Alan Whiting
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Alan Whiting is a British
screenwriter
who has written for Heartbeat, Wire in the Blood
, Steel River Blues
and Kingdom
(which he also co-created). "The Darkness of Light", one of his Wire in the Blood episodes, was nominated for an Edgar Award
for Best Television Feature Or Mini-Series Teleplay in 2005. He adapted Half Broken Things for Festival Films and it was broadcast on ITV in 2007.
United Kingdom
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screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
who has written for Heartbeat, Wire in the Blood
Wire in the Blood
Wire in the Blood was a British crime drama television series, devised and produced by Coastal Productions for the ITV network that ran from 2002 to 2009. The series is based on characters created by Val McDermid; a university clinical psychologist, Dr Anthony "Tony" Valentine Hill , is teamed with...
, Steel River Blues
Steel River Blues
Steel River Blues is a British television drama serial first broadcast in September 2004 on ITV. Produced by Ken Horn, it was based on the working and private lives of a group of firefighters in Middlesbrough...
and Kingdom
Kingdom (TV series)
Kingdom is a British television series produced by Parallel Film and Television Productions for the ITV network. It was created by Simon Wheeler and stars Stephen Fry as Peter Kingdom, a Norfolk solicitor who is coping with family, colleagues, and the strange locals who come to him for legal...
(which he also co-created). "The Darkness of Light", one of his Wire in the Blood episodes, was nominated for an Edgar Award
Edgar Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards , named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America...
for Best Television Feature Or Mini-Series Teleplay in 2005. He adapted Half Broken Things for Festival Films and it was broadcast on ITV in 2007.
External links
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Guide to Comedy