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| Television credits |
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| A SMASHING DAY | BBC tx 17/8/1962 | script |
| THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS | BBC tx 12/1/1963 | script |
| Z CARS: Try by Weir | BBC tx 22/5/1963 | script |
| CRANE: Return of a Hero | ITV tx 11/6/1963 | script |
| Z CARS: A Quiet Night | BBC tx 2/10/1963 | script |
| Z CARS: Tuesday Afternoon | BBC tx 4/12/1963 | script |
| Z CARS: Promise Made | BBC tx 15/1/1964 | script |
| Z CARS: A Question of Storage | BBC tx 19/2/1964 | script |
| CRANE: Gypsy's Warning | ITV tx 16/3/1964 | script |
| FIRST NIGHT: Ted's Cathedral | BBC tx 28/3/1964 | script |
| A QUESTION OF HAPPINESS: Fred | ITV tx 18/5/1964 | script |
| Z CARS: Family Reunion | BBC1 tx 17/6/1964 | script |
| ARMCHAIR THEATRE: The Incident | ITV tx 25/4/1965 | script |
| FRONT PAGE STORY: Public Interest | ITV tx 9/2/1965 | script |
| THE VILLAINS: Three To A Cell | ITV tx 15/1/1965 | script |
| Z CARS: Brotherly Love | BBC1 tx 27/1/1965 | script |
| Z CARS: Error of Judgment | BBC1 tx 9/6/1965 | script |
| THEATRE 625: Portraits from the North: The Nutter | BBC2 tx 5/12/1965 | script |
| NEW RELEASE | BBC2 tx 17/2/1966 | subject of programme |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: The Short Cut | BBC1 tx 11/5/1966 | script |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: Best Out of Three | BBC1 tx 8/6/1966 | script |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: Sleeping Dogs | BBC1 tx 30/11/1966 | script |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: James McNeil, Aged 23 | BBC1 tx 18/1/1967 | script |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: The Same the Whole World Over | BBC1 tx 8/3/1967 | script |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: A Place of Waste Ground | BBC1 tx 5/4/1967 | script |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: Material Evidence | BBC1 tx 18/10/1967 | script |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: The Mind of the Beholder | BBC1 tx 29/11/1967 | script |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: Who's Mr. Smith? | BBC1 tx 20/12/1967 | script |
| THEATRE 625: To See How Far It Is | BBC2 tx 1-15/1/1968 (3 pts) | script |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: If I Can Help Somebody | BBC1 tx 14/3/1968 | script |
| FIRST LADY | BBC1 tx 7/4/1968 | script |
| TALKBACK | BBC1 tx 26/5/1968 | on-screen participant |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: See the Rabbit | BBC1 tx 3/10/1968 | script |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: An Old Song | BBC1 tx 7/11/1968 | script |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: Going Quietly | BBC1 tx 19/12/1968 | script |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: On Christmas Day in the Morning | BBC1 tx 27/12/1968 | script |
| SCENE: Terry | BBC1 tx 30/1/1969 | script |
| THE WEDNESDAY PLAY: Close the Coalhouse Door | BBC1 tx 22/10/1969 | script |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: Write Off | BBC1 tx 13/11/1969 | script |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: TASK FORCE: Standing Orders | BBC1 tx 15/1/1970 | script |
