357:
346:
203:. This series was set in England and America in the 1680s and was co-written by Martine Brandt. It featured various characters of a new generation, played by
311:
1060:
466:
432:
1030:
95:
1065:
1025:
494:
284:
1045:
1035:
410:
103:
459:
159:
on the series alongside
Flannery. The drama was eventually shown on 8 April 2007. The seventh series – now titled
319:
199:, on which he had worked for more than a decade. In 2014, the channel released a four-part continuation, titled
689:
536:
514:
87:
800:
178:
1040:
925:
452:
20:
509:
382:
90:, charting the course of the lives of four friends from Newcastle from 1964 to 1995, was voted by the
839:
765:
521:
50:
682:
605:
264:
74:
46:
860:
526:
122:
1055:
805:
241:
166:
Flannery has also worked in film, although with less success than in other media. He wrote the
91:
72:
He is perhaps best known to a wider audience for his highly-acclaimed television adaptation of
1050:
195:
114:
8:
963:
946:
930:
583:
475:
156:
136:
427:
406:
190:
152:
131:
to be broadcast later in the year. Flannery changed the setting of the stories from
968:
548:
257:
236:
231:
144:
994:
908:
790:
625:
573:
352:
341:
249:
543:
220:
378:
1019:
999:
953:
878:
822:
657:
224:
107:
42:
139:
in the 1960s and created new characters who had not featured in the novels.
53:
in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Notable plays during his tenure include:
941:
888:
868:
782:
707:
667:
599:
499:
489:
253:
245:
204:
34:
812:
755:
734:
699:
633:
531:
212:
208:
172:
989:
898:
593:
423:
167:
30:
717:
615:
444:
288:
186:
216:
98:
of the 20th century. Flannery's other television work has included
49:. He is best known for his work while a resident playwright at the
132:
128:
83:
1004:
It Felt Empty When the Heart Went at First but It Is
Alright Now
102:(1988), a series about the work of radical lawyers. At the 1997
402:
38:
439:
110:
Award for outstanding achievement in television writing.
79:
399:
The
Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre
345:
285:"Martin Shaw returns to BBC One in George Gently"
1017:
920:How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found
566:Freehold Company and Peter Hulton (joint) for
113:In January 2007, he scripted an adaptation of
460:
189:transmitted Flannery's mini-series about the
347:"Burnt By The Sun, National Theatre, London"
244:, London, in March 2009. The cast included
467:
453:
96:100 Greatest British Television Programmes
309:
65:(1982). Other theatre work has included
1061:English male dramatists and playwrights
340:
1018:
474:
163:– was screened in the spring of 2015.
495:Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
448:
29:(born 12 October 1951) is an English
19:For the Australian politician, see
16:English playwright and screenwriter
13:
1031:English dramatists and playwrights
106:, Flannery was given the honorary
14:
1077:
417:
312:"Channel 4 sexes up the Puritans"
104:British Academy Television Awards
865:The Cosmonaut's Last Message ...
360:from the original on 26 May 2022
310:Hastings, Chris (10 June 2007).
155:, who co-runs Company and is an
1066:English male television writers
883:Further than the Furthest Thing
230:Flannery's stage adaptation of
372:
334:
303:
277:
1:
1026:Alumni of Bath Spa University
537:Narrow Road to the Deep North
515:A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
391:
86:in 1996. The epic nine-part
7:
913:Scenes from the Big Picture
834:Get Up and Tie Your Fingers
147:, reuniting Flannery with
21:Peter Flannery (politician)
10:
1082:
1046:Writers from Tyne and Wear
1036:English television writers
712:Shamrocks & Crocodiles
18:
979:
853:
748:
650:
559:
482:
51:Royal Shakespeare Company
683:Our Friends in the North
318:. London. Archived from
270:
265:Wallingford, Oxfordshire
149:Our Friends in the North
75:Our Friends in the North
63:Our Friends in the North
47:University of Manchester
161:Inspector George Gently
401:(ed. Colin Chambers).
94:in 2000 as one of the
92:British Film Institute
936:Breakfast with Mugabe
934:and Fraser Grace for
777:Your Home in the West
893:Jumping on my Shadow
694:The Rat in the Skull
568:Freehold on Antigone
45:and educated at the
964:Alexi Kaye Campbell
947:Taking Care of Baby
931:The Rubenstein Kiss
643:Stephen Bill (1979)
316:The Daily Telegraph
1041:People from Jarrow
739:A Handful of Stars
722:The Art of Success
620:The Winter Dancers
584:Heathcote Williams
476:John Whiting Award
263:Flannery lives in
252:as General Kotov,
170:for films such as
157:executive producer
78:, produced by the
1013:
1012:
729:American Bagpipes
291:. 18 January 2007
196:The Devil's Whore
191:English Civil War
153:Charles Pattinson
121:novels, entitled
37:. He was born in
1073:
983:
918:Fin Kennedy for
873:The Waiting Room
770:Imagine Drowning
760:Keeping Tom Nice
727:Iain Heggie for
549:Christie in Love
527:The Ruling Class
504:The Interpreters
469:
462:
455:
446:
445:
397:Rebellato, Dan.
