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1799: 33: 1632:, wrote: "It was the arrival of Nigel Kneale ... and Rudolph Cartier ... that challenged the intimate drama directly ... Kneale and Cartier shared a common desire to invigorate television with a faster tempo and a broader thematic and spatial canvas, and it was no coincidence that they turned to science-fiction in order to get out of the dominant stylistic trend of television intimacy." 743:: "The writer of the original story, Mr Nigel Kneale, and the director, Mr Val Guest, between them keep things moving at the right speed, without digressions. The film has an air of respect for the issues touched on, and this impression is confirmed by the acting generally." 1957 also saw the release of another cinematic collaboration between Kneale and Guest, when Kneale adapted his 1955 BBC play 1620:
revolutionise British television drama and establish it as an entity separate from its theatre and radio equivalents. Television historian Lez Cooke wrote in 2003 that "Between them, Kneale and Cartier were responsible for introducing a completely new dimension to television drama in the early to mid-1950s." Jason Jacobs, a lecturer in
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When he joined BBC, Kneale was impressed with the state in which they found BBC television drama. However, he was frustrated at what he saw as the slow and boring styles of television drama production then employed, which he felt wasted the potential of the medium. Together with Cartier he would help
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as "simply the first finest thing the BBC ever made." It was also included in the British Film Institute's "TV 100" list in 2000, where it was praised for the themes and subtexts it explored. "In a story which mined mythology and folklore ... under the guise of genre it tackled serious themes of
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Despite the success of the serial, Kneale felt that he had now taken the character of Quatermass as far as he could. "I didn't want to go on repeating because Professor Quatermass had already saved the world from ultimate destruction three times, and that seemed to me to be quite enough," he said in
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last night. People who made the bold decision to watch this excellent drama will respond to any 'clip-clop' by gratifyingly leaping in the air and grabbing the backs of their necks." The adaptation nearly went unmade; Kneale had written the script in ten days but been advised by his agent to wait
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anthology series, the script was severely cut back in length. It was Kneale's only involvement with American television, and he was not pleased with the result. "I made up my mind I would never ever again have anything done on a television network in America," he later commented.
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shown at the beginning of each episode. Kneale's publisher was keen for him to write a novel, but Kneale himself was more interested in writing for television. A keen cinema-goer, he believed that the audience being able to see human faces was an important factor in storytelling.
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novels. This was an assignment that surprised his agent; "We didn't think he'd want to bother with them but he did. That was probably because he liked the producer." He returned to writing for radio for the first time since the 1950s in 1996, when he wrote the drama-documentary
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as Quatermass, as he explained in a 1986 interview. " was then really on the skids and didn't care what he was doing. He took very little interest in the making of the films or in playing the part. It was a case of take the money and run. Or in the case of Mr Donlevy, waddle."
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became the Head of Drama at BBC Television, and spent his entire first year's script budget of ÂŁ250 to hire Kneale as a full-time writer for the drama department. Kneale's first credited role in adult television drama was providing "additional dialogue" for the play
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so that they would not think he had rushed it. When he did submit the script three weeks later, he discovered that Central had been about to cancel the production as they had assumed that Kneale, then 67, had not been able to complete the work due to his age.
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in 1958—the serial was not as critically successful as its predecessors. "Thematically no less awesome than Mr Kneale's earlier science-fiction essays for BBC Television, his ITV debut has proved only a so-so affair", was the verdict of
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film, upon which Kneale had been unable to work due to his BBC staff contract. Kneale was disappointed that Brian Donlevy also returned in the role of Quatermass. The film premiered at the end of May 1957, and was reviewed positively in
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was Kneale's final original script for the BBC as a staff writer. He left the corporation when his contract expired at the end of 1956; "Five years in that hut was as much as any sane person could stand," he later told an interviewer.
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1972. Lez Cooke praised the production, when writing in 2003, describing it as "one of the most imaginative and intelligent examples of the horror genre to appear on British television, a single play to rank alongside the best of
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as dramatising "a new range of gendered fears about Britain's postwar and post-colonial security." Kneale chose the character's surname because many Manx surnames began with "Qu"; the actual name itself was picked from a London
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six years later for the fourth and final series. It was about the vengeful spirit of a dead motorcyclist who is reluctant to leave his wrecked machine and manifests itself to a woman journalist as motorbike noise. It featured
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across six weeks in December 1958 and January 1959. On this occasion Kneale was inspired by the racial tensions that had recently been seen in the United Kingdom, and which came to a head while the serial was in
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and broadcast on ITV in the autumn of 1981. Although his first out-and-out comedy, Kneale stressed that there had always been elements of humour present throughout his scripts. Some of the press reaction to
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foretold the reality show and, in the scramble for greater sensation, its logical outcome ... This is satire from a TV insider, but it mutates into something far more desolate and disorientating."
