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Thomas Nigel Kneale (18 April 1922 – 29 October 2006) was a Manx screenwriter who wrote professionally for more than 50 years, was a winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, and was twice nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay.
With the centenary of his birth, screenwriter Nigel Kneale is being celebrated for his varied work – including his landmark 1950s dramas about an alien-infested UK, writes Adam Scovell.
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Nigel Kneale (1922-2006) was a British writer and actor, best known for creating the Quatermass franchise. He also wrote for TV shows such as Kavanagh QC, Sharpe and Halloween III: Season of the Witch.
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May 5, 2020 · The Year of the Sex Olympics, written by Nigel Kneale, is out now on BFI DVD. Writing extensively for both film and TV , Nigel Kneale is one of the most important and radical British screenwriters of the last century.
Nigel Kneale was one of Britain’s most significant screenwriters of the twentieth century. Credited by Mark Gatiss as “the inventor of modern television”, Kneale’s works included the Quatermass serials, The Year of the Olympics, The Stone Tape, Beasts and essential television adaptations of The Woman in Black and Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Nov 1, 2006 · The pioneering screenwriter of sci-fi and TV drama passed away in 2006 after a period of ill health. He was best known for his Quatermass serials and films, which influenced many later works and creators.
Oct 29, 2006 · Nigel Kneale was a British screenwriter. He is best known for being the creator of Professor Bernard Quatermass. Kneale wrote four Quatermass TV serials in total between 1953 and 1979 as well as BBC radio docudrama retrospective "The Quatermass Memoirs" that was first broadcast in 1995.