| THE WEDNESDAY PLAY: Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred | BBC1 tx 28/1/1970 | script |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: TASK FORCE: Sunday, Sweet Sunday | BBC1 tx 23/9/1970 | script |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: TASK FORCE: Without Favour | BBC1 tx 28/10/1970 | script |
| OMNIBUS: It'll All Be Live on the Night | BBC1 tx 1/11/1970 | on-screen participant |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: TASK FORCE: Ground Level | BBC1 tx 6/1/1971 | script |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: TASK FORCE: A Policeman's Lot | BBC1 tx 23/2-8/3/1972 (3 pts) | script |
| PLAYHOUSE: Seventeen Per Cent Said Push Off | ITV tx 22/5/1972 | script |
| BEDTIME STORIES: Goldilocks and the Three Bears | BBC1 tx 3/3/1974 | on-screen participant |
| OMNIBUS: All Things to All People | BBC1 tx 14/5/1974 | on-screen participant |
| THE EDWARDIANS: The Reluctant Juggler | BBC2 tx 26/12/1972 | script |
| PLAY FOR TODAY: Land of Green Ginger | BBC1 tx 15/1/1973 | script |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: TASK FORCE: No Life For A Woman | BBC1 tx 10/10/1973 | script |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: TASK FORCE: Trouble Maker | BBC1 tx 2/1/1974 | script |
| SPORTING SCENES: The Needle Match | BBC2 tx 6/1/1974 | script |
| SHOULDER TO SHOULDER: Annie Kenney | BBC2 tx 10/4/1974 | script |
| OMNIBUS: Wish You Were Here | BBC1 tx 15/4/1974 | on-screen participant |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: TASK FORCE: Domestic Incident | BBC1 tx 25/9/1974 | script |
| OH NO, IT'S SELWYN FROGGIT | ITV tx 30/9/1974 | script |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: TASK FORCE: A Day's Work | BBC1 tx 30/10/1974 | script |
| LONER | ITV tx 7-21/5/1975 (3 pts) | script |
| THE STARS LOOK DOWN | ITV tx 4/9-27/11/1975 (13 pts) | adaptation |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: TASK FORCE: Protection | BBC1 tx 10/9/1975 | script |
| TRINITY TALES | BBC2 tx 21/11-26/12/1975 (6 pts) | script, lyricist |
| WILLOW CABINS | ITV tx 1/12/1975 | script |
| OH NO - IT'S SELWYN FROGGITT (series 1) | ITV tx 7/1-11/2/1976 (6 eps) | script |
| PLAYHOUSE: Practical Experience | BBC2 tx 16/4/1976 | script |
| A TYNESIDE ENTERTAINMENT | BBC2 tx 31/7/1976 | script |
| GOING TO WORK: Seven Days That Shook Young Jim | BBC1 tx 4/10/1976 | script |
| SOFTLY, SOFTLY: TASK FORCE: At Risk | BBC1 tx 10/11/1976 | script |
| OH NO - IT'S SELWYN FROGGITT (series 2) | ITV tx 21/2-4/4/1977 (7 eps) | script |
| ARENA: Theatre, A Night Out | BBC2 tx 23/3/1977 | interviewee |
| PLAYHOUSE: Short Back and Sides | ITV tx 3/5/1977 | script |
| MIDDLEMEN | BBC1 tx 15/6-20/7/1977 (6 eps) | script |
| THE FOSDYKE SAGA | BBC2 tx 20/7/1977 | script |
| HERE I STAND...: By Christian Judges Condemned | ITV tx 7/8/1977 | script |
| FOR THE LOVE OF ALBERT | BBC2 tx 22/9-20/10/1977 (5 eps) | script |
| PREMIERE: Give Us a Kiss, Christabel | BBC2 tx 27/10/1977 | script |
| OH NO - IT'S SELWYN FROGGITT: Be It Ever So Humble There's No Place | ITV tx 8/11/1977 | script |
| PLAY FOR LOVE: Party of the First Part | ITV tx 16/4/1978 | script |
