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Alan Frederick Plater CBE FRSL (15 April 1935 – 25 June 2010) was an English playwright and screenwriter, who worked extensively in British television from the 1960s to the 2000s. He is best known for the sitcom Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt and the comedy drama serials The Beiderbecke Trilogy .
Born in Jarrow in 1935, Alan Plater was brought up in Hull, and trained as an architect in Newcastle. He has been a full-time writer since 1961, with over two hundred assorted credits in radio, television, theatre and film - plus six novels, occasional journalism, broadcasting and teaching.
Jun 25, 2010 · Playwright and screenwriter Alan Plater has died of cancer at the age of 75, his agent has confirmed. Plater produced numerous works for the stage and screen, including seminal...
From his early scripts for the groundbreaking police series Z Cars to an adaptation of Chris Mullin's political novel A Very British Coup and his own comedy-drama creations such as his Beiderbecke...
Alan Plater. Author, Screenwriter. 14 April 1935 to 24 June 2010. A versatile writer who contributed to the popular series Z-Cars (1963-65), Plater wrote the sitcom Oh No It’s Selwyn Froggit (1976-77) and adapted classics including The Good Companions (1980-81) and The Barchester Chronicles (1982).
Born in Jarrow on 15 April 1935, Alan Frederick Plater was one of Britain's most prolific, original and entertaining writers, whose work for television, radio, theatre and the cinema, not to mention his six novels, constitutes an unparalleled body of work.
Born in Jarrow in 1935, Alan Plater was brought up in Hull, and trained as an architect in Newcastle. He has been a full-time writer since 1961, with over two hundred assorted credits in radio, television, theatre and film - plus six novels, occasional journalism, broadcasting and teaching.
Jun 25, 2010 · The Playwright Alan Plater has died. He wrote numerous plays for theatre, film, radio and television over the past fifty years, including The Beiderbecke Affair, A Very British Coup and Last of...
Jun 25, 2010 · Award-winning screen and stage writer Alan Plater died today after battling cancer, his agent said. His included Z Cars, The Beiderbecke Affair, Fortunes of War, Last of the Blonde...
Jun 25, 2010 · Playwright Alan Plater, whose stage work includes Blonde Bombshells Of 1943 and the Laurence Olivier Award-nominated Peggy For You, has died from cancer at the age of 75.