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in 1994, wrote that: "Clip-clop is not usually a noise to get upset about. But it will be an interesting test, today, to go up behind people and whisper 'clip-clop', to find out whether they saw
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was shown, the serial was even more successful than the first, drawing audiences of up to nine million viewers. Kneale was inspired in writing the serial by contemporary fears over secret
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in the 1970s, but the eventual makers of the film version disregarded their script. Similarly, in 1995 Kneale scripted a four-part adaptation of one of Kerr's sequels to the book,
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He continued to appear as an interview subject in various television documentaries, and also recorded further audio commentaries for the release of some of his productions on
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of the British Experimental Rocket Group, and the consequences of his sending the first crewed mission into space where a terrible fate befalls the crew and only one returns.
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indicated that Kneale was among the first rank of British television writers, but that this had been overlooked. "He is amongst the greats—he is absolutely as important as
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was one of the first adult television science-fiction productions, held a large television audience gripped across its six weeks, and has been described by the
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wrote in a memo that: "Had competitive television been in existence then, we would have killed it every Saturday night while lasted. We are going to need
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1986. It was also his final new collaboration with Rudolph Cartier, although the director did later handle a new version of Kneale's 1953 adaptation of
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series, although Kneale was required to write the script in six weeks. Kneale had a positive relationship with the director assigned to the film,
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starring as Quatermass. Kneale was much happier with this version than the previous Hammer Quatermass adaptations, and the film was described by
3834: 1580:. Kneale's episode, "Ancient History", was about a Jewish woman who during the Second World War had been subjected to horrific experiments in a 4226: 1798: 380:. He began using the name "Nigel Kneale" for these professional credits, but was known as "Tom" to his family and friends up until his death. 983:
was only released to cinemas in overseas markets after it was made for television in the UK, and he had his name removed from the credits of
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commented that "Kneale was by no means the only author to have been largely wasted by television, and to have seen his status overtaken by
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when previewing the final episode. Tying in with the series, Kneale returned to prose fiction when he wrote his only full-length novel,
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was broadcast in September 1963. The play concerned the population of an 18th-century village who become haunted by visions of a future
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had watched and enjoyed the programme, and the second live performance on 16 December gained the largest television audience since her
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s preview of the first episode. The series was not a commercial success, although Kneale later remained personally pleased with it.
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Kneale never saw himself as a science-fiction writer, and was often critical of the genre. He particularly disliked the BBC series
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serials. He has been described as "one of the most influential writers of the 20th century", and as "having invented popular TV".
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For the next few years, Kneale concentrated mostly on film screenplays, adapting plays and novels for the cinema. Described by
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but found its realization tiresomely hysterical you may well prefer Kneale's relaxed wit. Cast splendid, direction deft," was
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newspaper's obituary of Kneale in 2006 claimed that the adaptation had "permanently revived Orwell's reputation," while the
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episode "Baby" as "the most frightening thing I've ever seen ... Powerful stuff." Film screenwriter and director
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about whether some of the scenes had been suitable for television. There was also prominent support for the play; the
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Kneale's remaining television work was written for ITV. His first script for ITV in this period was the one-off play
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After graduating from RADA, Kneale worked for a short time as a professional actor performing in small roles at the
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serials and using some archive material, there was also a dramatised strand to the series, set just before the ITV
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noted that: "He was very offended at the notion of Susan Hill using the name of Kipps from HG Wells as the hero of
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disaster on the Isle of Man. In 1951 he was recruited as one of the first staff writers to be employed by
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Producer â€“ Tom Ware; Executive Producer â€“ Michael Poole (15 October 2003). "The Kneale Tapes".
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Producer â€“ Tom Ware; Executive Producer â€“ Michael Poole (15 October 2003). "The Kneale Tapes".
