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Fully revised and updated new edition of the biography of legendary scriptwriter Nigel Kneale. This fully revised new edition of Kneale's biography charts his extraordinary career, from his childhood on the Isle of Man, to his fraught days at the BBC, strange adventures in Hollywood, and eventually status as a legend to legions of devotees. It draws on a wealth of research and many hours of interviews with the subject himself, as well as prominent admirers including John Carpenter, Ramsey Campbell, Grant Morrison, Russell T Davies, and Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson of the League of Gentlemen.

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9781909394469

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Nigel Kneale basically invented popular TV -- Mark Gatiss

Nigel Kneale basically invented popular TV -- Mark Gatiss

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A prolific writer and critic with a particular interest in cult British film and television, Andy Murray programmed the annual Darkness Over Britain screenings at Manchester's Cornerhouse and was consultant to the BBC4 documentary The Kneale Tapes.

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