
theatre space was known as The Hull Arts Centre where Hull playwright Alan Plater co-founded the Humberside Theatre in 1970. The theatre had closed in
Hull_Truck_Theatre
Movement of Earth's lithosphere
Collins, Alan S.; Hand, Martin; Kreemer, Corné; Gard, Matthew G.; Glorie, Stijn (2022). "New Maps of Global Geological Provinces and Tectonic Plates". Earth-Science
Plate_tectonics
Two from 3 March 1974 to 7 April 1974. Writers for the series included Alan Plater, Nigel Kneale and Andrew Davies. The series was produced by Innes Lloyd
Bedtime Stories (1974 TV series)
Bedtime_Stories_(1974_TV_series)
English actor
own words, Caffrey is a huge fan of playwright Alan Plater. He says: "When you get a writer of Alan's calibre saying 'I'm going to write you a part in
Joe_Caffrey
British theatrical producer (active 1999– )
Eric Chappell. Currently he is producing Blonde Bombshells of 1943 by Alan Plater. More recently, he has produced and managed comedy presentations including
Jeremy_Meadow
English agricultural labourers convicted for unionising
by drama students from the University of Exeter. A musical drama by Alan Plater and Vince Hill, 'Tolpuddle', was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 16 October
Tolpuddle_Martyrs
Welsh television producer and actor (1925–1991)
plays themed around sport, from writers including Andrew Davies and Alan Plater, and he produced the entire spring 1976 run of BBC2 Playhouse, as well
Innes_Lloyd
lectureship at Newcastle University (1970–79) Robin Plackett - statistician Alan Plater - playwright and screenwriter Ruth Plummer - Professor of Experimental
List of Newcastle University people
List_of_Newcastle_University_people
to publicising the Club's activities. Its many contributors included: Alan Plater, Steve Race, Bruce Crowther, Wally Fawkes, Terry Brown, Campbell Burnap
Jazz_at_Ronnie_Scott's
British television producer (1924–2017)
produced work by established dramatists like Alan Plater and encouraged new creative talent such as Alan Bleasdale, David Rudkin, and David Hare. Some
David_Rose_(producer)
Muriel Spark, Sir Alan Ayckbourn, Sir David Hare, Sir Christopher Hampton, Martin Sherman, Simon Callow, Stephen Poliakoff, Alan Plater, Robert Bolt, Joe
Tom_Erhardt
Theatrical agent
portrayed by Vanessa Redgrave, while in Peggy For You (1999), a play by Alan Plater set in the late 1960s, Ramsay is placed centre stage. Two books have
Peggy_Ramsay
English actor
productions such as Oh, What a Lovely War!. In 1982 he appeared in Alan Plater's stage play On Your Way, Riley! with Brian Murphy and Maureen Lipman
Geoffrey_Freshwater
Trade union for professional writers
(Ted) Willis, Jimmy Perry, Bryan Forbes, Denis Norden, Maureen Duffy, Alan Plater, Rosemary Anne Sisson, Wally K. Daly, Ian Curteis, J. C. Wilsher, David
Writers' Guild of Great Britain
Writers'_Guild_of_Great_Britain
British police drama TV series (1979–1981)
Victorian London around the time of the Jack the Ripper murders in 1888, Alan Dobie starred as the tough Detective Sergeant who worked for the newly formed
Cribb
British cartoonist (1933–2023)
became a stage play with Tidy working in co-operation with playwright Alan Plater. Tidy restarted producing the Fosdyke Saga cartoon strip on his own website
Bill_Tidy
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