385:
376:
370:
369:
367:
365:
349:
344:(5 March 2009).
342:Coveney, Michael
338:
332:
331:
329:
327:
307:
301:
300:
298:
296:
281:
258:Michelle Dockery
242:National Theatre
237:Burnt by the Sun
232:Nikita Mikhalkov
179:The One and Only
145:Company Pictures
119:Inspector Gently
82:and screened on
55:Savage Amusement
1081:
1080:
1076:
1075:
1074:
1072:
1071:
1070:
1016:
1015:
1014:
1009:
1006:(shared) (2010)
981:
975:
938:(shared) (2006)
909:Owen McCafferty
875:(shared) (2000)
849:
832:Ann Coburn for
806:Beautiful Thing
801:Jonathan Harvey
797:(shared) (1993)
791:Helen Edmundson
775:Rod Wooden for
744:
714:(shared) (1985)
646:
626:David Halliwell
578:As Time Goes By
574:Mustapha Matura
555:
540:(shared) (1968)
506:(shared) (1967)
478:
473:
420:
394:
389:
388:
377:
373:
363:
361:
353:The Independent
339:
335:
325:
323:
322:on 14 July 2007
308:
304:
294:
292:
283:
282:
278:
273:
143:is produced by
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1079:
1069:
1068:
1063:
1058:
1053:
1048:
1043:
1038:
1033:
1028:
1011:
1010:
1008:
1007:
986:
984:
977:
976:
974:
973:
961:
951:
939:
923:
916:
906:
896:
886:
876:
857:
855:
851:
850:
848:
847:
837:
830:
820:
810:
798:
780:
773:
763:
752:
750:
746:
745:
743:
742:
732:
725:
715:
697:
690:Ron Hutchinson
687:
678:Peter Flannery
675:
665:
654:
652:
648:
647:
645:
644:
641:
623:
613:
603:
597:
591:
581:
571:
563:
561:
557:
556:
554:
553:
544:Howard Brenton
541:
519:
507:
486:
484:
480:
479:
472:
471:
464:
457:
449:
443:
442:
430:
424:Peter Flannery
419:
418:External links
416:
415:
414:
393:
390:
387:
386:
371:
333:
302:
275:
274:
272:
269:
260:as Maroussia.
256:as Mitya, and
240:opened at the
221:Jeremy Northam
27:Peter Flannery
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1078:
1067:
1064:
1062:
1059:
1057:
1056:Living people
1054:
1052:
1049:
1047:
1044:
1042:
1039:
1037:
1034:
1032:
1029:
1027:
1024:
1023:
1021:
1005:
1001:
1000:Lucy Kirkwood
997:
996:
991:
988:
987:
985:
978:
971:
970:
965:
962:
959:
955:
954:Bryony Lavery
952:
949:
948:
943:
940:
937:
933:
932:
927:
926:James Philips
924:
921:
917:
914:
910:
907:
904:
900:
897:
894:
890:
887:
884:
880:
879:Zinnie Harris
877:
874:
870:
866:
862:
859:
858:
856:
852:
845:
841:
838:
835:
831:
828:
824:
823:Ayub Khan-Din
821:
818:
814:
811:
808:
807:
802:
799:
796:
792:
788:
787:The Treatment
784:
781:
778:
774:
771:
767:
766:Terry Johnson
764:
761:
757:
754:
753:
751:
747:
740:
736:
733:
730:
726:
723:
719:
716:
713:
709:
705:
701:
698:
695:
691:
688:
685:
684:
679:
676:
673:
669:
666:
663:
659:
658:David Pownall
656:
655:
653:
649:
642:
639:
638:The Glad Hand
635:
631:
627:
624:
621:
617:
614:
611:
607:
604:
601:
598:
595:
592:
589:
585:
582:
579:
575:
572:
569:
565:
564:
562:
558:
551:
550:
545:
542:
539:
538:
533:
529:
528:
523:
520:
517:
516:
511:
510:Peter Nichols
508:
505:
501:
497:
496:
491:
488:
487:
485:
481:
477:
470:
465:
463:
458:
456:
451:
450:
447:
440:
437:
433:
431:
429:
425:
422:
421:
412:
411:0-8264-4959-X
408:
405:. Continuum.