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has cited Kneale as an influence, and Kim Newman suggested in 2003 that King had "more or less rewritten
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anthology strand. During this period he was regarded as one of the finest writers working for the BBC by
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more 'Quatermass Experiment' programmes." Like all of Kneale's television work for the BBC in the 1950s,
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between 1953 and 1996. Kneale wrote original scripts and successfully adapted works by writers such as
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The BBC recognised the success of the serial, particularly in the context of the impending arrival of
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region. Later that year he left the Isle of Man and moved to London, where he studied acting at the
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In 1982, Kneale made another one-off diversion from his usual work when he wrote his only produced
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In 1965 Kneale had been approached by the producer of the BBC2 science-fiction anthology series
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island. becomes a massive success, especially when a murderer is introduced into the set-up.
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has been praised for its foreshadowing of the rise of reality television programmes such as
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was a particularly notable production; many found it shocking, and questions were asked in
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novels for the cinema; Kneale was not a fan of Fleming's work and turned the offer down.
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as Quatermass and with a budget of over £1 million—more than fifty times the budget of
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serials, in some cases even using specific storylines that were similar to those from
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short story for the BBC, which Richardson had directed. Kneale was nominated for the
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Following this success, Kneale gave up acting to write full-time. He did take small
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was also an admirer of Kneale's writing, and in 1993 wrote a potential remake of
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man's hostile nature and the military's perversion of science for its own ends."
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Dunkley, Chris (15 November 1972). "Quatermass and Quixote in BBC drama plans".
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script never went into production, but while in America Kneale met the director
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Kneale was invited to write for the successful American science-fiction series
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In the mid-1970s, Kneale made his only attempt at writing a stage play. Called
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occurred in August and September 1958. Drawing audiences of up to 11 million,
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took several years to reach the screen, eventually being released in 1967.
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Judith Kerr's Creatures: A Celebration of the Life and Work of Judith Kerr
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In 1966 Kneale worked again for Hammer Film Productions when he adapted
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The same year that he left the BBC, Kneale wrote his first feature film
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designers Bernard Wilkie and Jack Kine drew their inspiration for the
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Kneale's next television series was a departure from his usual style—
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Kneale returned to writing for television with the BBC when his play
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who wrote professionally for more than 50 years, was a winner of the
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Susan Hill did not like some of the changes that Kneale had made to
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series in July 1968. In the programme, a group of people creates a
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The Largest Theatre in the World: Thirty Years of Television Drama
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Germany in her youth. Kneale worked with Kerr on an adaptation of
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creatures they constructed for the original television version of
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story for the programme. Nothing came of this, but he would write
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He returned to writing scripts for British television, including
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In May 1957, Kneale was contracted by the BBC to write a third
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in 1959 and 1960. He was also responsible for a painting of a
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elements, he was best known for the creation of the character
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A History—An Unauthorised History of the Doctor Who Universe
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for ITV in 1995, as part of their series of adaptations of
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Kneale completed screenplays for adaptations of the novels
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for that film in 1997, Kneale speculated about a possible
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in 1997. He wrote well-received television dramas such as
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Kneale and Cartier next collaborated on an adaptation of
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network during this time, writing a one-off play called
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In the early 1950s Kneale met fellow BBC screenwriter
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for BBC television. Kneale did his first work for the
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in 2006 as "one of the best ever Hammer productions."
