LIST OF WORKS
LIST OF WORKS Malcolm Bradbury
TV, film and theatre credits
TOM BOWLER (half hour script for comedy series developed by Jack Rosenthal).
GRANADA TV, 1961. (TV)
THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS.
Various sketches contributed, 1962. (TV)
SWIZZLEWICK
(satirical bi-weekly soap for ATV, written with David Turner and Ken Hill). Several episodes, ATV Birmingham for ITV, 1963. (TV)
BETWEEN THESE FOUR WALLS
(comedy revue written with David Lodge and Jim Duckett, starring Julie Christie). BIRMINGHAM REPERTORY THEATRE, 3 week run, October-November 1963. (STAGE)
SLAP IN THE MIDDLE
(comedy revue written with David Lodge, David Turner, Jim Duckett). BIRMINGHAM REPERTORY THEATRE, 3 week run, Autumn 1965.
THE AFTER DINNER GAME
(75-minute television play written with Chris Bigsby). Director: Rob Knights. Producer: David Rose. With Timothy West, Rupert Davies, Margaret Whiting, Connie Booth. BBC-2 "PLAY FOR TODAY." 16 January, 1975.
STONES
(60-minute television play written with Chris Bigsby). Director: Graham Evans. Producer: Irene Shubik. BBC-1, THE MIND BEYOND SERIES. 1976.
LOVE ON A GUNBOAT
(75-minute television play). Director: Rob Knights. Producer: David Rose. With Stephen Moore, Barbara Flynn. BBC-2 "PLAY FOR TODAY." 4 January, 1977.
SEE A FRIEND THIS WEEKEND
(60 minute television play). Director: Rob Knights. ATV, April 1978.
THE ENIGMA
(75-minute play, based on a short story by John Fowles). Director: Rob Knights. Producer: David Rose. With Barbara Kellerman, Nigel Hawthorne, Ursula Howells, David Troughton. BBC-2 "PLAYHOUSE." 11 February, 1980
STANDING IN FOR HENRY
(60 minute play). Director: Michael Heffernan. Producer: Rosemary Hill. With Bridget Forsyth, Barbara Flynn, Donald Gee, Bill Nighy. BBC-2 "PLAYHOUSE." December, 1980.
RATES OF EXCHANGE
(5-60 minute series, from my own novel). Director: Chris Mineul. Producer: Michael Wearing. With Jack Shepherd, etc. Put into production 1984 by the BBC, but not completed for financial reasons.
BLOTT ON THE LANDSCAPE
(6 x 60 minute series, from the novel of the same title by Tom Sharpe). Director: Roger Bamford. Producer: Brian Eastman. With George Cole, Simon Cadell, Geraldine James, etc.. Picture Partnership Productions for BBC-1. Shown January-February 1985.
PORTERHOUSE BLUE
(4 x 55 minute series, from the novel of the same title by Tom Sharpe). Director: Rob Knights. Producer: Brian Eastman. With David Jason, John Sessions, Griff Rhys Jones, Esmond Knight, Paul Rodgers, etc. Picture Partnership Productions for Channel 4. Shown 3-24 June, 1987. (International Emmy Award, "Best Foreign Series," New York, 1988; various BAFTAs).
IMAGINARY FRIENDS
(3 x 55 minute series, from the novel of the same title by Alison Lurie). Director: Peter Sasdy. With Alison Steadman, etc. Thames TV for ITV. Shown 22-24 June, 1987.
SCENES FROM PROVINCIAL LIFE
(6 x 55 minute series, adapted from SCENES FROM PROVINCIAL LIFE and SCENES FROM METROPOLITAN LIFE by William Cowper). Commissioned by William Smethurst for Central TV. Still awaits production.
ANYTHING MORE WOULD BE GREEDY
(6 x 55 minute series, original.) Director: Rodney Bennett. With Stephen Fry, etc. Anglia for ITV. Shown July-August 1989.
THE GREEN MAN
(3 x 55 minute series, adapted from the novel of the same title by Kingsley Amis). Director: Elijah Moshinsky. With Albert Finney, Sarah Berger, Linda Marlowe, Michael Hordern, Bernard Levin. BBC-2 10, 17, 24 June, 1990.
BRILLIANT CREATURES
(3 x 55 minute series, from the novel of the same title by Clive James). Red Rooster Productions. Still awaits production.
