Davies was born in Rhiwbina, Cardiff, Wales. He attended Whitchurch Grammar School in Cardiff and then University College, London, where he received a BA in English in 1957. He took a teaching position at St. Clement Danes Grammar School in London, where he was on the teaching staff from 1958 to 1961. He held a similar post at Woodberry Down Comprehensive School in Hackney, London from 1961 to 1963. Following that, he was a lecturer in English at Coventry College of Education (which later merged with the University of Warwick to become the Faculty of Educational Studies and later the Warwick Institute of Education), and then at the University of Warwick.
In 1960, Davies contributed material to the BBC Home Service's Monday Night at Home strand, alongside Harold Pinter and Ivor Cutler. He wrote his first play for radio in 1964 and many more were to follow. In 1960, he married Diana Huntley; the couple have a son and daughter. He is resident in Kenilworth, Warwickshire.[citation needed]
WriterEdit
Davies' first television play, Who's Going to Take Me On?, was broadcast in 1967 as part of BBC1's The Wednesday Play strand. His early plays were written as a sideline to his work in education, many of them appearing in anthology series such as Thirty Minute Theatre, Play for Today and Centre Stage. One of his London stage plays, Rose, played on Broadway in 1981, with Glenda Jackson and Jessica Tandy. His first serial adaptation of a work of fiction was To Serve Them All My Days (1980), from the novel by R. F. Delderfield. He wrote A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–88), a campus based comedy-drama series that drew upon his career in education.
Davies also co-devised with Bernadette Davis the sitcom Game On for BBC2 and co-wrote the first two series broadcast in 1995 and 1996. The popularity of his adaptation of Michael Dobbs's political thriller House of Cards was a significant influence in Dobbs's decision to write two sequels, which Davies also adapted for television. In film, he has collaborated on the screenplays for the first two Bridget Jones films, based on Helen Fielding novels.
He is a prolific writer for children. The first of his novels was Conrad's War, published by Blackie in 1978. Davies won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, which is judged by a panel of British children's writers and recognises the best book by an author who has not yet won it.[3] He has written Alfonso Bonzo (book and television series) and the adventures of Marmalade Atkins (television series and numerous books). He also wrote the stories Dark Towers and Badger Girl for BBC TV's Look and Read programmes for schools audiences.
ITV was looking to recreate its period drama success with Downton Abbey with a new series Mr Selfridge, written by Davies and starring Jeremy Piven.[5] An initial ten-part series first aired on 6 January 2013 and it has run for 4 series by 2016.
Davies' six-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's War & Peace was broadcast on BBC One in January and February 2016.[6] Following its success, the BBC announced in July 2016 that it would be followed up with a six-part adaptation of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables to be scripted by Davies.[7] In May 2017, it was announced that BBC will adapt Vikram Seth's magnum opus A Suitable Boy into an eight-part series to be scripted by Davies.[8]
In May 2018, he announced at the Hay Festival that he is adapting John Updike's Rabbit, Run for television.[9]
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Andrew Wynford Davies ˈ d eɪ v ɪ s born 20 September 1936 is a Welsh screenwriter and novelist best known for his television adaptations of To Serve Them All My Days House of Cards Middlemarch Pride and Prejudice Bleak House War amp Peace and his original serial A Very Peculiar Practice He was made a BAFTA Fellow in 2002 Andrew DaviesDavies in 2019BornAndrew Wynford Davies 1936 09 20 20 September 1936 age 87 Rhiwbina Cardiff WalesOccupationWriter TV and print Alma materUniversity College LondonPeriodc 1964 present as a writer GenreAudio and screenplays novelsNotable worksThe Signalman 1976 To Serve Them All My Days 1980 A Very Peculiar Practice 1986 House of Cards 1990 Middlemarch 1994 Pride and Prejudice 1995 Bleak House 2005 War amp Peace 2016 Notable awardsGuardian Prize 1979 BAFTA Fellow 2002SpouseDiana Huntley m 1960 wbr Children2RelativesThomas Doogan Grandson Contents 1 Education and early career 2 Writer 3 Filmography 3 1 Television series and serials 3 2 Television plays 3 3 Cinema 4 Children s books 5 Novels 6 Stage plays 7 Picture books 8 References 9 Further references 10 External linksEducation and early career EditDavies was born in Rhiwbina Cardiff Wales He attended