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Kerr became a successful children's writer, with the
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in Hollywood while Kneale worked on the project. The
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into adult dramas. Kneale's last script for the BBC,
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Into the Unknown: The Fantastic Life of Nigel Kneale
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Into The Unknown: The Fantastic Life of Nigel Kneale
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productions, such as the voice heard on the factory
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On 25 March 1946 Kneale made his first broadcast on
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In 2005, he acted as a consultant when the 590: 441:1950–1953: Kneale's early BBC screenplay work 248:in 1951; his final script was transmitted on 179:(18 April 1922 â€“ 29 October 2006) was a 4674: 4595: 4570: 4186: 4159: 4132: 4105: 3137: 2990: 2568: 2428: 2409: 2206: 1552:woman to escape from the country during the 1397: 1197:, led the following year to a series called 1174: 673:network, which launched just a month before 5951:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art 4213: 2966: 1304:was positive: "If you like the idea of the 1111:as a mechanic, although the episode is now 992: 800:1958–1966: Film screenplays and adaptations 403:for it, and in 1950 the collection won the 324: 5599:Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement 5590: 5576: 5231: 5217: 4872: 4858: 4519: 4492: 4465: 4438: 3811:. Vol. 4, no. 11. pp. 30–33 3551: 3029: 2915: 2724: 2712: 2654: 2627: 1424:for transmission on ITV on Christmas Eve. 643:100 Greatest British Television Programmes 31: 5238: 4879: 4388: 4055: 4046: 4030:. London. 2 November 2006. Archived from 4020: 3959: 3859: 3080: 3065: 2736: 2482: 2322: 2280: 1559: 1253:subsidiary film company. The production, 732:. Hinds and Guest had overseen the first 37:Kneale in 1990, discussing his career on 4771: 4744: 4699: 4087:"1955: New TV channel ends BBC monopoly" 4085: 3234: 2812: 2666: 2612: 1797: 1686:Kneale was admired by the film director 1338:. Kneale was approached by the director 4546: 3902: 3868: 3800: 3733:The Quatermass Collection—Viewing Notes 3673: 3660: 3629: 3552:Hearn, Marcus; Rigby, Jonathan (2003). 3498: 3486: 3474: 3351: 3339: 3327: 3312: 3297: 3190: 3178: 3166: 3122: 3110: 3098: 3041: 3014: 2978: 2939: 2851: 2839: 2827: 2511: 2366: 2295: 2129: 2114: 1683:by Nigel Kneale. It was 35 years ago." 812:network in the United States, retitled 718:for Hammer Film Productions along with 281:Kneale was born Thomas Nigel Kneale in 192:BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay 5928: 4810: 4719: 4675:Pixley, Andrew; Kneale, Nigel (1986). 4413: 4008:from the original on 30 September 2007 3993: 3832: 3786: 3747: 3730: 3602: 3441: 3435: 3399: 3282: 3270: 3246: 3207: 3053: 2927: 2903: 2878: 2780: 2754: 2693: 2678: 2642: 2589: 2535: 2499: 2467: 2455: 2443: 2378: 2354: 2310: 2233: 2169: 2102: 2049: 1445:before submitting it to the producers 1390:, but when one of the film's backers, 1378:for the film met with the approval of 5571: 5212: 4853: 4507:from the original on 14 February 2007 4480:from the original on 24 February 2007 4331:from the original on 21 February 2007 4147:from the original on 24 February 2007 4064: 3968: 3920:from the original on 18 February 2007 3877: 3825: 3520: 3448:Jack Kine and Bernard Wilkie (2005). 3387: 3258: 3149: 3002: 2760: 2154: 1138:Kneale's next script for the BBC was 305:at the Manx Bar. He also worked in a 4571:Kibble-White, Jack (November 2003). 4534:from the original on 15 January 2007 4174:from the original on 29 January 2007 4093:from the original on 26 January 2021 3943:. London. p. 12. Archived from 3932: 3860:"Broadcasting—The Light Programme". 3843:. London. p. 46. Archived from 2790:. BBC. 31 March 2005. Archived from 2342: 2074: 1171:, was transmitted on 24 March 1974. 