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Andrew Wynford Davies (/ ˈ d eɪ v ɪ s /; born 20 September 1936) is a Welsh screenwriter and novelist, best known for his television adaptations of To Serve Them All My Days, House of Cards, Middlemarch, Pride and Prejudice, Bleak House, War & Peace, and his original serial A Very Peculiar Practice.
Writer: Bridget Jones's Diary. Andrew Davies was born on 20 September 1936 in Rhiwbina, Cardiff, Wales, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) and The Three Musketeers (2011). He has been married to Diana Huntley since 1960.
- Andrew Davies
- September 20, 1936
Jan 6, 2016 · Andrew Davies is well-known for his adaptations of classics including Vanity Fair and Pride and Prejudice. In this interview by the BBC's Media Centre he explains the challenges and rewards of...
Feb 24, 2020 · Sanditon writer Andrew Davies discusses the show's unhappy ending for Charlotte and Sidney. Plus, what he would do if the show is renewed for a second season.
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Aug 5, 2023 · Davies is more responsible than any other screenwriter for taking the classic texts you may have slogged through at school – Middlemarch, Bleak House, Sense & Sensibility and Little Dorrit among...
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Mar 4, 2018 · Davies began his career as an English professor, culminating in a 17-year tenure at the University of Warwick. His time at the university served to inspire his first great success as a screenwriter, 1986’s campus-based comedy A Very Peculiar Practice.
May 5, 2019 · Screenwriter Andrew Davies has been a true master of modern television adaptations, bringing such iconic works as Middlemarch and Little Dorrit to the MASTERPIECE screen for decades.