| CURRICULEE CURRICULA | BBC2 tx 22/5/1978 | script |
| PLAY OF THE WEEK: Night People | BBC2 tx 16/12/1978 | script |
| FLAMBARDS | ITV tx 2/2/1979 | script |
| FLAMBARDS | ITV tx 23/2/1979 | script |
| FLAMBARDS | ITV tx 9/3/1979 | script |
| PLAYHOUSE: Blacktoft Diaries - True or False? | ITV tx 10/4/1979 | script |
| CRIBB: Wobble to Death | BBC1 tx 11/5/1980 | script |
| THE GOOD COMPANIONS | ITV tx 14/11/1980-16/1/1981 (9 pts) | adaptation |
| RISK: Reunion | BBC1 tx 1981 | author of the original work |
| GET LOST! | ITV tx 12/6-3/7/1981 | script |
| THE QUEEN OPENS THE HUMBER BRIDGE | BBC2 tx 17/7/1981 | interviewee |
| RISK: Reunion Discussed | BBC2 tx 11/10/1981 | author of original work |
| TELEVISION WORLD: Truth Game | BBC2 tx 2/11/1981 | on-screen participant |
| NATIONWIDE | BBC1 tx 16/4/1982 | interviewee |
| THE BARCHESTER CHRONICLES | BBC1 tx 10/11-22/12/1982 (7 pts) | script |
| THANK YOU, MRS. CLINKSCALES | ITV tx 5/1/1983 | script |
| SHADES OF DARKNESS: Intercessor | ITV tx 3/6/1983 | script |
| SHADES OF DARKNESS: Feet Foremost | ITV tx 10/6/1983 | script |
| SHADES OF DARKNESS: Bewitched | ITV tx 8/7/1983 | script |
| THE CONSULTANT | BBC1 tx 11/6-2/7/1983 (4 pts) | script |
| THE CLARION VAN | ITV tx 5/7/1983 | script |
| BIG MEETING - A CELEBRATION OF THE DURHAM MINER'S GALA | BBC North West tx 15/6/1983; BBC2 tx 16/7/1983 | script, presenter |
| PRIDE OF OUR ALLEY | ITV tx 23/12/1983 | script |
| THE FAMILY RULES | BBC1 tx 6/1/1984 | script |
| ENGLISH JOURNEY: To Teeside, York and Hull | BBC2 tx 14/5/1984 | interviewee |
| THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: The Solitary Cyclist | ITV tx 15/5/1984 | script |
| CALENDAR TUESDAY: Cool Cat Composer | ITV tx 19/6/1984 | interviewee |
| ON YOUR WAY, RILEY | Channel 4 tx 2/1/1985 | script |
| THE BEIDERBECKE AFFAIR | BBC1 tx 6/1-10/2/1985 (6 pts) | script |
| MISS MARPLE: A Murder is Announced | BBC1 tx 28/2-2/3/1985 (3 pts) | script |
| THE NATURAL WORLD: Edward Lear - On the Edge of the Sand | BBC2 tx 14/4/1985 | script |
| SOVIET TELEVISION: FACT AND FICTION: Fiction | BBC2 tx 28/11/1985 | on-screen participant |
| CRYSTAL SPIRIT - ORWELL ON JURA | BBC1 tx 20/12/1985 | script |
| COMING THROUGH | ITV tx 27/12/1985 | script |
| THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: The Man with the Twisted Lip | ITV tx 13/8/1986 | script |
| COVER TO COVER | BBC2 tx 25/2/1987 | guest |
| FORTUNES OF WAR | BBC1 tx 11/10-22/11/1987 (7 pts) | script |
| THE BEIDERBECKE TAPES | ITV tx 13/12 & 20/12/1987 (2 pts) | script |
| DAYTIME LIVE | BBC1 tx 11/3/1988 | interviewee |
| A VERY BRITISH COUP | Channel 4 tx 19/6-3/7/1988 (3 pts) | adaptation |
| SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER | BBC1 tx 7/7/1988 | on-screen participant |
| OPEN AIR: One Day in the Life of Television | BBC1 tx 21/10/1988 | on-screen participant |
| THE BEIDERBECKE CONNECTION | ITV tx 27/11-18/12/1988 (4 pts) | script |
| CAMPION: Look to the Lady | BBC1 tx 22 & 29/1/1989 (2 pts) | script |
| A DAY IN SUMMER | ITV tx 1/2/1989 | screenplay |
| THE BRITISH ACADEMY AWARDS | BBC1 tx 19/3/1989 | award recipient |
| BOOKS BY MY BEDSIDE: Alan Plater | ITV tx 26/4/1989 | interviewee |
