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The Turkish Detective: a familiar tale in a new setting

In the not so very distant past of British television, capers in the company of avuncular, maverick detectives were the ratings sureties around which peak-time drama schedules were built. Although viewing figures are much diminished, such shows remain plentiful.

The Conversation · Jul 16, 2024

Tristram Powell obituary

TV director who made dramas by some of the top screenwriters of the 1980s and 90s, such as Alan Bennett and Alan Plater

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2024

Michael Bakewell obituary

Radio and television producer who was head of plays at the BBC and steered productions of work by Harold Pinter, Alan Plater, Ibsen, Strindberg and Athol Fugard

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2023

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Blonde Bombshells of 1943 review – boogie-woogie bugle girls reporting for duty

A group of hastily recruited ‘sisters’ achieve harmony in Alan Plater’s charming play about music and laughter as a relief from war

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2023

The source material for a classic thriller

Letters: A Very British Coup | Loyalty points for charity | Glamorising smoking | Legilium legitimised | António Guterres’s cardigan

The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2022

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