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Craig Warner (born 25 April 1964) is a multiple award-winning playwright and screenwriter who lives and works in
Craig Warner (born 25 April 1964) is a multiple award-winning playwright and screenwriter who lives and works in Suffolk
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, England.
His play '' Strangers on a Train'', based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith (born Mary Patricia Plangman; January 19, 1921 β February 4, 1995) was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character T ...
, ran in London's West End in 2013β14, and starred Jack Huston
Jack Alexander Huston (born 7 December 1982) is an English actor and director. He is best known for his role as Richard Harrow in the HBO television drama series ''Boardwalk Empire''. He also had a supporting role in the 2013 film ''American ...
, Laurence Fox
Laurence Paul Fox (born 26 May 1978) is an English actor and right-wing political activist. A member of the British entertainment industry's Fox family, he graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and debuted in the film '' The Hole'' ...
, Miranda Raison
Miranda Caroline Raison is a British actress who is best known for playing Jo Portman in five seasons of '' Spooks'' (MI5) and Nellie Davenport in HBO's ''Warrior''. She originated the title role in Howard Brenton's ''Anne Boleyn'' at Shakespe ...
, Imogen Stubbs
Imogen Stubbs (born 20 February 1961) is an English actress and writer.
Her first leading part was in '' Privileged'' (1982), followed by '' A Summer Story'' (1988).
Her first play, ''We Happy Few'', was produced in 2004. In 2008 she joined ' ...
, Christian McKay
Christian Stuart McKay (born 30 December 1973) is an English stage and screen actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Orson Welles in the 2008 film '' Me and Orson Welles'', for which he was nominated for over two dozen awards includ ...
, and MyAnna Buring
My Anna Margaretha Buring RantapÀÀ (born 22 September 1979), known professionally as MyAnna Buring (), is a Swedish-born British actress. Her films include ''The Descent'' (2005), ''Kill List'' (2011), and ''The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn β ...
. It was directed by Robert Allan Ackerman
Robert Allan Ackerman (June 30, 1944 β January 10, 2022) was an American film and theatre director. He directed numerous films since 1992.
Ackerman was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 30, 1944, and moved to Kew Gardens, Queens, when he wa ...
and produced by Barbara Broccoli
Barbara Dana Broccoli ( ; born June 18, 1960) is an American-British film and stage producer, best known internationally for her work on the James Bond film series. With her half-brother Michael G. Wilson, Broccoli held overall creative contr ...
.
He wrote '' The Queen's Sister'' for Channel 4
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, which was nominated for several BAFTA
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awards (including Best Single Drama), ''Maxwell
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** James Clerk Maxwell, mathematician and physicist
* Justice Maxwell (disambiguation)
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'' for BBC2, which garnered a Broadcasting Press Guild Award nomination for Best Single Drama and won David Suchet
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an International Emmy for Best Actor, and ''The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
''The Last Days of Lehman Brothers'' is a British television film, first broadcast on BBC Two and BBC HD on Wednesday 9 September 2009. Filmed in London, it was written by Craig Warner and directed by Michael Samuels. It was shown as part of the ...
'', for which Warner was longlisted for a BAFTA Craft Award for Best Writer, and which won him the award for Best Writer at the Seoul International Drama Awards in 2010. He wrote the mini-series ''Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC β 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil wa ...
'' for Warner Bros.
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, which gained Warner a Writers Guild Award
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Eligibility
The ...
nomination for Best Original Long-Form Drama, and he performed an extensive uncredited rewrite on ''The Mists of Avalon
''The Mists of Avalon'' is a 1983 historical fantasy novel by American writer Marion Zimmer Bradley, in which the author relates the Arthurian legends from the perspective of the female characters. The book follows the trajectory of Morgaine ...
'', also for Warner Bros.
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, which was nominated for a Writers Guild Award and nine Emmys
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, including Best Mini-series. Warner wrote the screenplay for '' Codebreaker'', a film about Alan Turing
Alan Mathison Turing (; 23 June 1912 β 7 June 1954) was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist. He was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer ...
.
