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Alan Clarke

Alan Clarke

Directing • 1935-10-28 • Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK

Alan John Clarke (28 October 1935 – 24 July 1990) was an English television and film director, producer and writer. Clarke primarily worked for TV, writing and directing plays for Rediffusion, LWT, and the BBC. On film, he made only three features, the best known of which is the 1979 youth prison drama Scum, in fact an expansion of a Play for Today production.

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Play for Today6.6

Play for Today

1970

BBC Play of the Month5.2

BBC Play of the Month

1965

Scum7.1

Scum

1979

Made in Britain7.0

Made in Britain

1983

Elephant6.5

Elephant

1989

The Firm6.5

The Firm

1989

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