Whitchurch Grammar School in Cardiff and then University College London where he received a BA in English in 1957 He took a teaching position at St Clement Danes Grammar School in London where he was on the teaching staff from 1958 to 1961 He held a similar post at Woodberry Down Comprehensive School in Hackney London from 1961 to 1963 Following that he was a lecturer in English at Coventry College of Education which later merged with the University of Warwick to become the Faculty of Educational Studies and later the Warwick Institute of Education and then at the University of Warwick In 1960 Davies contributed material to the BBC Home Service s Monday Night at Home strand alongside Harold Pinter and Ivor Cutler He wrote his first play for radio in 1964 and many more were to follow In 1960 he married Diana Huntley the couple have a son and daughter He is resident in Kenilworth Warwickshire citation needed Writer EditDavies first television play Who s Going to Take Me On was broadcast in 1967 as part of BBC1 s The Wednesday Play strand His early plays were written as a sideline to his work in education many of them appearing in anthology series such as Thirty Minute Theatre Play for Today and Centre Stage One of his London stage plays Rose played on Broadway in 1981 with Glenda Jackson and Jessica Tandy His first serial adaptation of a work of fiction was To Serve Them All My Days 1980 from the novel by R F Delderfield He wrote A Very Peculiar Practice 1986 88 a campus based comedy drama series that drew upon his career in education He is now best known for his adaptations of classic works of literature for television including the Charles Dickens short story The Signalman 1976 Pride and Prejudice 1995 starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle Vanity Fair 1998 Bleak House 2005 and Sense and Sensibility 2008 He is the writer of the screenplays for the BBC production Middlemarch 1994 and a planned film of the same name once announced for 2011 release 1 2 Davies also co devised with Bernadette Davis the sitcom Game On for BBC2 and co wrote the first two series broadcast in 1995 and 1996 The popularity of his adaptation of Michael Dobbs s political thriller House of Cards was a significant influence in Dobbs s decision to write two sequels which Davies also adapted for television In film he has collaborated on the screenplays for the first two Bridget Jones films based on Helen Fielding novels He is a prolific writer for children The first of his novels was Conrad s War published by Blackie in 1978 Davies won the annual Guardian Children s Fiction Prize which is judged by a panel of British children s writers and recognises the best book by an author who has not yet won it 3 He has written Alfonso Bonzo book and television series and the adventures of Marmalade Atkins television series and numerous books He also wrote the stories Dark Towers and Badger Girl for BBC TV s Look and Read programmes for schools audiences 2008 saw the release of his adaptations of the 1999 novel Affinity by Sarah Waters Evelyn Waugh s Brideshead Revisited a film Charles Dickens Little Dorrit a BBC series Little Dorrit won seven of eleven Emmy nominations and earned Davies an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries Adaptations of Dombey and Son one of Dickens lesser read works and Anthony Trollope s Palliser novels were scrapped by the BBC in late 2009 following a move away from bonnet dramas 4 ITV was looking to recreate its period drama success with Downton Abbey with a new series Mr Selfridge written by Davies and starring Jeremy Piven 5 An initial ten part series first aired on 6 January 2013 and it has run for 4 series by 2016 Davies six part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy s War amp Peace was broadcast on BBC One in January and February 2016 6 Following its success the BBC announced in July 2016 that it would be followed up with a six part adaptation of Victor Hugo s Les Miserables to be scripted by Davies 7 In May 2017 it was announced that BBC will adapt Vikram Seth s magnum opus A Suitable Boy into an eight part series to be scripted by Davies 8 In May 2018 he announced at the Hay Festival that he is adapting John Updike s Rabbit Run for television 9 Filmography EditTelevision series and serials Edit Eleanor Marx 1977 The Legend of King Arthur 1979 To Serve Them All My Days 1980 81 Dark Towers Look and Read 1981 Educating Marmalade 1982 Diana 1984 Badger Girl Look and Read 1984 Danger Marmalade at Work 1984 A Very Peculiar Practice 1986 88 Mother Love 1989 House of Cards 1990 The Old Devils 1992 Anglo Saxon Attitudes 1992 The Boot Street Band 1993 94 To Play the King 1993 Middlemarch 1994 Game On with Bernadette Davis 1995 98 Pride and Prejudice 1995 The Final Cut 