Craig Warner started out writing for the theatre and for radio. His first radio play
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for BBC Radio 4
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, ''Great Men of Music'', was performed by Philip Davis and was included in Radio 4's first Young Playwrights Festival. His second play ''By Where the Old Shed Used to Be'', with Miranda Richardson
Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English actress who has worked in film, television and theatre.
After graduating from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Richardson began her career in 1979 and made her West End theatre, West ...
, won the Giles Cooper Award
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for Best Radio Plays of the Year, and it was included in the volume of winners for 1989, published by Methuen. His play ''Figure With Meat'' also won a Giles Cooper Award and was published in the Methuen volume of 1991. Craig Warner is the award's youngest ever winner, having received it for the first time when he was 24. He is also a composer and has written music and songs for a number of his works, including a full-length musical for BBC Radio 3
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about the legend of Cassandra, called ''Agonies Awakening.'' He runs the production company ''25th Image'', for which he produces and directs the podcast comedy-drama ''Night Games'', also playing a leading role alongside Michael Maloney
Michael Maloney (born 19 June 1957) is a British actor.
Life and career
Born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, Maloney's first television appearance was as Peter Barkworth's teenage son in the 1979 drama series ''Telford's Change''.
He made his ...
.
Warner received a BA in philosophy from King's College London
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and an MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia
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. He was born in Los Angeles.
Awards
* 2012: Winner β Best Production, EuroPAWS Science TV Audience Award, '' Codebreaker'' * 2010: Winner β Best Writer, Seoul International Drama Awards, ''The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
''The Last Days of Lehman Brothers'' is a British television film, first broadcast on BBC Two and BBC HD on Wednesday 9 September 2009. Filmed in London, it was written by Craig Warner and directed by Michael Samuels. It was shown as part of the ...
''
* 2008: Nominated β Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, Best Single Drama, ''Maxwell
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* Justice Maxwell (disambiguation)
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''
* 2006: Nominated β BAFTA TV Award, Best Single Drama, '' The Queen's Sister''
* 2004: Nominated β Writers Guild of America, WGA Award (TV), Best Original Long-Form Drama, ''Julius Caesar
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''
* 1998: Nominated β Verity Bargate Award, Soho Theatre, ''Dark Leaves''
* 1997: Nominated β Vivian Ellis Prize, Kings Head Theatre, ''Agonies Awakening''
* 1992: Nominated β European Broadcast Union Award, ''High Flyer''
* 1991: Winner β BBC/Methuen Giles Cooper Awards, Best Radio Plays of the Year, ''Figure With Meat''
* 1989: Winner β BBC/Methuen Giles Cooper Awards, Best Radio Plays of the Year, ''By Where the Old Shed Used to Be''
Selected Television and Film
* 2024: ''The Innocence Project'', television series forHat Trick Productions
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* 2023: ''Reputations'', television series for Eon Productions
* 2021: ''Soho Square'', television series for Rupert Everett
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* 2019: ''Happiness'', feature film for Barbara Broccoli
Barbara Dana Broccoli ( ; born June 18, 1960) is an American-British film and stage producer, best known internationally for her work on the James Bond film series. With her half-brother Michael G. Wilson, Broccoli held overall creative contr ...
and Eon Productions
* 2016: ''Marlowe'', television series for Eon Productions
* 2014: ''Consuelo and Alva'', feature film for Portobello Productions
* 2011: '' Codebreaker'', Channel 4 β with Henry Goodman
Henry Goodman (born 23 April 1950) is a RADA trained British actor. He has appeared on television and radio, in film and in the theatre.
Early life
He attended the Central Foundation Boys' School and joined the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Lo ...
, Ed Stoppard
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* 2009: ''The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
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'', BBC2 β with James Cromwell
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, Ben Daniels
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, Corey Johnson, Alex Jennings
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, Michael Landes
Michael Christopher Landes (born September 18, 1972) is an American actor of television and film.
Personal life
Michael Christopher Landes was born to Patricia and Bernard Landes on September 18, 1972, in The Bronx
The Bronx ( ) is the no ...
