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Michael Chaplin

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Nationalité Royaume-uni
Naissance 1951 (74 ans)

Michael Chaplin (born 1951, County Durham) is an English radio, television, theatre, and non-fiction writer and former TV executive and producer.

He began his career as a print and television journalist. He moved into documentary and drama production before becoming Head of Drama and Arts at Tyne Tees Television, where he was executive producer for some of the Catherine Cookson adaptations.

He became Head of Programmes at BBC Wales before turning to full-time writing for radio, theatre and television.

He produced Wish me Luck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wish_Me_Luck a drama about female secret agents during WW2, which featured on ITV between 1988–1990

In the late 1990s he created Grafters and Monarch of the Glen. Monarch of the Glen starred, amongst others, Richard Briers and Susan Hampshire and ran for 7 series and 69 episodes on the BBC.

In 2001, he received an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for his script for an episode of Dalziel and Pascoe.

He contributed several scripts to the third and final season of Robin Hood for the BBC in 2009.

Other TV work includes as ITV drama about Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup which screened in 2006. His adaptation for ITV of Michelle Magorian's novel Just Henry was screened in December 2011 having had its premiere at the Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle upon Tyne

His play "You Couldn't Make It Up" about the travails of Newcastle United F.C., was performed at Newcastle's Live Theatre in 2009. 'You Couldn't Make It Up ' and its follow-up 'You Really Couldn't Make It Up' were written in collaboration his son, Tom Chaplin.

In 2011 he adapted the memoirs of former Labour MP Chris Mullin, which was first performed at Live Theatre. The play subsequently had successful runs in London at both the Soho Theatre and the Arts Theatre during 2011 & 2012

His radio play "The Song Thief" was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2009 and was adapted for theatrical production at the People's Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne in September 2011. Chaplin's other writing for radio includes two plays for the series "The Stanley Baxter Playhouse": Flying Down to Greenock and Fife Circle (BBC Radio 4, Radio 7, & Radio 4 Extra, 2007–2010); and all eleven plays in the series Two Pipe Problemswhich first aired in 2006, including: A Streetcar Named Revenge, The Trusty Valet and the Crusty Butler, Two Pipe Problems, Have You Come Far?, Right Old Charlie and The Memory Man Forgets.

His history of the Tyneside Cinema, 'Come and See' was published in May 2011 https://www.tynesidecinema.co.uk/come-and-see

In September 2012 New Writing North published his book 'Tyne View' http://www.newwritingnorth.com/news_details-michael-puts-tyne-view-on-the-map-details-1936.html with contributions from artist Birtley Aris, poet Christy Ducker and photographer Charles Bell

In the summer of 2013 his play 'Tyne' played to full houses and critical acclaim http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2013/jul/03/tyne-review at Newcastle's Live Theatre

Forthcoming projects : 'Tommies' a five-year drama project for BBC Radio 4 telling the story of the First World War from the point of view of a group of British Army signallers

From 2005–2010 he was a visiting professor at the University of Sunderland in scriptwriting and screenplays.

He is Writer in Residence for the Port of Tyne http://www.portoftyne.co.uk/home/

His father was writer Sid Chaplin.

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Just Henry
Just Henry (2011)
, 1h20
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame
Acteurs Josh Bolt, Elaine Cassidy, Stephen Campbel Moore, Dean Andrews, Sheila Hancock, John Henshaw
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Henry Dodge is a 15-year-old boy haunted by the tragic death of his father during WWII. Whilst taking photos, on a camera given to him by Mrs Beaumont who is his school teacher, spots a man who closely resembled the man he knew as his father, Joey. Upon seeing the photo his mother, Maureen, passes out with shock, could his father really have come back from the dead? Or is something more sinister at work?

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