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David Turner

Born March 18, 1927 · Birmingham, England, UK

Died December 11, 1990 · aged 63

David Turner was a British stage playwright and writer for television.

Known For

C₂H₅OHC₂H₅OH · 1980
C₂H₅OH
8.01980
MovieDramaTV Movie
Play on the problems of alcoholism.
All the Way UpAll the Way Up · 1970
All the Way Up
7.01970
MovieComedy
Fred Midway may be a bit short on brains, but he's got plenty of ambition. However, before he can gain promotion as a salesman, he must make his family more socially acceptable.
Way Off BeatWay Off Beat · 1966
Way Off Beat
7.01966
MovieDramaTV Movie
Arthur Bradshaw is a successful fixer, with plans to start a night club.
Play for TodayPlay for Today · 1970
Play for Today
6.61970
SeriesDrama
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.
Theatre 625Theatre 625 · 1964
Theatre 625
7.21964
SeriesDrama
Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.
Fall of EaglesFall of Eagles · 1974
Fall of Eagles
7.01974
SeriesDrama
"Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series portrays historical events from 1848 to 1918, dealing with the collapse of the ruling dynasties of Austria-Hungary (the Habsburgs), Germany (the Hohenzollerns) and Russia (the Romanovs).
The EdwardiansThe Edwardians · 1972
The Edwardians
6.21972
SeriesDrama
The Edwardians is an eight-part miniseries broadcast in 1972–73. An anthology, each 90-minute episode explores influential figure(s) of the Edwardian era: Charles Rolls and Henry Royce; Horatio Bottomley; E. Nesbit; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Robert Baden-Powell; Marie Lloyd; Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick; and David Lloyd George.
The Roads to FreedomThe Roads to Freedom · 1970
The Roads to Freedom
4.11970
SeriesDrama
Taboo-busting adaptation for television of Jean-Paul Sartre's trilogy.

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