, Henry Goodman
Henry Goodman (born 23 April 1950) is a RADA trained British actor. He has appeared on television and radio, in film and in the theatre.
Early life
He attended the Central Foundation Boys' School and joined the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Lo ...
, Michael Brandon
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, James Bolam
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* 2006: ''Maxwell
Maxwell may refer to:
People
* Maxwell (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
** James Clerk Maxwell, mathematician and physicist
* Justice Maxwell (disambiguation)
* Maxwell baronets, in the Baronetage of N ...
'', BBC2 (writer, actor) β with David Suchet
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, Patricia Hodge
Patricia Ann Hodge (born 29 September 1946) is an English actress. She is known on-screen for playing Phyllida Erskine-Brown in '' Rumpole of the Bailey'' (1978β1992), Jemima Shore in '' Jemima Shore Investigates'' (1983), Penny in '' Miranda ...
, Dan Stevens
Daniel Jonathan Stevens (born 10 October 1982) is an English actor. He first drew international attention for his role as Matthew Crawley in the ITV period drama series ''Downton Abbey'' (2010β2012).
He also starred as David in the thriller ...
* 2004: '' The Queen's Sister'', Channel 4 β with Lucy Cohu
Lucy Ann Cohu (born 2 October 1968) is an English stage and film actress, known for portraying Princess Margaret in '' The Queen's Sister'', Evelyn Brogan in ''Cape Wrath'' and Alice Carter in ''Torchwood'': '' Children of Earth''.
Early life
...
, Toby Stephens
Toby Stephens (born 21 April 1969) is an English actor who has appeared in films in the United Kingdom, United States, and India. He is known for the roles of Bond villain Gustav Graves in the 2002 James Bond film '' Die Another Day'', for whic ...
, David Threlfall
David John Threlfall (born 12 October 1953) is an English stage, film and television actor and director. He is best known for playing Frank Gallagher in Channel 4's series '' Shameless''. He has also directed several episodes of the show. In Ap ...
* 2002: ''Julius Caesar
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'', Warner Bros./TNT β with Christopher Walken
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, Richard Harris
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, Jeremy Sisto
Jeremy Merton Sisto (born October 6, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Billy Chenowith in HBO's '' Six Feet Under'' (2001β2005), NYPD Detective Cyrus Lupo in NBC's ''Law & Order'' (2008β2010), George Altman in the AB ...
, Valeria Golino
Valeria Golino (born 22 October 1965) is an Italian actress and film director. She is best known to English-language audiences for her roles in '' Rain Man'', '' Big Top Pee-wee'', and '' Hot Shots!'', where she performed the "olive-in-the-belly ...
, Chris Noth
Christopher David Noth ( ; born November 13, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as NYPD Detective Mike Logan on ''Law & Order'' (1990β1995), Big on ''Sex and the City'' (1998β2004), and Peter Florrick on ''The ...
* 2001: ''The Mists of Avalon
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'' (uncredited), Warner Bros./TNT β with Anjelica Huston
Anjelica Huston ( ; born July 8, 1951) is an American actress, director and model. She is best known for playing Morticia Addams in the ''The Addams Family'' and '' The Addams Family Values'', as well as often portraying eccentric and distincti ...
, Joan Allen
Joan Allen (born August 20, 1956) is an American actress. Known for her work on stage and screen, she has received a Tony Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Golden Globe Awa ...
, Julianna Margulies
Julianna Margulies (; born June 8, 1966) is an American actress. After several small television roles, Margulies received wide recognition for her starring role as Carol Hathaway in the NBC medical drama series '' ER'' (1994β2000; 2009), fo ...
Theatre
* 2013/14: '' Strangers on a Train'',Gielgud Theatre
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The theatre was designed by W. G. R. Sprague and ...
, West End, London β with Jack Huston
Jack Alexander Huston (born 7 December 1982) is an English actor and director. He is best known for his role as Richard Harrow in the HBO television drama series ''Boardwalk Empire''. He also had a supporting role in the 2013 film ''American ...
, Laurence Fox
Laurence Paul Fox (born 26 May 1978) is an English actor and right-wing political activist. A member of the British entertainment industry's Fox family, he graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and debuted in the film '' The Hole'' ...
