Adrian Hodges (born 4 February 1957) is an English television and

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writer. He has won a BAFTA Award.

Life and career

He began his career in journalism for ''

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'' magazine "Profile: Adrian Hodges"

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and his screenwriting debut was the 1991 television drama ''Tell Me That You Love Me'', followed by screenplays for ''

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'' (1992) and '' Tom & Viv'' (1994) for which

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and Rosemary Harris both received Oscar nominations. After his film adaptation of Julian Barnes's '' Metroland'' (1997) Hodges concentrated on writing for television, including '' Amongst Women'' (1998), his adaptation of John McGahern's novel for

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, which received a BAFTA award for Best Serial and won the Grand Prix award at the Banff Television Festival, ''

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'' (2001) and '' Charles II: The Power and The Passion'' (2003). In 2005 he wrote the episode " Triumph" for the

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- BBC series '' Rome''. He has since adapted two of Philip Pullman's Sally Lockhart stories for TV: '' The Ruby in the Smoke'' (2006) and '' The Shadow in the North'' (production completed 2007). He is co-creator of the ITV sci-fi drama '' Primeval'', for which he wrote nine episodes in five series. In 2008 he was also reported to be working on and a new adaptation of ''

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''. On 22 November 2007, the BBC announced that they were going to remake '' Survivors'', as written by Adrian Hodges. Two series were shown on BBC One, in 2008 and 2010. Hodges wrote the screenplay for the 2011 film '' My Week with Marilyn''. Adrian Hodges created the BBC television series '' The Musketeers'', based on the

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characters, which aired its first season from January to March 2014.

Writing credits

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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