549:to the UK. Controller of Programmes 4786:from the original on 2 January 2007 4677:"Nigel Kneale—Behind the Dark Door" 4552:"Quatermass creator was 'TV giant'" 4292:"Quatermass Experiment, The (1953)" 4253:from the original on 30 August 2005 3890:from the original on 8 January 2008 3525:British Television Drama: A History 1782:was heavily influenced by Kneale's 926:, forbade the script's production. 569:and survive in the BBC's archives. 565:; only the first two episodes were 341:"Tomato Cain" in a strand entitled 13: 5946:20th-century British screenwriters 5537:Halloween III: Season of the Witch 5178:Halloween III: Season of the Witch 4701:"Quatermass creator dies, aged 84" 4395:Museum of Broadcast Communications 4376:from the original on 13 March 2007 3994:Newley, Patrick (5 January 2007). 3779: 1996:Halloween III: Season of the Witch 1461:adaptation, the writer and critic 1335:Halloween III: Season of the Witch 1323:Halloween III: Season of the Witch 1036:A particular critical success was 986:Halloween III: Season of the Witch 836:", Kneale adapted Osborne's plays 816:. Broadcast on 18 June as part of 528:Museum of Broadcast Communications 313:Kneale attempted to enlist in the 190:, and was twice nominated for the 14: 6017: 4824: 4707:from the original on 13 June 2014 4636:from the original on 2 March 2007 4621: 4609:from the original on 2 March 2007 4558:from the original on 3 March 2021 4453:from the original on 2 March 2007 4304:from the original on 13 July 2018 4229:from the original on 1 March 2007 4201:from the original on 2 March 2007 4120:from the original on 2 March 2007 4056:"Pick of the week's television". 3969:McKay, Sinclair (19 March 2005). 3960:"London Pavilion—Quatermass II". 3424:Royal West of England Academy n.d 2866: 1897:, but this also went unproduced. 1234:, and Kneale was never told why. 1098:to write a new one-off 75-minute 641:included it in their list of the 4840:British Film Institute biography 4573:"The Magic Word Here is Paradox" 4060:. 4 September 1981. p. XII. 3933:Jury, Louise (1 November 2006). 3833:Adrian, Jack (2 November 2006). 3364:Howe, Stammers & Walker 1992 1525:, star of the Hammer version of 1342:to work on the screenplay for a 1289:, his sole attempt at writing a 1249:serial, to be produced by their 681:research establishments such as 299:St Ninian's High School, Douglas 5981:Manx dramatists and playwrights 5971:British male television writers 5961:British science fiction writers 4759:from the original on 1 May 2013 4089:. BBC News. 22 September 1955. 4078: 4051:. 14 November 1979. p. 23. 3878:Ezard, John (2 November 2006). 3803:"Nigel Kneale on Halloween III" 3796:. No. 379. pp. 42–50. 3508: 3412:Cornell, Day & Topping 1995 1432:broadcast of the production on 153: 4800: 4747:"Cartier, Rudolph (1904–1994)" 4319:"The Year of the Sex Olympics" 3801:Holliss, Richard (July 1983). 3584:(paperback ed.). London: 2068: 2043: 2018: 1900: 1447:Central Independent Television 1349:Creature from the Black Lagoon 1237:Following the cancellation of 449:credit came when he wrote the 1: 6001:People from Barrow-in-Furness 4703:. BBC News. 1 November 2006. 4468:"Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954)" 4271:Royal West of England Academy 2011: 1891:When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit 1882:When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit 1033:for the ATV company in 1964. 924:British Board of Film Censors 645:of the 20th century in 2000. 393:Tomato Cain and Other Stories 358:Royal Academy of Dramatic Art 276: 16:Manx screenwriter (1922–2006) 5414:The Year of the Sex Olympics 5055:The Year of the Sex Olympics 4189:"Woman in Black, The (1989)" 2082:. HarperCollins. p. 3. 1999:(1982) - Writer (uncredited) 1810:Kneale's younger brother is 1750:Monty Python's Flying Circus 1743:, members of the rock group 1681:The Year of the Sex Olympics 1677:The Year of the Sex Olympics 1086:The Year of the Sex Olympics 1066:The Year of the Sex Olympics 1039:The Year of the Sex Olympics 819:The United States Steel Hour 783:has been referred to by the 271: 255:The Year of the Sex Olympics 211:Professor Bernard Quatermass 7: 5966:British short story writers 4722:"A Tribute to Nigel Kneale" 4135:"Kneale, Nigel (1922–2006)" 4108:"Kavanagh Q.C. (1995–2001)" 3971:"A tale of British boffins" 3630:Johnson, Catherine (2005). 