, Miranda Raison
Miranda Caroline Raison is a British actress who is best known for playing Jo Portman in five seasons of '' Spooks'' (MI5) and Nellie Davenport in HBO's ''Warrior''. She originated the title role in Howard Brenton's ''Anne Boleyn'' at Shakespe ...
, Imogen Stubbs
Imogen Stubbs (born 20 February 1961) is an English actress and writer.
Her first leading part was in '' Privileged'' (1982), followed by '' A Summer Story'' (1988).
Her first play, ''We Happy Few'', was produced in 2004. In 2008 she joined ' ...
, Christian McKay
Christian Stuart McKay (born 30 December 1973) is an English stage and screen actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Orson Welles in the 2008 film '' Me and Orson Welles'', for which he was nominated for over two dozen awards includ ...
, and MyAnna Buring
My Anna Margaretha Buring RantapÀÀ (born 22 September 1979), known professionally as MyAnna Buring (), is a Swedish-born British actress. Her films include ''The Descent'' (2005), ''Kill List'' (2011), and ''The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn β ...
. Directed by Robert Allan Ackerman
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Ackerman was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 30, 1944, and moved to Kew Gardens, Queens, when he wa ...
. Produced by Barbara Broccoli
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.
* 2004: ''Disguises'', Alabama Shakespeare Festival
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ASF puts on 6-9 productions annually, typically includin ...
* 2002: ''Fallen'' (writer, composer) , Merrimack Theatre, Boston
* 1999: ''Love to Madeleine'', Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh Festival
* 1992: ''Caledonian Road'', White Bear Theatre, London
* 1988: ''God's Country'', Old Red Lion, London
* 1987: ''Matthias'' (writer, director) , Cooper Square Theatre, New York
* 1986: ''A Place to Watch Her Grow'' (writer, director), Cooper Square Theatre, New York
Audio Drama
* 2023: ''Night Games'', returning serial for 25th Image (writer, producer/director, actor) β withMichael Maloney
Michael Maloney (born 19 June 1957) is a British actor.
Life and career
Born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, Maloney's first television appearance was as Peter Barkworth's teenage son in the 1979 drama series ''Telford's Change''.
He made his ...
* 2013: ''Tosca's Kiss'', BBC Radio 3 β with Stephen Dillane
Stephen John Dillane (; born 27 March 1957) is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Leonard Woolf in the 2002 film ''The Hours (film), The Hours'', Stannis Baratheon in the HBO fantasy series ''Game of Thrones'' (2012β2015) and T ...
, Kate Fleetwood
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* 1997: ''Agonies Awakening'' (writer, composer, musical director), BBC Radio 3 β with Anton Lesser
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, Miles Anderson
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, Clare Holman
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Career
Holman started her ac ...
, Hugh Quarshie
Hugh Anthony Quarshie (born 22 December 1954) is a Ghanaian-born British actor. He is known for his long-running role as Ric Griffin on the BBC One medical drama ''Holby City'' (2001β20), and for playing Captain Panaka in the ''Star Wars'' ...
, Josette Simon
Josette Patricia Simon, OBE (born 1959 or 1960) is a British actor who played the part of Dayna Mellanby in the third and fourth series of the television sci-fi series ''Blake's 7'' from 1980 to 1981. She trained at the Central School of Spee ...
* 1996: ''Beaumarchais'', six-part serial, BBC Radio 4 β with Henry Goodman
Henry Goodman (born 23 April 1950) is a RADA trained British actor. He has appeared on television and radio, in film and in the theatre.
Early life
He attended the Central Foundation Boys' School and joined the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Lo ...
, Ronald Pickup
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, Bill Nighy
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, David Calder, Ron Cook
Ronald G. Cook (born 1 December 1948) is an English actor. He has been active in film, television and theatre since the 1970s.
Early life
Cook was born in 1948 in South Shields, County Durham, the son of a school cook and a car worker. Whe ...
