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Alan Plater

Alan Frederick Plater was one of Britain's most prolific, original and entertaining writers whose work for television, radio, theatre and the cinema, not to mention his six novels, constitutes an unparalleled body of work.

English
  • Born In Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
  • Born April 15, 1935
  • Died June 25, 2010
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Writer

Episode Sherlock Holmes (1984)
The Man with the Twisted Lip
1986
Episode Z Cars
Tuesday Afternoon
1963
Episode Softly Softly
Sunday, Sweet Sunday
1970
Episode Frank Stubbs Promotes
Mr. Chairman
1994
Episode Softly Softly
At Risk
1976
Episode Softly Softly
Without Favour
1970
Episode Z Cars
One Day In Spring Street
1964
Episode Maigret (1992)
Maigret and the Burglar’s Wife
1992
Episode Flambards
Christina
1979
Episode Z Cars
First Foot
1964
Episode Z Cars
Promise Made
1964
Episode Softly Softly
If I Can Help Somebody
1968
Episode Campion
Look to the Lady (1)
1989
Episode Softly Softly
Ground Level
1971
Episode Flambards
Edge of the Cloud
1979
Episode Dalziel and Pascoe
A Clubbable Woman
1996
Episode Flambards
Sing No Sad Songs
1979
Episode Z Cars
Brotherly Love
1965
Episode The Edwardians
The Reluctant Juggler
1972
Episode Softly Softly
See The Rabbit
1968
Episode Lewis
And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea
2008
Episode Dalziel and Pascoe
An Advancement of Learning
1996
Episode Flambards
The Inheritance
1979
Episode Z Cars
A Question Of Storage
1964
Episode Screen One
Doggin' Around
1994
Episode The Beiderbecke Tapes
The Beiderbecke Tapes
1987
Episode The Barchester Chronicles
Episode 1
1982
Episode Z Cars
Teething Trouble
1965
Episode The Beiderbecke Tapes
The Beiderbecke Tapes
1987
Episode Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt
Three Fifths of the World Loves A Lover
1976
Episode Softly Softly
An Old Song
1968
Episode Crane
Return of a Hero
1963
Episode Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt
We Are The Masters Now
1976
Episode The Barchester Chronicles
Episode 2
1982
Episode Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt
There Are Several Businesses Like Show Business
1976
Episode Fortunes of War
The Balkans: September 1939
1987
Episode Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt
The Grand Outing
1976
Episode Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt
The Master Builder
1976
Episode Fortunes of War
Romania: January 1940
1987
Episode Z Cars
Partners
1965
Episode Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt
Ladies Desire
1976
Episode The Barchester Chronicles
Episode 3
1982
Episode Fortunes of War
Romania: June 1940
1987
Episode Fortunes of War
Greece: October 1940
1987
Episode Fortunes of War
Egypt: April 1941
1987
Episode Z Cars
The Mice Will Play
1965
Episode Softly Softly
Going Quietly
1968
Episode The Barchester Chronicles
Episode 4
1982
Episode Miss Marple
A Murder is Announced (1)
1985
Episode Softly Softly
Policeman's Lot:, A (1) The Row on the Stairs
1972
Episode Miss Marple
A Murder is Announced (2)
1985
Episode Miss Marple
A Murder is Announced (3)
1985
Episode Fortunes of War
Egypt: September 1942
1987
Episode Softly Softly
Policeman's Lot:, A (2) You Pays Your Money
1972
Episode A Very British Coup
Part 1
1988
Episode Softly Softly
On Christmas Day In The Morning
1968
Episode A Very British Coup
Part 2
1988
Episode Softly Softly
Policeman's Lot:, A (3) It Depends Where You're Standing
1972
Episode A Very British Coup
Part 3
1988
Episode Dalziel and Pascoe
Deadheads
1997
Episode Premiere
Give Us a Kiss, Christabel
1977
Episode Fortunes of War
The Middle East: January 1943
1987
Episode Sherlock Holmes (1984)
The Solitary Cyclist
1984
Episode BBC2 Play of the Week
Night People
1978
Episode Z Cars
Suspected Murder
1965
Episode Campion
Look to the Lady (2)
1989
Episode Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt
Daze Of Hope
1977
Episode Cribb
Wobble to Death
1980
Episode The Barchester Chronicles
Episode 5
1982
Episode Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt
The Game Of The Name
1977
Episode Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt
Raffles
1977
Episode Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt
Selwyn Rides Again
1977
Episode The Beiderbecke Connection
Oh look - it's average sized Trevor Chaplin
1988
Episode The Barchester Chronicles
Episode 6
1982
Episode Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt
Alphabetical Orders
1977
Episode Z Cars
Error of Judgement
1965
Episode Softly Softly
Welcome to the Club
1972
Episode Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt
The Protection Racket
1977
Episode The Beiderbecke Connection
Hello Sir, Hello Miss
1988
Episode Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt
Just Cause And Impediment
1977
Episode The Barchester Chronicles
Episode 7
1982
Episode Z Cars
A Try By Weir
1963
Episode Oliver's Travels
Looking for Aristotle
1995
Episode Z Cars
Warning Shots
1965
Episode Softly Softly
Sleeping Dogs
1966
Episode Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt
Be It Ever So Humble, There's No Place...
1977
Episode The Beiderbecke Connection
Is he the lodger?
1988
Episode Z Cars
Family Reunion
1964
Episode Z Cars
Wilful Destruction
1965
Episode Midsomer Murders
A Tale of Two Hamlets
2003
Episode Softly Softly
No Life for a Woman
1973
Episode Oliver's Travels
Land of My Fathers
1995
Episode The Beiderbecke Connection
What do we have on hockey sticks?
1988
Episode Softly Softly
James McNeil, Aged 23
1967
Episode Dalziel and Pascoe
Bones and Silence
1998
Episode Z Cars
Routine Inquiries
1965
Episode Oliver's Travels
Why Did We Eat the Frogs
1995
Episode The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Simisola: Part One
1996
Episode Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt
Around the House
1977
Episode Oliver's Travels
The Farquhar Connection
1995
Episode Softly Softly
Write Off
1969
Episode Softly Softly
Trouble-Maker
1974
Episode The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Simisola: Part Two
1996
Episode Softly Softly
The Same The Whole World Over
1967
Episode The Beiderbecke Affair
What I don't understand is this...
1985
Episode Softly Softly
Domestic Incident
1974
Episode The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Simisola: Part Three
1996
Episode Z Cars
A Quiet Night
1963
Episode The Beiderbecke Affair
Can anybody join in?
1985
Episode Z Cars
That's The Way It Is
1965
Episode Maigret (1992)
The Patience of Maigret
1992
Episode Softly Softly
A Piece Of Waste Ground
1967
Episode Softly Softly
A Day's Work
1974
Episode The Beiderbecke Affair
We call it the White Economy
1985
Episode Oliver's Travels
Do We Look Like That?
1995
Episode The Beiderbecke Affair
Um ... I know what you're thinking
1985
Episode The Beiderbecke Affair
That was a very funny evening
1985
Episode Softly Softly
Standing Orders
1970
Episode The Beiderbecke Affair
We are on the brink of a new era, if only...
1985
Episode Softly Softly
Protection
1975
Episode Flambards
Blooding
1979
Episode The Beiderbecke Affair
The Beiderbecke Tapes
1987
Episode The Beiderbecke Affair
The Beiderbecke Tapes
1987

Guest Star

Episode Omnibus (1967)
Ronnie Scott ... and All That Jazz
1989