Alick Rowe (1938 – 30 October 2009) was a British writer. Born in

Hereford Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. With a populatio ...

, he spent the first 16 years of his life living in a pub (something he would later write about in his book ''Boy at the Commercial)''. After being educated at

Hereford Cathedral School Hereford Cathedral School is an independent, co-educational day and boarding school for pupils of ages 3 to 18 years, from Nursery to Sixth Form. Its headmaster is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The school's prem ...

, where he was

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, he matriculated to and graduated from

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, returning to Hereford Cathedral school as a drama and English teacher. He began writing radio plays in his spare time, and was eventually hired full-time by the

BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...

. His productions for them included ''Crisp and Even Brightly'' (a comedic retelling of the story of Good King Wenceslas) and ''Operation Lightning Pegasus'' (which covered the

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). Outside radio he wrote several books and television productions, including '' The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' in 1978 for STV, ''

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'' for the BBC, and winning a BAFTA in 1993. In 1998 he was jailed for sexually assaulting a choirboy, moving to

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on his release. He died in

Chiang Mai Chiang Mai (, from th, เชียงใหม่ , nod, , เจียงใหม่ ), sometimes written as Chiengmai or Chiangmai, is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the second largest city i ...

of a suspected heart attack on 30 October 2009.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rowe, Alick 1938 births 2009 deaths BAFTA winners (people) British writers British radio writers British television writers People from Hereford People educated at Hereford Cathedral School English people convicted of indecent assault English people convicted of child sexual abuse British expatriates in Thailand Violence against men in the United Kingdom 20th-century screenwriters