TV credits
YORKSHIRE TV:
UNCLE SILAS
3 episodes of adaptation of H.E Bates’ book, starring Albert Finney
SOUTH OF THE BORDER
Starring Brian Glover
TALES FROM A LONG ROOM
For C4, starring Robin Bailey
NEVER SAY DIE
Comedy series
CENTRAL:
LOW KEY LADY ON HIGH SPEED TRAIN / WALK IN MY SHOES / BABY BABY / AT THE GRAMMAR / THE POODLE STRIKES BACK
Plays starring Brenda Bruce, Warren Clark and Maurice Denham
MOG
Comedy series
LWT:
DUCK PATROL
Episode of series starring Richard Wilson
BBC:
TINNISWOOD’S NORTH COUNTRY
Drama documentary
TINNISWOOD COUNTRY
4 drama documentaries
THE DAY WAR BROKE OUT
STOKER LEISHMAN’S DIARIES
LANCE AT LARGE
Comedy series written with David Nobbs
OTHER:
I DIDN’T KNOW YOU CARED
Long running comedy series with Robin Bailey and Liz Smith
THE SIGNAL BOX OF GRANDPA HUDSON
With David Nobbs for ATV Armchair Theatre
Radio credits
THE GOALKEEPER’S BOO BOO
Play of the week (60′)
ANTON AT EASTBOURNE
Starring Paul Scofield
BEACHHUTS
Play for Love In The Afternoon strand
MR RELIABLE
Afternoon play (45′)
TALES FROM THE BACKBENCH 1 & 2
Two late night series of 4 x 15′ episodes
DOROTHY, A MANAGER’S WIFE
Starring Pauline Collins and Timothy West
Nominated for a Sony Award
AGE GAP
Starring Phyllida Law and Imelda Staunton
THE PACKER
Starring Michael Williams
THE SCAN
Starring Roy Hudd and Judy Cornwall
THE HOUSE SWAP
Starring Peter Vaughan and Penelope Wilton
VERONA: A CONSPIRACY OF PARROTS
Starring Stephanie Cole
THE LAST OBIT
Starring Billie Whitelaw
ON THE WHOLE IT’S BEEN JOLLY GOOD
Starring Maurice Denham
A WOMAN AT RISK
Starring Christian Rodska
VISITING JULIA
Series starring Keith Barron
A VERY RARE BIRD INDEED
Starring Judi Dench
NEXT TIME WE MIGHT PLAY BETTER
Starring Graham Crowden
THE WIRELESS LADY
Starring Billie Whitelaw
THE MOON HUNTER
Starring Peter Jeffreys and Jane Lapotaire
UNCLE MORT’S CELTIC FRINGE
Starring Stephen Thorne
TALES FROM DOWN UNDER
Starring Richard Wilson
PEN PALS
Starring Jane Lapotaire and Lorelei King
WINSTON BACK HOME
Series
THE GOVERNOR’S CONSORT
Starring Mary Wimbush
TALES FROM THE BRIGADIER
Starring Richard Wilson
TWO INTO THREE
Starring Richard Griffiths and Elizabeth Spriggs
NAPOLI MILIONARIA
Adaptation of de Filippo play, starring Ian McKellen and Frances Barber
WINSTON AT CHRISTMAS
I ALWAYS TAKE LONG WALKS
Starring Judi Dench
WINSTON IN LOVE
Winner of WGGB Comedy Award
WINSTON COMES TO TOWN
Series
UNCLE MORT’S SOUTH COUNTRY
THE SITTER
Starring Maurice Denham and Liz Goulding
A SMALL UNION
Starring Bernard Hill and Liz Goulding
WINSTON
Series
CALL IT A CANARY
UNCLE MORT’S NORTH COUNTRY
THE VILLAGE FETE
Winner of Sony & Giles Cooper awards
CROSSING THE FRONTIER
TALES FROM A LONG ROOM
Series starring Robin Bailey
STOKER LEISHMAN’S DIARIES
HOME AGAIN
Produced by Griff Rhys-Jones
A GIFTED CHILD, AN OCCASIONAL DAY, A TOUCH OF DANIEL, THE BARGEMAN’S COMFORT, SAM’S WEDDING
Also many radio broadcasts, including THE UNOFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE MCC, THIS SPORTING LIFE and TINNISWOOD’S SPORTS
Theatre credits
THE LAST OBIT
Fringe First Winner at Edinburgh Festival and New End Theatre, starring Eve Pearce
CROAK CROAK CROAK
Bristol Old Vic, starring Richard Griffiths
ON THE WHOLE IT’S BEEN JOLLY GOOD
Edinburgh Festival and Hampstead Theatre, starring Leslie Phillips
IN A SMALL WELSH TOWN
Royal National Theatre (commissioned)
NAPOLI MILIONARIA
Adaptation of Eduardo de Filippo’s play for National Theatre
Directed by Richard Eyre, starring Ian McKellen and Claire Higgins
THE VILLAGE FETE
Directed by Alan Ayckbourn at Scarborough
THE BRIGADIER AND UNCLE MORT
Lyric, Hammersmith
AT THE END OF THE DAY
Directed by Alan Ayckbourn at Scarborough
YOU SHOULD SEE US NOW
Directed by Alan Ayckboun at Scarborough, also played at Greenwich
THE DAY WAR BROKE OUT
The Bush, The Crucible Sheffield and national tour
WILFRED
The Bush and national tour
THE INVESTITURE
Bristol Old Vic and national tour