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Alan Seymour

Writing

Biography

Alan Seymour (6 June 1927 - 23 March 2015) was an Australian writer and producer in Australian television series, mini-series and movies.

Known For

Tales of the Unexpected
6.8

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.

Tales of the Unexpected

1979
BBC2 Play of the Week
7.0

An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977
The House of Eliott
6.6

Two sisters who set up a London fashion house for society of the early 1920s.

The House of Eliott

1991
The Chronicles of Narnia
7.5

The Chronicles of Narnia is a British television miniseries adapting four of C.S. Lewis's books, blending live-action with animation for fantasy elements like Aslan and the creatures. The first series—The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe—aired from 13 November to 18 December 1988; the second—Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader—aired from 19 November to 24 December 1989; and the third—The Silver Chair—from 18 November to 23 December 1990. Each series consists of six episodes each.

The Chronicles of Narnia

1988
Centre Play
7.0

Anthology series of half hour plays produced in BBC's Television Centre's studios.

Centre Play

1973
The Glass Virgin
7.5

In 19th century England, wealthy young Annabella Lagrange lives a comfortable and secluded life on her family's country estate, where her parents own a glass works. As a child, she develops a special friendship with the charming stable boy Manuel Mendoza. When she turns 18, she marries her cousin Stephen and sees what the world is really like.

The Glass Virgin

1995
Sara Dane
6.3

Sara Dane is a 1982 Australian television miniseries about a woman transported from England to Australia for a crime she did not commit.

Sara Dane

1982
The Box of Delights
8.0

Patrick Troughton stars in this children's fantasy tale with dark undertones. When a young schoolboy is given a box for safekeeping by a mysterious magician, little does he know the wondrous things he’ll soon discover.

The Box of Delights

1984
The Cinder Path
6.6

In a heroic journey of epic proportions, everyman Charlie McFell wrestles with his demons — including a coldhearted wife, economic hardship, the horror of the world's first Great War, and a painful secret he'd rather forget.

The Cinder Path

1994
The Wingless Bird
6.3

On the eve of World War I, Agnes Conway manages both the business and the problems of her troubled family. She finds the strength to break class barriers and help her sister Jessie marry a good boy from a family of dockside toughs. Is she strong enough to break them again when Charles Farrier, a gentleman, courts her over his parents' opposition? Agnes faces an added dilemma when she finds her heart divided between Charles and his soldier brother Reginald.

The Wingless Bird

1997
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7.0

The Potato Factory tells the story of three strong-willed people battling against a background of hardship and poverty to escape a past that tries to catch up with them. Based on the best-selling novel by iconic Australian author Bryce Courtenay.

The Potato Factory

2000
The Care of Time
4.8

Robert Halliday is coerced into helping Karlis Zander, an international fixer, into editing a Russian terrorist's memoirs and ghostwriting an exposé of modern terrorists.

The Care of Time

1990
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
10.0

An elderly right-wing politician is kidnapped, seemingly as part of a student prank. But his captors have a more alarming agenda.

The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne

1965
Tudawali
6.3

Tells the story of Robert Tudawali who starred in the first ever Australian technicolour feature film, "Jedda". Station hand, actor and then Aboriginal activist, Tudawali died in 1967 at the age of 38 in tragic circumstances.

Tudawali

1988
Fairies
10.0

'I'd stake my reputation on it. These photographs are not faked.' But how could photographs, taken on a simple camera by two Yorkshire village girls, have momentous implications for man's understanding of the world?

Fairies

1978
Willie's Last Stand
N/A

Every man needs just one night out, off the leash. Willie's attempt to prove himself provides a painfully funny and painfully sad comment on the battle of the sexes.

Willie's Last Stand

1982
Auto Stop
7.0

A young couple go on a hitch-hiking tour of Europe.

Auto Stop

1965
The Network
10.0

What do Rose from Devon and Christina from Stuttgart have in common? And in what way is their fate linked to that of wealthy Fiona Dunkerley?

The Network

1979
Another Day
N/A

The London of bed-sits, rundown housing, a world of the eccentric and the lonely. Since her husband walked out Eileen battles on her own to make a life for her children. She needs someone-but some people don't think George is the right man.

Another Day

1978
A Man of Morality
10.0

A moral philosopher at a university finds his own morals under scrutiny.

A Man of Morality

1976