404:
400:
396:
395:
384:
380:
375:
359:
355:
354:
348:
343:
337:
321:
317:
313:
306:
290:
286:
280:
276:
268:
266:
261:
259:
255:
251:
247:
243:
239:
238:
233:
228:
226:
225:Alice Englert
222:
218:
214:
210:
206:
202:
198:
197:
192:
188:
183:
181:
180:
175:
174:
169:
164:
162:
158:
154:
150:
146:
142:
141:George Gently
138:
134:
130:
126:
125:
124:George Gently
120:
116:
111:
109:
108:Dennis Potter
105:
101:
100:Blind Justice
97:
93:
89:
85:
81:
77:
76:
70:
68:
64:
60:
59:Awful Knawful
56:
52:
48:
44:
43:Tyne and Wear
40:
36:
32:
28:
22:
1003:
993:
967:
957:
945:
942:Dennis Kelly
935:
929:
919:
912:
902:
892:
889:Peter Rumney
882:
872:
869:Tanika Gupta
864:
843:
840:Roy Williams
833:
827:East is East
826:
816:
804:
795:The Clearing
794:
786:
783:Martin Crimp
776:
769:
759:
738:
728:
721:
711:
708:Heidi Thomas
703:
693:
681:
677:
671:
668:Karim Alrawi
661:
637:
629:
619:
609:
600:David Rudkin
587:
577:
567:
547:
535:
525:
522:Peter Barnes
513:
503:
500:Wole Soyinka
493:
490:Tom Stoppard
436:Burnt by the
435:
398:
374:
362:. Retrieved
351:
336:
324:. Retrieved
320:the original
315:
305:
293:. Retrieved
279:
262:
254:Rory Kinnear
250:Ciarán Hinds
235:
229:
205:Jamie Dornan
200:
194:
184:
177:
171:
165:
160:
148:
140:
123:
118:
112:
99:
73:
71:
66:
62:
61:(1978), and
58:
54:
35:screenwriter
26:
25:
1051:1951 births
861:David Greig
817:Some Voices
813:Joe Penhall
756:Lucy Gannon
735:Billy Roche
704:On the Edge
700:Guy Hibbert
634:Snoo Wilson
606:David Edgar
532:Edward Bond
438:Sun by in
434:Article on
213:Joe Dempsie
209:Freya Mavor
176:(1995) and
173:Funny Bones
168:screenplays
115:Alan Hunter
1020:Categories
995:The Author
990:Tim Crouch
899:Rona Munro
844:Starstruck
672:Migrations
594:John Arden
441:June 2010.
392:References
295:19 January
201:New Worlds
137:North East
31:playwright
969:The Pride
958:Stockholm
854:2000–2009
749:1990–1999
718:Nick Dear
651:1980–1989
630:Prejudice
616:David Lan
560:1970–1979
483:1967–1969
289:bbc.co.uk
187:Channel 4
185:In 2008,
151:producer
846:(1998/9)
358:Archived
234:'s film
217:Eve Best
182:(2002).
69:(1989).
57:(1978),
610:Destiny
383:YouTube
135:to the
133:Suffolk
129:BBC One
972:(2009)
960:(2008)
950:(2007)
922:(2005)
915:(2004)
905:(2003)
895:(2002)
885:(2001)
836:(1997)
829:(1996)
819:(1995)
809:(1994)
779:(1992)
772:(1991)
762:(1990)
741:(1989)
731:(1988)
724:(1986)
696:(1984)
686:(1983)
674:(1982)
664:(1981)
640:(1978)
622:(1976)
612:(1975)
602:(1974)
596:(1973)
590:(1972)
580:(1971)
570:(1970)
552:(1969)
518:(1967)
409:
403:London
364:21 May
326:22 May
248:actor
223:, and
127:, for
88:serial
67:Singer
39:Jarrow
980:2010–
588:AC/DC
379:Video
271:Notes
246:Irish
1002:for
998:and
992:for
982:9999
966:for
956:for
944:for
928:for
911:for
903:Iron
901:for
891:for
881:for
871:for
867:and
863:for
842:for
825:for
815:for
803:for
793:for
789:and
785:for
768:for
758:for
737:for
720:for
710:for
706:and
702:for
692:for
680:for
670:for
662:Beef
660:for
636:for
632:and
628:for
618:for
608:for
586:for
576:for
546:for
534:for
530:and
524:for
512:for
502:for
498:and
492:for
428:IMDb
407:ISBN
366:2009
328:2010
297:2007
84:BBC2
33:and
426:at
381:on
117:'s
80:BBC
1022::
356:.
350:.
314:.
287:.
267:.
227:.
219:,
215:,
211:,
207:,
193:,
41:,
468:e
461:t
454:v
413:.
368:.
330:.
299:.
23:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.