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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 police...
Jun 30, 2010 · Alan Plater was, arguably, one of Britain's most prolific, creative and entertaining writers, and one who never lost touch with his northern roots. He once said that dialogue should sound like...
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.
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...
Jun 25, 2010 · Alan Plater, the dramatist and screenwriter, who died on June 25 aged 75, was best known for his prolific output for television, ranging from straight plays, adaptations and...