493:Kneale's "lost" radio play 414:roles in some of his 1950s 343:Stories by Northern Authors 10: 6022: 4774:"Wuthering Heights (1962)" 4416:"73: Nineteen Eighty-Four" 3908:"The man who saw tomorrow" 3554:Quatermass 2—Viewing Notes 1599:produced a live remake of 623:made it known that he and 591:1953–1956: Later BBC works 428:(1955), for which he also 385:Stratford Memorial Theatre 264:(1972) in addition to the 197:Predominantly a writer of 5605: 5547: 5480: 5373: 5350: 5340:The Quatermass Conclusion 5307: 5297:The Quatermass Experiment 5265:The Quatermass Experiment 5256: 5247: 5188: 5121: 5014: 4991: 4981:The Quatermass Conclusion 4948: 4938:The Quatermass Experiment 4906:The Quatermass Experiment 4897: 4888: 4219:"Big Brother with knives" 3964:. 27 May 1957. p. 5. 3864:. 19 May 1948. p. 7. 3458:The Quatermass Collection 3376:Parkin & Pearson 2006 1988:The Quatermass Conclusion 1829:script books released by 1793: 1733:The Quatermass Experiment 1614: 1601:The Quatermass Experiment 1410:for ITV in 1987, and the 1398:1987–1995: Later ITV work 1295:London Weekend Television 1175:1974–1982: Early ITV work 980:The Quatermass Conclusion 922:, Chief Executive of the 559:The Quatermass Experiment 524:The Quatermass Experiment 515:The Quatermass Experiment 507:The Quatermass Experiment 301:and trained to become an 163: 138: 120: 112: 102: 94: 77: 51: 30: 23: 6006:Television show creators 5991:Manx short story writers 5374:Other television scripts 5316:The Quatermass Xperiment 5015:Other television scripts 4957:The Quatermass Xperiment 4681:The Quatermass Home Page 4162:"Stone Tape, The (1972)" 3977:. London. Archived from 3513: 2952:Collinson & n.d. (b) 2569:Pixley & Kneale 1986 2524:Collinson & n.d. (a) 1908:The Quatermass Xperiment 1185:, made by the network's 1084:wrote in 2003 that: "In 993:1963–1974: Return to BBC 579:The Quatermass Xperiment 325:1946–1950: Acting career 5556:The SĂ©ance at Hobs Lane 5197:The SĂ©ance at Hobs Lane 4726:Hammer Film Productions 4363:The Discontinuity Guide 3731:Pixley, Andrew (2005). 3716:: Mad Norwegian Press. 3613:Oxford University Press 3580:Doctor Who: The Sixties 3138:Angelini & n.d. (d) 2991:Angelini & n.d. (c) 2207:Angelini & n.d. (b) 1895:A Small Person Far Away 1163:, adapting traditional 1042:, broadcast as part of 806:Mrs Wickens in the Fall 804:In 1958, Kneale's play 777:Notting Hill race riots 574:Hammer Film Productions 572:In the autumn of 1955, 501:on 20 September 2023. 445:His first professional 362:Zachary Crebbin's Angel 219:Hammer Film Productions 5956:British horror writers 5489:The Abominable Snowman 5359:The Quatermass Memoirs 5332:Quatermass and the Pit 5281:Quatermass and the Pit 5130:The Abominable Snowman 5000:The Quatermass Memoirs 4973:Quatermass and the Pit 4922:Quatermass and the Pit 4522:"Quatermass II (1955)" 4420:British Film Institute 4370:BBC Doctor Who website 3663:Beasts—Programme Notes 3644:British Film Institute 3603:Jacobs, Jason (2000). 3535:British Film Institute 2725:Hearn & Rigby 2003 2713:Hearn & Rigby 2003 1972:Quatermass and the Pit 1924:The Abominable Snowman 1847:Quatermass and the Pit 1807: 1700:Quatermass and the Pit 1560:1995–2006: Final years 1527:Quatermass and the Pit 1506:The Quatermass Memoirs 1382:, the producer of the 1265:Quatermass and the Pit 1169:Jack and the Beanstalk 975:Quatermass and the Pit 958:Quatermass and the Pit 948:Quatermass and the Pit 781:Quatermass and the Pit 767:Quatermass and the Pit 750:The Abominable Snowman 679:UK Ministry of Defence 639:British Film Institute 472:. The following year, 405:Somerset Maugham Award 188:Somerset Maugham Award 5628:Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes 5521:First Men in the Moon 5462:Stanley and the Women 5162:First Men in the Moon 5103:Stanley and the Women 4624:"Witches, The (1966)" 4414:Duguid, Mark (2000). 3674:Murray, Andy (2006). 3661:Murray, Andy (2006). 3574:Walker, Stephen James 3030:Duguid & n.d. (a) 2930:, pp. 20 and 54. 