1995 Wilderness with Bernadette Davis 1996 The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders 1996 Bill s New Frock Book Box 1998 Vanity Fair 1998 Wives and Daughters 1999 Take a Girl Like You 2000 The Way We Live Now 2001 Daniel Deronda 2002 Doctor Zhivago 2002 Tipping the Velvet 2002 He Knew He Was Right 2004 Bleak House 2005 The Line of Beauty 2006 The Diary of a Nobody 2007 Fanny Hill 2007 Sense and Sensibility 2008 Little Dorrit 2008 South Riding 2011 Mr Selfridge 2013 16 Quirke 2014 War amp Peace 2016 Les Miserables 2018 19 Sanditon 2019 A Suitable Boy 2020 10 Television plays Edit Who s Going to Take Me On The Wednesday Play 1965 Is That Your Body Boy Thirty Minute Theatre 1970 No Good Unless It Hurts Sporting Scenes 1973 The Water Maiden Bedtime Stories 1974 Grace Centre Play 1975 The Imp of the Perverse Centre Play 1975 A Martyr to the System BBC2 Playhouse 1976 The Signalman A Ghost Story for Christmas 1976 Velvet Glove 1977 Fearless Frank BBC2 Play of the Week 1978 Renoir My Father BBC2 Play of the Week 1978 After the Gold Rush Scene 1980 Bavarian Night Play for Today 1981 Marmalade Atkins in Space Theatre Box 1981 Heartattack Hotel 1983 Baby I Love You Scene 1985 Pythons on the Mountain Summer Season 1985 Time After Time Screen Two 1986 Inappropriate Behaviour Screen Two 1987 Lucky Sunil Screen Two 1988 A Private Life Screen Two 1989 Ball Trap on the Cote Sauvage Screen One 1989 Filipina Dreamgirls Screen One 1991 A Very Polish Practice Screen One 1992 Anna Lee 1993 Harnessing Peacocks 1993 A Few Short Journeys of the Heart Stages 1994 Emma 1996 Getting Hurt Obsessions 1998 A Rather English Marriage 1998 Othello 2001 Boudica 2003 Falling 2005 The Chatterley Affair 2006 Northanger Abbey The Jane Austen Season 2007 A Room with a View 2007 Affinity 2008 Sleep with Me 2009 A Poet in New York 2014 Cinema Edit Consuming Passions 1988 Circle of Friends 1995 The Tailor of Panama 2001 Bridget Jones s Diary 2001 with Helen Fielding and Richard Curtis Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason 2004 with Helen Fielding Brideshead Revisited 2008 The Three Musketeers 2011 Children s books EditConrad s War Blackie and Son 1978 winner of the Guardian Prize 3 Marmalade and Rufus republished in 1982 as Marmalade Atkins Dreadful Deeds Mammoth 1979 The Legend of King Arthur Armada 1979 novelization of Davies eight part BBC serial of the same name Marmalade Atkins in Space Abelard Schuman 1981 Educating Marmalade Hamlyn 1983 Danger Marmalade at Work Penguin 1984 Marmalade Hits the Big Time Thames Magnet 1984 Alfonso Bonzo Methuen 1986 Novels EditA Very Peculiar Practice Coronet 1986 novelization of the first series of A Very Peculiar Practice A Very Peculiar Practice The New Frontier Methuen 1988 novelization of the second series Getting Hurt Methuen 1989 Dirty Faxes Methuen 1990 linked short stories B Monkey Lime Tree 1992 adapted by others as the 1998 film B MonkeyStage plays EditDiary of a Desperate Woman 1979 11 Rose 1980 Prin 1990 Picture books EditAndrew and Diana Davies have written at least two children s picture books Poonam s Pets Methuen Children s 1990 illustrated by Paul Dowling Raj In Charge Hamish Hamilton 1994 illus Debi GlioriReferences Edit Middlemarch IMDb Retrieved 5 September 2015 Adam Dawtrey Sam Mendes shifts to comedy Variety Retrieved 5 September 2015 a b Guardian children s fiction prize relaunched Entry details and list of past winners theguardian 12 March 2001 Retrieved 1 August 2012 BBC period drama has gone downmarket says Andrew Davies Telegraph co uk 28 September 2009 Retrieved 5 September 2015 ITV press release Archived 15 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine BBC BBC One announces adaptation of War and Peace by Andrew Davies Media Centre bbc co uk Retrieved 5 September 2015 Les Miserables to become six part BBC drama bbc co uk 21 July 2016 BBC to adapt Vikram Seth s A Suitable Boy as its first period drama with a non white cast The Telegraph 4 May 2017 Retrieved 5 May 2017 Brown Mark 27 May 2018 Andrew Davies to defend John Updike with Rabbit TV series The Guardian Retrieved 14 September 2018 BBC Cast announced for BBC One s A Suitable Boy the first screen adaptation of Vikram Seth s classic novel Media Centre www bbc co uk Linsie John 22 February 1979 Play Reviews Diary of A Desperate Woman The Stage 5106 11 Further references EditCardwell Sarah 2005 Andrew Davies Manchester MUP External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Andrew Davies writer Andrew Davies at IMDb Portals nbsp BBC nbsp Biography nbsp Children s literature nbsp Film nbsp Television nbsp United Kingdom Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Andrew Davies writer amp oldid 1179021839, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