* 1996: ''Strangers on a Train'', BBC Radio 4 (writer, composer, actor) β with Saskia Reeves
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, Michael Sheen
Michael Christopher Sheen (born 5 February 1969) is a Welsh actor. After training at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), he worked mainly in theatre throughout the 1990s with stage roles in ''Romeo and Juliet'' (1992), ''Don't Fool wi ...
, Anton Lesser
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, Bill Nighy
William Francis Nighy (; born 12 December 1949) is an English actor. Known for his work in numerous stage, television and film productions, he has received several awards including a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award, and ...
* 1995: ''The Mind-Body Problem'', BBC Radio 4 (writer, composer, actor) β with Bill Nighy
William Francis Nighy (; born 12 December 1949) is an English actor. Known for his work in numerous stage, television and film productions, he has received several awards including a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award, and ...
, Michael Maloney
Michael Maloney (born 19 June 1957) is a British actor.
Life and career
Born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, Maloney's first television appearance was as Peter Barkworth's teenage son in the 1979 drama series ''Telford's Change''.
He made his ...
, Geraldine James
Geraldine James (born 6 July 1950) is an English actress. She has worked extensively on television, on stage and in film. She is known for her role as Marilla Cuthbert in the Netflix series ''Anne with an E'' (2017β2019) and as Queen Mary in ...
* 1993: ''A Romance'', BBC Radio 4 β with Michael Maloney
Michael Maloney (born 19 June 1957) is a British actor.
Life and career
Born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, Maloney's first television appearance was as Peter Barkworth's teenage son in the 1979 drama series ''Telford's Change''.
He made his ...
, Kristin Milward
* 1992: ''High Flyer'', BBC Radio 4 β with Mick Ford
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Early life and education
Ford was born on 1 August 19 ...
* 1992: ''A Sense of Things Moving Forward'', BBC Radio 4/World Service β with Ben Kingsley
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, Frances Barber
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, Simon Russell Beale
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, Patrick Malahide
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* 1991: ''Figure with Meat'', BBC Radio 3 (writer, composer, singer) β with Clive Merrison
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, Judy Parfitt
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, Lynsey Baxter
Lynsey Baxter (born 7 May 1959) is an English actress.
She was born in London on 7 May 1959. She began as a child actress in 1974, and later trained at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). She has worked in theatre, television, film, radio, an ...
* 1991: ''Piece'', after Iain Banks, BBC Radio 5 β with Bill Paterson
* 1990: ''Love to Madeleine'', BBC Radio 4 β with Richard E. Grant
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, Miranda Richardson
Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English actress who has worked in film, television and theatre.
After graduating from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Richardson began her career in 1979 and made her West End theatre, West ...
, Phil Davis
* 1989: ''By Where the Old Shed Used to Be'', BBC Radio 3 β with Miranda Richardson
Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English actress who has worked in film, television and theatre.
After graduating from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Richardson began her career in 1979 and made her West End theatre, West ...
, Anton Lesser
Anton Lesser (born 14 February 1952) is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Qyburn in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'', Harold Macmillan in ''The Crown'', Clement Attlee in '' A United Kingdom'', Chief Superintendent Bright in '' E ...
, Judy Parfitt
Judy Catherine Claire Parfitt (born 7 November 1935) is an English theatre, film, and television actress. She made her film debut in the 1950s, followed by a supporting role in the BBC television serial ''David Copperfield'' (1966). She also ap ...
* 1988: ''Great Men of Music'', BBC Radio 4 β with Phil Davis
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* 1990: ''The Devil'' by Maupassant, BBC Radio 4 β withIan Holm
Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert (12 September 1931 β 19 June 2020) was an English actor. After graduating from RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) and beginning his career on the British stage as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he became a ...
* 1989: ''The Baptism'' by Maupassant, BBC Radio 3 β with Anton Lesser
Anton Lesser (born 14 February 1952) is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Qyburn in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'', Harold Macmillan in ''The Crown'', Clement Attlee in '' A United Kingdom'', Chief Superintendent Bright in '' E ...
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Warner, Craig 1964 births Alumni of King's College London Alumni of the University of East Anglia English television writers American dramatists and playwrights Living people