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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Alan_ClarkeAlan Clarke - Wikipedia

    In 1991, a documentary on him, Director Alan Clarke by Corin Campbell-Hill, aired on British TV. In 2016, all of Clarke's surviving work for the BBC was released in a two-part DVD/Blu-Ray collection titled Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC. This set included the first official release of the 1976 documentary Bukovsky alongside extensive interviews with many of Clarke's collaborators and contemporaries.

  2. Harold Allan Clarke (born 5 April 1942) is an English rock singer, who was one of the founding members and the original lead singer of the Hollies. He achieved international hit singles with the group and is credited as co-writer on several of their best-known songs, including "On a Carousel", "Carrie Anne", "Jennifer Eccles" and "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress". He retired from performing in 1999, but returned to the music industry in 2019.

  3. Allan John Clarke (born 31 July 1946), nicknamed "Sniffer", is a former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Walsall, Fulham, Leicester City, Leeds United and Barnsley, and won 19 international caps for England. Career Early career. Clarke was born in Short Heath, Willenhall, Staffordshire. He is the third of seven children. Clarke ...

  4. www.imdb.com › name › nm0164639Alan Clarke - IMDb

    Alan Clarke. Director: Screen Two. Liverpool native Alan Clarke got his start in the film business in Canada, where he studied acting and directing. Upon returning to England he got a job at ITV, then moved over to the BBC in 1969. He worked mostly in television, but he made a couple of feature films that got attention for their portrayal of the gritty and occasionally violent life of the...

  5. Mar 31, 2016 · Alan Clarke is the man who wasn’t there of British cinema. Though highly regarded by contemporaries such as Stephen Frears, Danny Boyle and Paul Greengrass, his reputation never quite garnered the same commercial reach or institutional support as those admirers. And while he’s an acknowledged influence on Harmony Korine and Gus Van Sant, his own standing as an auteur rests primarily on work made for television. ...

  6. Aug 3, 2015 · Fearless, unflinching, and often brutally graphic, Alan Clarke made films that rank among the most original—and controversial—in British cinematic history. From razor-wielding yuppie football ...

  7. Alan Clarke was an incendiary talent and a true one-off, who brilliantly captured modern Britain.” – critic and broadcaster Danny Leigh. BFI Shop. Two six-disc Alan Clarke DVD box sets will be released on 23 May on BFI DVD, alongside a 13-disc Blu-ray collection, Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC 1969-1989. Pre-order now. BFI Southbank. Find out why Alan Clarke is so revered by actors, writers and directors alike. ...

  8. Mar 11, 2016 · Clarke was born on Merseyside, north-west England, in 1935, the son of a plasterer and customs officer. He trained in the theatre, coming of professional age in the 1960s.

  9. Feb 3, 2016 · Alan Clarke at the BBC, Volume 1: Dissent (1969-1977) — 6-DVD box set Includes newly remastered presentations of all surviving Alan Clarke BBC TV productions up to 1977, as well as filmed introductions by writer David Leland, extracts from BBC discussion shows Tonight and Arena, new multi-part documentary Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light, audio commentaries and a booklet containing new essays and full credits.

  10. Oct 28, 2022 · Alan Clarke’s six definitive films: Penda’s Fen (1974). A television play commissioned by the BBC, Penda’s Fen remains one of the standout additions to BBC’s beloved Play for Today anthology. Set in a small village, it explores the contradictory societal forces that Clarke observed in modern English society.