THE GRAVY TRAIN
(4 x 55 minute series, original). Director: David Tucker. Producer; Ian Warren. With Ian Richardson, Christoph Waltz, Judy Parfitt, Alexei Sayle, etc. Portman Entertainment for Channel 4. Shown July/ August, 1990. ("Best screenplay" Silver Nymph Award, Monte Carlo, 1991).
THE GRAVY TRAIN GOES EAST
(4 x 55 minute series, original). Director: James Cellan Jones. Producer: Ian Warren. With Ian Richardon, Judy Parfitt, Francesca Annis, Jacques Sereys, Christoph Waltz, etc. Portman Entertainment for Channel 4. Shown October 1991. (Nominated for Royal Television Society and Writers' Guild Awards).
COLD COMFORT FARM
(105 minute film, adapted from the novel by Stella Gibbons). Director: John Schlesinger. Producer: Richard Brooke. With Kate Beckinsale, Joanna Lumley, Ian MacKellan, Eileen Atkins, Stephen Fry, etc. BBC-1, January 1, 1995 (repeated Jan 1, 1996). ("Best Film for TV," Banff Film Festival, 1995). Movie house release, USA, 1996 ("Critics' Choice"); Europe, 1997.
PEMBERTON BILLING AND THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK
(55 min film). Tiger Aspect for BBC, still awaits production.
A MIXTURE OF FRAILTIES
(110 minute feature film, adapted from the novel by Robertson Davies). Hometown Films, USA. Still awaits production.
AN AUTUMN SHROUD
(90 minute film in the DALZIEL AND PASCOE series, adapted from the novel AN APRIL SHROUD by Reginald Hill). Director: Richard Standeven. Producer: Eric Abrahams, Chris Parr. With Warren Clarke, Colin Buchanan, Suzannah Corbett, Francesca Annis, Robin Bailey. Portobello for BBC. BBC-1, 30 March 1996. Repeated BBC 1, 5 July, 1997. (Shortlisted for "Edgar" Crime Awards, 1997).
INSIDE TRADING.
A stage comedy in 3 acts, heavily adapted from the German of Paul Vulpius, Director: Henry Burke. NORWICH PLAYHOUSE, 3 weeks, November-December 1996.
A TOUCH OF FROST series 6, no 1.
PENNY FOR THE GUY (2 hr film, derived from novel by R.D. Wingfield). Director: Paul Seed. Producers: David Reynolds, Martin Auty. With David Jason, etc. Excelsior Productions for Yorkshire for ITV. Shown 9 February, 1997 (17.5 mill. viewers).
A TOUCH OF FROST, series 6, no 2.
HOUSE CALLS (2 hr film, derived from novel by R.D. Wingfield). Director: Graham Theakston. Producers: David Reynolds, Martin Auty. With David Jason, etc. Excelsior Productions for Yorkshire for ITV. Shown 16 February 1997 (19.5 mill viewers).
RULING PASSION
(95 minute film in the DALZIEL AND PASCOE series, Series 1, no 1; from the novel by Reginald Hill). Director: Gareth Davies. Producers: Paddy Higson, Eric Abrahams, Nick Pitt. With Michael Pennington, Freddie Jones, etc. Portobello Productions for BBC. BBC-1, 14 June, 1997. (9.5 mill).
A KILLING KINDNESS
(95 minute film in DALZIEL AND PASCOE series, Series 1, no 2; from the novel by Reginald Hill). Director: Ed Bennett. Portobello for BBC. BBC 1, 21 June, 1997 (10.5 mill).
KAVANAGH, QC, series 5.
INNOCENCY OF LIFE (90-minute original screenplay). Carlton TV for ITV. Director: Ferdinard Fairfax. Producers: Chris Kelly, Rob Pursey. ITV, March, 1998.
INSPECTOR MORSE.
THE WENCH IS DEAD (2-hour screenplay, adapted from novel by Colin Dexter). Carlton Television for ITV. Director: Rob Knights. Producers: Ted Childs, Chris Burt. ITV, 11 November, 1998
A TOUCH OF FROST, series 7.
1: APPENDIX MAN (2-hour original screenplay). Yorkshire TV for ITV. Director: Sandy Johnson. Producers: David Reynolds, Richard Bates, David Jason. ITV, 7 March, 1999.
A TOUCH OF FROST, series 7.
4: KEYS TO THE CAR (2-hour original screenplay). Yorkshire TV for ITV. Director: Adrian Shergold. Producers: David Reynolds, Richard Bates, David Jason. ITV, 28 March, 1999.
