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Encyclopedia > Wilfred Greatorex
Wilfred Greaterox
Born May 27, 1922
Liverpool, England
Died October 14, 2002 (aged 80)
Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Occupation Television writer, Screenwriter, script editor, Television producer
Nationality British
Writing period 1959 - 1982
Genres Drama

Wilfred Greaterox (27 May 1922–14 October 2002)[1] was an English television and film writer, script editor and producer. He was creator of such series as Secret Army, 1990, Plane Makers and its sequel The Power Game, Hine, Brett, Man At The Top, Man From Haven and The Inheritors.[2] He also wrote the screenplay for the 1969 film Battle of Britain.[1] He was described by The Guardian newspaper as "one of the most prolific and assured of television script-writers and editors from the 1960s into the 1980s".[3] Starting off as a journalist, he got his big break as a TV writer on Lew Grade's ATV service writing dramas about journalism, such as Deadline Midnight and Front Page Story.[3] is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Taplow is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is one of the home counties in South East England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent... This article is about work. ... Screenwriting refers to the art and craft of writing screenplays. ... Screenwriters, scenarists, or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... Script Editor is a program included with Mac OS that allows AppleScripts to be written, debugged, and ran. ... The primary role of a television producer is to coordinate and control all aspects of production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking. ... In English usage, nationality is the legal relationship between a person and a country. ... A literary genre is one of the divisions of literature into genres according to particular criteria such as literary technique, tone, or content. ... For other uses, see Drama (disambiguation). ... is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... For other uses, see Secret Army (disambiguation) The Secret Army was an army of an estimated 30,000 Hmong tribesmen, trained by the United States CIA and commanded by General Vang Pao, that fought for the Royal Lao Government against Communist Pathet Lao forces in the Secret War. ... 1990 is a British television series produced by the BBC. The series is set in a dystopian future (dubbed Nineteen Eighty-Four plus six by its creator Wilfred Greatorex) where Britain is under the grip of the Department of Public Control, a tyrannically oppressive bureaucracy riding roughshod over the population... The Plane Makers is a British television series made by ATV for ITV between 1963 and 1965. ... For the 1943 Frank Capra documentary, see The Battle of Britain. ... For other uses, see Guardian. ... Lew Grade, Baron Grade (birth name Louis Winogradsky) (December 25, 1906 - December 13, 1998) was an influential showbusiness impresario and television company executive in the United Kingdom. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...


As a TV script editor he also worked on series such as Danger Man[1] and was also producer of The Inheritors, Hine and The Power Game.[1] This article is about the 1960s TV series which was also known as Secret Agent and shouldnt be confused with the 1990s television series Secret Agent Man. ...


In 1977, he came up with the dystopian drama series 1990 for BBC2, starring Edward Woodward. A series Greaterox himself dubbed "Nineteen Eighty-Four plus six". [4] Over its two series it portrayed "a Britain in which the rights of the individual had been replaced by the concept of the common good - or, as I put it more brutally, a consensus tyranny."[3] The same year he also devised (with Gerard Glaister) the BBC1 wartime drama Secret Army. The show later inspired the sitcom parody Allo Allo.[5] A dystopia (or alternatively cacotopia) is a fictional society, usually portrayed as existing in a future time, when the conditions of life are extremely bad due to deprivation, oppression, or terror. ... 1990 is a British television series produced by the BBC. The series is set in a dystopian future (dubbed Nineteen Eighty-Four plus six by its creator Wilfred Greatorex) where Britain is under the grip of the Department of Public Control, a tyrannically oppressive bureaucracy riding roughshod over the population... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and... Edward Albert Arthur Woodward (born June 1, 1930 Croydon, Surrey) is an English stage, film and television actor and singer. ... Gerard Glaister (1915-2005) is a British television producer and director best known for his work with the BBC. Amongst his most notable successes as a TV producer were Colditz, The Brothers, Secret Army and Howards Way. ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest United Kingdom, and indeed, the world. ... For other uses, see Secret Army (disambiguation) The Secret Army was an army of an estimated 30,000 Hmong tribesmen, trained by the United States CIA and commanded by General Vang Pao, that fought for the Royal Lao Government against Communist Pathet Lao forces in the Secret War. ... Allo Allo! was a British sitcom that ran on BBC1 from 1984 to 1992. ...


When talking about his writing style he said "I am opposed to soft-centred characters, which is why I don't create a lot of Robin Hoods. The world's full of hard cases, real villains. And they need to be confronted with other characters just as hard."[2]


His last series for television was Airline in 1982 (starring Roy Marsden).[5] He died in of renal failure in Buckinghamshire in 2002.[1] Roy Marsden as Neil Burnside in The Sandbaggers Roy Marsden (born on June 25, 1941 in Stepney, London) is a British actor. ... Renal failure or kidney failure is a situation in which the kidneys fail to function adequately. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is one of the home counties in South East England. ...


References

  1. ^ a b c d e Wilfred Greatorex. IMDB. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  2. ^ a b Vahimagi, Tise. Greaterox, Wilfred (1922-2002). Screenonline. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  3. ^ a b c Purser, Phillip (2002-10-17). Obituary: Wilfred Greaterox. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  4. ^ 1990 episode Guide. Action TV. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  5. ^ a b Wilfred Greaterox obituary. The Times (2002-10-17). Retrieved on 2008-03-02.

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External links

  • Screenonline page on Wilfred Greatorex
  • Wilfred Greatorex at IMDB
  • Obituary in The Guardian
  • Obituary in The Times

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Guardian Unlimited | Obituaries | Obituary: Wilfred Greatorex (839 words)
Wilfred Greatorex, who has died at the age of 80, was one of the most prolific and assured of television script-writers and editors from the 1960s into the 1980s, during which span they replaced novelists and movie-makers as the national dispensers of popular fiction.
Greatorex's series - he scarcely ever bothered with single plays - ranged in subject matter from aircraft manufacture to merchant banking, from Fleet Street journalism to a bleak vision of the future, and then back to aviation.
Greatorex's last series for ATV was Hine (1971), which seemed to set out to offend all liberal consciences by making its hero an arms salesman, and a private entrepreneur at that, but turned up trumps thanks to Barrie Ingham in the part and witty scripts from Peter Draper and others, as well as Greatorex himself.
The Name Of Greatorex (7053 words)
Anthony Greatorex was a direct descendent of Anthony GREATRAKES of Callow, Derbyshire, born in AD 1578 in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (Reliquary p.224 Callow section), Anthony Greatorex's son, Thomas, born in North Wingfield, on 18.7.1831 was the renowned Derbyshire organist, composer, court musician and friend of Handel.
At the establishment of the Ancient Concert, in 1776 Greatorex assisted in the Choruses, and continued a performer there until he was advised to try a northern climate for the re-establishment of his health, and in 1780 he accepted the situation of organist of Carlisle Cathedral.
Wilfred Greatorex the author and playwright was born in Liverpool and wrote the television series 'The Planemakers' as well as books.
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