Peter Tinniswood, author, playwright and broadcaster, was born in Liverpool in 1936. He worked as a journalist in Sheffield, Cardiff, Liverpool and London. His first published work was for the BBC television series That Was The Week That Was and the subsequent Ned Sherrin satire series and the first David Frost show. Peter died in 2003 after a long, well-chronicled battle with cancer. Despite losing his voice to the cancer, his illness marked an explosion in his theatre and radio writing. There are still a number of wonderful unproduced plays.
Peter Tinniswood
YORKSHIRE TV:
UNCLE SILAS - 3 episodes of adaptation of H.E Bates’ book, starring Albert Finney
SOUTH OF THE BORDER - Starring Brian Glover
TALES FROM A LONG ROOM - For C4, starring Robin Bailey
NEVER SAY DIE - Comedy series
CENTRAL:
LOW KEY LADY ON HIGH SPEED TRAIN / WALK IN MY SHOES / BABY BABY / AT THE GRAMMAR / THE POODLE STRIKES BACK - Plays starring Brenda Bruce, Warren Clark and Maurice Denham
MOG - Comedy series
LWT:
DUCK PATROL - Episode of series starring Richard Wilson
BBC:
TINNISWOOD’S NORTH COUNTRY - Drama documentary
TINNISWOOD COUNTRY - 4 drama documentaries
THE DAY WAR BROKE OUT
STOKER LEISHMAN’S DIARIES
LANCE AT LARGE - Comedy series written with David Nobbs
OTHER:
I DIDN’T KNOW YOU CARED - Long running comedy series with Robin Bailey and Liz Smith
THE SIGNAL BOX OF GRANDPA HUDSON - With David Nobbs for ATV Armchair Theatre
THE GOALKEEPER’S BOO BOO - Play of the week (60’)
ANTON AT EASTBOURNE - Starring Paul Scofield
BEACHHUTS - Play for Love In The Afternoon strand
MR RELIABLE - Afternoon play (45’)
TALES FROM THE BACKBENCH 1 & 2 - Two late night series of 4 x 15’ episodes
DOROTHY, A MANAGER’S WIFE - Starring Pauline Collins and Timothy West. Nominated for a Sony Award
AGE GAP - Starring Phyllida Law and Imelda Staunton
THE PACKER - Starring Michael Williams
THE SCAN - Starring Roy Hudd and Judy Cornwall
THE HOUSE SWAP - Starring Peter Vaughan and Penelope Wilton
VERONA A CONSPIRACY OF PARROTS - Starring Stephanie Cole
THE LAST OBIT - Starring Billie Whitelaw
ON THE WHOLE IT’S BEEN JOLLY GOOD - Starring Maurice Denham
A WOMAN AT RISK - Starring Christian Rodska
VISITING JULIA - Series starring Keith Barron
A VERY RARE BIRD INDEED - Starring Judi Dench
NEXT TIME WE MIGHT PLAY BETTER - Starring Graham Crowden
THE WIRELESS LADY - Starring Billie Whitelaw
THE MOON HUNTER - Starring Peter Jeffreys and Jane Lapotaire
UNCLE MORT’S CELTIC FRINGE - Starring Stephen Thorne
TALES FROM DOWN UNDER - Starring Richard Wilson
PEN PALS - Starring Jane Lapotaire and Lorelei King
WINSTON BACK HOME - Series
THE GOVERNOR’S CONSORT - Starring Mary Wimbush
TALES FROM THE BRIGADIER - Starring Richard Wilson
TWO INTO THREE - Starring Richard Griffiths and Elizabeth Spriggs
NAPOLI MILIONARIA - Adaptation of de Filippo play, starring Ian McKellen and Frances Barber
WINSTON AT CHRISTMAS
I ALWAYS TAKE LONG WALKS - Starring Judi Dench
WINSTON IN LOVE - Winner of WGGB Comedy Award
WINSTON COMES TO TOWN - Series
UNCLE MORT’S SOUTH COUNTRY
THE SITTER - Starring Maurice Denham and Liz Goulding
A SMALL UNION - Starring Bernard Hill and Liz Goulding
WINSTON - Series
CALL IT A CANARY
UNCLE MORT’S NORTH COUNTRY
THE VILLAGE FETE - Winner of Sony & Giles Cooper awards.
CROSSING THE FRONTIER
TALES FROM A LONG ROOM - Series starring Robin Bailey
STOKER LEISHMAN’S DIARIES
HOME AGAIN - Produced by Griff Rhys-Jones
A GIFTED CHILD, AN OCCASIONAL DAY, A TOUCH OF DANIEL, THE BARGEMAN’S COMFORT, SAM’S WEDDING
Also many radio broadcasts, including THE UNOFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE MCC, THIS SPORTING LIFE and TINNISWOOD’S SPORTS.
THE LAST OBIT - Fringe First Winner at Edinburgh Festival and New End Theatre, starring Eve Pearce.
CROAK CROAK CROAK - Bristol Old Vic, starring Richard Griffiths
ON THE WHOLE IT’S BEEN JOLLY GOOD - Edinburgh Festival and Hampstead Theatre, starring Leslie Phillips
IN A SMALL WELSH TOWN - Royal National Theatre (commissioned)
NAPOLI MILIONARIA - Adaptation of Eduardo de Filippo’s play for National Theatre. Directed by Richard Eyre, starring Ian McKellen and Claire Higgins.
THE VILLAGE FETE - Directed by Alan Ayckbourn at Scarborough
THE BRIGADIER AND UNCLE MORT - Lyric, Hammersmith
AT THE END OF THE DAY - Directed by Alan Ayckbourn at Scarborough
YOU SHOULD SEE US NOW - Directed by Alan Ayckboun at Scarborough, also played at Greenwich
THE DAY WAR BROKE OUT - The Bush, The Crucible Sheffield and national tour
WILFRED - The Bush and national tour
THE INVESTITURE - Bristol Old Vic and national tour
BOOKS
DOLLY’S WAR, WITNEY SCROTUM, WINSTON, HAYBALLS, UNCLE MORT’S SOUTH COUNTRY, TALES FROM WITNEY SCROTUM, UNCLE MORT’S NORTH COUNTRY, THE BRIGADIER’S BRIEF LIVES, THE BRIGADIER’S TOUR, CALL IT A CANARY, THE BRIGADIER IN SEASON, THE HOME FRONT, THE BRIGADIER DOWN UNDER, COLLECTED TALES FROM A LONG ROOM, MORE TALES FROM A LONG ROOM, TALES FROM A LONG ROOM, SHEMERELDA, , THE STIRK OF STIRK, EXCEPT YOU’RE A BIRD (Winner of Royal Society of Literature Winifred Holtby award), I DIDN’T KNOW YOU CARED, MOG and A TOUCH OF DANIEL (Winner of Best First Novel of the Yea