COFFIN, SCARCELY USED
(2 hour screenplay, based on the novel by Colin Watson). East Wind Productions for ITV. Awaits production.
A SUITABLE VENGEANCE
(2 x 90 min. screenplay, based on the novel by Elizabeth George). For the BBC. Awaits production.
DALZIEL AND PASCOE, Series 5.
2: CUNNING OLD FOX (75 min. original screenplay, with Stephen Attridge). BBC. Director: Producers: Richard Langridge and Andy Rowley. BBC 1, July, 2000.
DALZIEL AND PASCOE, Series 5.
3: FOREIGN BODIES (75 min. original screenplay). BBC. Director: David Wheatley. Producers: Richard Langridge, Andy Rowley. BBC 1, July, 2000.
FLUSH.
(105 minute feature film, adapted from the book of that title by Virginia Woolf). The Flush Group, NY and Los Angeles. Still awaits production.
IN THE RED
(3 x 60 minutes, freely adapted from the novel of the same title by Mark Tavener). Producer: Sarah Smith, BBC Comedy Entertainment. BBC-2, May, 1998.
VERY SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP: THE WARTIME 'AFFAIR' OF CHURCHILL AND ROOSEVELT.
3 X 90 MINS. Episode 1 written. Carnival Films.
DOCTOR CRIMINALE
(2 X 2 hour adaptation of my own novel). Zed Productions. Producers: Sophie Balhachet and Glenn Wildeve. Unmade.
TAMARA
(3 x 55 minute series.) Leading Ladies Productions. Unmade.
SPY CLUB
(based on the memoirs of Mikhail Lubyimov), several planned episodes, draft episode 1. Muscovy Films. Unmade.
FURLING THE FLAG
(3 x 90 minute orginal series). Kensington Films. Producers: Martyn Auty and Margot Gavan Duffy. Unmade.
Other TV programmes
ONE PAIR OF EYES
{writer at work programme]. Director, Cathy Collis. BBC-TV, October 1981.
Literary advisor, THE MODERN WORLD: TEN GREAT WRITERS.
Various directors. LWT South Bank Show for ITV, January/February 1988.
Scripter/presenter, THE EIGHTIES: HEROES AND VILLAINS.
Director, Andrew Gosling. BBC-TV, 15 February 1990.
Presenter, WRITING TODAY.
Panel with Arthur Miller, Fay Weldon & John Berger from the Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival, April 1990.
Radio Plays, Documentaries and Adaptations
Various plays for the BBC and the CBC, including an early CBC drama PLANE OUT OF ICELAND (1952). More recently A VERY HOSPITABLE PERSON (60 min radio play, BBC Radio 3, July 23, 1971), CONGRESS, a 30-min. drama with Anthony Sher, producer Richard Wortley ("Thirty Minute Theatre," Radio 4, October 31, 1981), and SEE A FRIEND THIS WEEKEND, 45-min. drama, producer Richard Wortley, Radio 4, Spring 1985. Also PATTERSON, 6 x 30 min. comedy series (written with Chris Bigsby), Radio 4, 1985.
A number of serial or single-play drama adaptations for BBC radio, several with Elizabeth Bradbury. They include David Storey, THIS SPORTING LIFE, and William Cooper, SCENES FROM PROVINCIAL LIFE and SCENES FROM MARRIED LIFE.
Various documentaries, including PARIS FRANCE, feature programme about American writers in Paris in the 1920s, with many recorded interviews made in New York, BBC Third Programme, February 1960.
Regular contributor to CRITIC'S FORUM, KALEIODSCOPE, etc.
Stage Plays
BETWEEN THESE FOUR WALLS.
A comic revue written by Malcolm Bradbury, David Lodge and Jim Duckett, starring Julie Christie. Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 3 weeks, Autumn 1963.
SLAP IN THE MIDDLE.
A comic revue written by Malcolm Bradbury, David Lodge, David Turner and Jim Duckett. Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 3 weeks, Autumn 1965.
INSIDE TRADING.
A comedy in three acts, heavily adapted from Paul Vulpius. Norwich Playhouse, 3 weeks, November-December 1996.
SCENES FROM PROVINCIAL LIFE.
A comedy in three acts, adapted from the novel by William Cooper.
PEMBERTON BILLING AND THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK.
A political comedy in three acts.