Jeremy Mortimer is a British director and producer of

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.Jeremy Mortimer's blog
on

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's website, accessed 1 October 2010 He won the 2012 Bronze Sony Radio Academy Award for Best Drama with ''

A Tale of Two Cities ''A Tale of Two Cities'' is a historical novel published in 1859 by English author Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long impr ...

''.Sony Radio Academy Awards 2012 – Best Drama

Life

Jeremy Mortimer is the son of Sir John Mortimer and Penelope Mortimer and the half-brother of

Emily Mortimer Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer (born 6 October 1971) is a British and American actress and filmmaker. She began acting in stage productions and has since appeared in several film and television roles. In 2003, she won an Independent Spirit Award ...

. Mortimer's credits include '' The Pattern of Painful Adventures'' (

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, 2008) and radio adaptations of ''

Daphnis and Chloe ''Daphnis and Chloe'' (, ''Daphnis kai Chloē'') is a Greek pastoral novel written during the Roman Empire, the only known work of second-century Hellenistic romance writer Longus. Setting and style It is set on the Greek isle of Lesbos, whe ...

'' (

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, 2006), '' Philomel Cottage'' (Radio 4, 2002) and ''

The Time Machine ''The Time Machine'' is an 1895 dystopian post-apocalyptic science fiction novella by H. G. Wells about a Victorian scientist known as the Time Traveller who travels to the year 802,701. The work is generally credited with the popularizati ...

'' (Radio 3, 2009). His production of the Troy Trilogy, which featured

Paul Scofield David Paul Scofield (21 January 1922 – 19 March 2008) was an English actor. During a six-decade career, Scofield achieved the Triple Crown of Acting, winning an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award for his work. Scofield ...

and was first broadcast on Radio 3 in 1998, was lauded as "the greatest radio drama nyonecould ever hear."Jeremy Mortimer productions on Diversity site
URL accessed 1 October 2010

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