| TALES OF SHERWOOD FOREST: Opening Night | BBC1 tx 11/6/1989 | script, creator |
| THE MEDIA SHOW | Channel 4 tx 12/11/1989 | interviewee |
| WHO BOMBED BIRMINGHAM? | ITV tx 28/3/1990 | script consultant |
| FIRST TUESDAY: Swing Under the Swastika | ITV tx 2/10/1990 | narrator |
| THE PLAY ON ONE: Misterioso | BBC1 tx 25/7/1991 | script |
| MAIGRET: The Patience of Maigret | BBC1 tx 9/2/1992 | script |
| MAIGRET: Maigret and the Burglar's Wife | BBC1 tx 16/2/1992 | script |
| SLATE | BBC1 tx 4/6/1993 | interviewee |
| WESTMINSTER | BBC2 tx 18/6/1993 | interviewee |
| BOOKMARK: A Few Selected Exits | BBC2 tx 27/6/1993 | script |
| BREAKFAST WITH FROST | BBC1 tx 27/3/1994 | interviewee |
| DENNIS POTTER - A LIFE IN TELEVISION | BBC2 tx 7/6/1994 | on-screen participant |
| FRANK STUBBS: Mr Chairman | BBC1 tx 8/8/1994 | script |
| SCREEN ONE: Doggin' Around | BBC1 tx 16/10/1994 | script |
| OLIVER'S TRAVELS | BBC1 tx 11/6-9/7/1995 (5 pts) | script |
| LATE REVIEW | BBC2 tx 15/6/1995 | interviewee |
| THE RUTH RENDELL MYSTERIES: Simisola | ITV tx 26/1-9/2/1996 (3 pts) | script |
| DALZIEL & PASCOE: A Clubbable Woman | BBC1 tx 16/3/1996 | adaptation |
| DALZIEL & PASCOE: An Advancement of Learning | BBC1 tx 23/3/1996 | adaptation |
| SPARK OF JOY | BBC2 tx 31/7/1996 | on-screen participant |
| HEROES OF COMEDY: LES DAWSON | Channel 4 tx 16/4/1997 | interviewee |
| DALZIEL & PASCOE: Deadheads | BBC1 tx 28/6/1997 | script |
| DALZIEL & PASCOE: Bones and Silence | BBC1 tx 18/10/1998 | adaptation |
| THIS IS YOUR LIFE: Brian Murphy | BBC1 tx 5/1/1998 | on-screen participant |
| RUTH RENDELL MOVIE: INSPECTOR WEXFORD IN SIMISOLA | ITV tx 13/8/1999 | script |
| LAST OF THE BLONDE BOMBSHELLS | HBO (US) tx 26/8/2000; BBC1 tx 3/9/2000 | script |
| MIDSOMER MURDERS: A Tale of Two Hamlets | ITV1 tx 24/1/2003 | script |
| THE SUNDAY INTERVIEW | ITV1 tx 25/5/2003 | interviewee |
| TIME SHIFT: Tyneside | BBC Four tx 12/6/2003 | on-screen participant |
| BELONGING | ITV1 tx 12/9/2004 | script |
| AMAZING GRACIE: THE GRACIE FIELDS STORY | BBC Four tx 23/9/2004; BBC2 tx 16/10/2004 | on-screen participant |
| TIME SHIFT: Alan Plater: Hearing the Music | BBC Four tx 26/3/2005 | subject of programme |
| TIME SHIFT: Tyneside Reinvented | BBC Four tx 7/8/2005 | on-screen participant |
| AFTERNOON PLAY: The Last Will and Testament of Billy Two-Sheds | BBC1 tx 17/1/2006 | script |
| LEWIS: Old School Ties | ITV1 tx 25/2/2007 | script |
| LEWIS: And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea | ITV1 tx 24/2/2008 | script |
| LEWIS: The Quality of Mercy | ITV1 tx 29/3/2009 | script |
| LEWIS: Your Sudden Death Question | ITV1 tx 16/5/2010 | script |
| JOE MADDISON'S WAR | ITV1 tx 16/9/2010 | script |
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| Film credits |
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| THE VIRGIN AND THE GYPSY | 1970 | screenplay |
| JUGGERNAUT | US/UK, 1974 | additional dialogue |
| IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO A VET | 1976 | screenplay |
| SAM'S SONG | 1979 | screenplay |
| THE FIRST FEW YEARS | 1980 | screenplay |
| PRIEST OF LOVE | 1980 | screenplay |
| SLAGSKÄMPEN / THE INSIDE MAN | Sweden/UK, 1984 | screenplay |
| KEEP THE ASPIDISTRA FLYING | 1997 | screenplay |
