John Elliot

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John Herbert Elliot (born July 4, 1918 in Reading , England , † August 24, 1997 in Clifton , England) was a British writer , screenwriter and television producer .

biography

Between 1954 and 1960 he wrote a number of successful television pieces, including War in the Air and A Man from the Sun . The latter is pioneering work aimed at a West Indian audience. In 1961 he wrote another groundbreaking television series with astronomer Fred Hoyle (to ensure scientific authenticity). A science fiction series that set the tone for everything that followed. The success of A For Andromeda led to a sequel in The Andromeda Breakthrough in 1962 .

After Andromeda , Elliot wrote more episodes, but his talents may not have been appreciated by the BBC . He left the company in 1963, but offered as a parting gift an option for his concept for the drama series Mogul (renamed The Troubleshooters from the second season), for which he wrote much of the seven seasons.

His other works include series such as Fall of Eagles and Survival, as well as novels such as Duell , Blood Upon the Snow , A For Andromeda and The Andromeda Breakthrough (also co-written with Fred Hoyle).

Scripts

  • Was in the Air , 1954-1955, 15 episodes, BBC1
  • A Man from the Sun , 1956, TV movie, BBC1
  • Television Playwright , 1958-1959 , 29 episodes, BBC (only three episodes are preserved)
  • Who Pays the Piper? , 1960, movie made for TV, BBC1
  • BBC Sunday-Night Play , 1960 - 1963, 138 episodes, BBC1 (only 15 episodes are preserved)
  • A for Andromeda , 1961, 7 episodes, BBC1
  • The Andromeda Breakthrough , 6 Episodes, 1962, BBC1
  • Maigret , Episode: Maigret Fights for a Man's Head , 1962, BBC1
  • First Night , Episodes: The Youngest Profession , 1963 and Hunt the Man , 1964, BBC1
  • Love Story , Episode: The Truth Game , 1964, ITV
  • Z-Cars , Episode: A Morning's Sport , 1965, BBC1
  • Mogul , 20 episodes, 1965-1970, BBC1
  • Rainbow City , Episodes: What Sort of a Boy? , Why You Marry? , A Better Fortune , Always on Sunday , all 1967, BBC1
  • A Stranger on the Hills , Movie made for TV, 1970, BBC1
  • Platonov , episode: Brett , 1971, BBC1
  • The Saxby Route , Episodes: Better Than the Movies , 1972, The Chief Mourner , 1979, BBC1
  • The Shadow of the Tower , Episode: The White Hart , 1972, BBC2
  • Shelley , Movie made for TV, 1972, BBC2
  • The Fox . Movie made for TV, 1973, BBC2
  • Fall of Eagles , TV Miniseries, 1974, BBC1
  • The Double Dealers , Episode: Come in Number One , 1974, BBC2
  • The Madness , Movie made for TV, 1976, BBC2
  • According to Hoyle , Movie made for TV, 1977, BBC2
  • A Life at Stake , Episode: So, Who's Sick? , 1978, BBC
  • Spy! , Episodes: The Murder Machine , The Venlo Incident , 1980, BBC1
  • Escape , Episode: Hijack to Mogadishu , 1980, BBC2
  • The Brack Report , Eoisoden: Chapter 3 , Chapter 4 , Chapter 5 , 1982, ITV
  • Man-Eaters of India , Movie made for TV, 1986, BBC
  • Flying for Fun: An Affair with an Airplane , Movie made for TV, 1987, BBC1
  • A Chance to Dance , Movie made for TV, 1993, ITV

Awards

  • 1960: Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards, special award
  • 1971: British Academy Television Awards , The Troubleshooters , Shell International Award

bibliography

  • A for Andromeda . Goverts, 1967, DNB  457033622 (British English: A for Andromeda . 1962. Translated by Gustav Keim & Robert Picht, with Fred Hoyle).
  • Andromeda Breakthrough . Goverts, 1967 (British English: Andromeda Breakthrough . 1964. Translated by Gustav Keim & Robert Picht, with Fred Hoyle).
  • MOGUL: The Making of a Myth . Barrie & Jenkins, 1970 (British English, not published in German).

literature

  • MacKenzie, S. (2006), " War in the Air  : Churchill, the Air Ministry and the BBC response to Victory at Sea ", Contemporary British History [1]

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John Elliot .
  2. ^ The Fated Sky, War in the Air .
  3. ↑ Obituary: John Elliot . August 22, 1997.
  4. ^ BFI Screenonline: Man From The Sun, A (1956) .
  5. ^ BFI Screenonline: A For Andromeda (1961) .
  6. ^ BFI Screenonline: Mogul / Troubleshooters, The (1965-72) .
  7. ^ NA NA: Writers Directory . Springer, March 5, 2016.

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personal data
SURNAME Elliot, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Elliot, John Herbert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British screenwriter author
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Reading
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 1997
Place of death Clifton