2916:Duguid & n.d. (c) 2655:Duguid & n.d. (d) 2628:Duguid & n.d. (b) 2050:Murray, Andy (2017). 1956:First Men in the Moon 1801: 1635:The writer and actor 1630:University of Warwick 1540:prequel set in 1930s 1521:serial and featuring 1480:Stanley and the Women 1191:Associated TeleVision 1077:Celebrity Love Island 796:for the BBC in 1962. 547:commercial television 470:children's programmes 297:. He was educated at 5864:Thomas F. Monteleone 5784:Chelsea Quinn Yarbro 5690:William Peter Blatty 5398:Nineteen Eighty-Four 5039:Nineteen Eighty-Four 4583:on 29 September 2007 3560:: DD Video. DD06155. 1879:series of books and 1723:, who described the 1554:1936 Berlin Olympics 1529:, as the Professor. 1486:Kneale also adapted 1080:(2005–2006). Critic 687:Official Secrets Act 613:Nineteen Eighty-Four 611:(12 December 1954). 608:Nineteen Eighty-Four 5742:Martin H. Greenberg 4655:The Daily Telegraph 4550:(1 November 2006). 4495:"Quatermass (1979)" 4426:on 23 February 2006 4389:Dickinson, Robert. 4277:on 29 December 2006 4047:"Personal Choice". 3981:on 31 December 2006 3975:The Daily Telegraph 3906:(2 November 2006). 3847:on 28 November 2006 3793:Doctor Who Magazine 3669:: Network. 7952477. 3521:Cooke, Lez (2003). 3273:, pp. 130–134. 3235:Wake & n.d. (a) 3017:, pp. 121–122. 2813:Wake & n.d. (b) 2252:The Daily Telegraph 1532:While recording an 1307:Hitch-Hiker's Guide 1119:serial, based in a 1074:(1999–present) and 908:The Big, Big Giggle 700:1956–1958: Further 661:The Moment of Truth 631:the previous year. 533:telephone directory 485:television director 466:light entertainment 389:Stratford-upon-Avon 366:BBC Light Programme 337:reading of his own 177:Thomas Nigel Kneale 55:Thomas Nigel Kneale 5684:Forrest J Ackerman 5614:Frank Belknap Long 5497:Look Back in Anger 5481:Other film scripts 5454:The Woman in Black 5382:Arrow to the Heart 5249:Bernard Quatermass 5138:Look Back in Anger 5122:Other film scripts 5095:The Woman in Black 5023:Arrow to the Heart 4890:Bernard Quatermass 4732:on 17 October 2007 4662:on 11 January 2008 4317:Collinson, Gavin. 4290:Collinson, Gavin. 4215:Banks-Smith, Nancy 4187:Angelini, Sergio. 4160:Angelini, Sergio. 4133:Angelini, Sergio. 4106:Angelini, Sergio. 3826:Newspaper articles 2794:on 31 October 2005 2004:The Woman in Black 1932:Look Back in Anger 1808: 1626:television studies 1593:digital television 1582:concentration camp 1467:The Woman in Black 1459:The Woman in Black 1455:The Woman in Black 1442:The Woman in Black 1421:The Woman in Black 1392:Dino De Laurentiis 1189:franchise holders 1095:Out of the Unknown 1058:The Live Life Show 1054:show-within-a-show 1014:The Wednesday Play 858:British Film Award 839:Look Back in Anger 814:The Littlest Enemy 653:abominable snowman 520:Bernard Quatermass 480:Arrow to the Heart 5923: 5922: 5662:Joyce Carol Oates 5618:Clifford D. Simak 5565: 5564: 5406:Wuthering Heights 5390:Wuthering Heights 5369: 5368: 5206: 5205: 5047:Wuthering Heights 5031:Wuthering Heights 5010: 5009: 4720:Simpson, Robert. 4687:on 17 August 2005 4217:(28 April 2003). 3947:on 1 October 2007 3586:Virgin Publishing 3402:, pp. 42–50. 3354:, pp. 98–99. 3113:, pp. 31–32. 3044:, pp. 12–13. 2881:, pp. 38–39. 2830:, pp. 65–66. 2766:Kneale, Nigel in 2458:, pp. 43–44. 2410:Kibble-White 2003 2298:, pp. 9, 12. 1753:writer/performer 1705:The Tommyknockers 1471:four-part version 1388:Tommy Lee Wallace 1243:Thames Television 1109:Patrick Troughton 1082:Nancy Banks-Smith 950:for Hammer. Like 881:Lord of the Flies 794:Wuthering Heights 785:BBC's own website 621:Duke of Edinburgh 598:Wuthering Heights 399:that she wrote a 283:Barrow-in-Furness 223:Thames Television 174: 173: 67:Barrow-in-Furness 6013: 5876:Graham Masterton 5794:William F. Nolan 5752:Michael Moorcock 5736:J. N. Williamson 5714:Charles L. 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Judith Kerr
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BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay
thrillers
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Hammer Film Productions
Thames Television
George Orwell
John Osborne
H. G. Wells
Susan Hill
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