Alan Bromly (1915–1995) was a British

television director A television director is in charge of the activities involved in making a television program or section of a program. They are generally responsible for decisions about the editorial content and creative style of a program, and ensuring the prod ...

, producer and actor. Bromly also directed two feature films, '' The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp'' and '' Follow That Horse!''. Amongst the television series he produced was ''

Out of the Unknown ''Out of the Unknown'' is a British television science fiction and horror anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Most episodes of the first three series were dramatisations of s ...

'' for the BBC.Wheatley p.71 He was married to the actress June Ellis.

Selected filmography

* '' The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp'' (1954, film) * '' Portrait of Alison'' (1955, TV series) * '' Follow That Horse!'' (1960, film) * ''

Z-Cars ''Z-Cars'' or ''Z Cars'' (pronounced "zed cars") is a British television police procedural series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police and CID detectives in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, near Liverpool. Produced by ...

'' (1963, TV series) * ''

Melissa Melissa is a feminine given name. The name comes from the Greek language, Greek word μέλισσα (''mélissa''), "bee", which in turn comes from μέλι (''meli''), "honey". In Hittite language, Hittite, ''melit'' signifies "honey". Meliss ...

'' (1964, TV series) * '' An Enemy of the State'' (1965, TV series) * '' Bat Out of Hell'' (1966, TV series) * '' Take a Pair of Private Eyes'' (1966, TV series) * ''

Witch Hunt A witch hunt, or a witch purge, is a search for people who have been labeled witches or a search for evidence of witchcraft. Practicing evil spells or Incantation, incantations was proscribed and punishable in early human civilizations in the ...

'' (1967, TV series) * '' Paul Temple'' (1969, TV series) * ''

'' (1969-1971, TV series) * ''

Crown Court The Crown Court is the criminal trial court, court of first instance in England and Wales responsible for hearing all indictable offences, some Hybrid offence, either way offences and appeals of the decisions of magistrates' courts. It is ...

'' (1972-1977, TV series) * ''

Justice In its broadest sense, justice is the idea that individuals should be treated fairly. According to the ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', the most plausible candidate for a core definition comes from the ''Institutes (Justinian), Inst ...

'' (1973, TV series) * ''

Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British television soap opera that is broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a List of fictional towns and villages, fict ...

'' (1973, TV series) * ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...

'': '' The Time Warrior'' (1973-4), '' Nightmare of Eden'' (1979) (TV series) * '' Swiss Family Robinson'' (1974-1976, TV series) * ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...

'' (1977-1980, TV series) * '' Crossroads'' (1977-1978)

References

Bibliography

* Von Gunden, Kenneth. ''Flights of Fancy: The Great Fantasy Films''. McFarland, 2001. * Wheatley, Helen. ''Gothic Television''. Manchester University Press, 2006.

External links

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