Anthony Steven began his career as a reporter on the Oxford Mail. Later, he was discovered by John Grierson, the founder of the Crown Film Unit, who hired him as a writer.
In 1957 Steven joined the BBC. A prolific writer, he wrote many television serials over a period of thirty years. Some of his scripts were original but many were adaptations of classic novels, including several episodes of The Forsyte Saga (1967). In 1984, he wrote the script for the Doctor Who story The Twin Dilemma, the first to star Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor.[1] Steven claimed his typewriter had exploded whilst he was working on the script.[2]
anthony, steven, august, 1916, 1990, british, television, scriptwriter, whose, career, spanned, over, three, decades, notable, works, include, creatures, great, small, prime, miss, jean, brodie, forsyte, saga, bornwilliam, anthony, steven3, august, 1916surrey,. Anthony Steven 3 August 1916 26 May 1990 was a British television scriptwriter whose career spanned over three decades Notable works include All Creatures Great and Small The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and The Forsyte Saga Anthony StevenBornWilliam Anthony Guy Steven3 August 1916Surrey EnglandDied26 May 1990 aged 73 Surrey EnglandOccupationtelevision scriptwriterCareer editAnthony Steven began his career as a reporter on the Oxford Mail Later he was discovered by John Grierson the founder of the Crown Film Unit who hired him as a writer In 1957 Steven joined the BBC A prolific writer he wrote many television serials over a period of thirty years Some of his scripts were original but many were adaptations of classic novels including several episodes of The Forsyte Saga 1967 In 1984 he wrote the script for the Doctor Who story The Twin Dilemma the first to star Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor 1 Steven claimed his typewriter had exploded whilst he was working on the script 2 References edit Miles Lawrence Wood Tat 2005 About Time 5 1980 1984 Seasons 18 to 21 Illinois Mad Norwegian Press pp 310 22 ISBN 0975944649 Doctor Who s top 50 controversies Den of Geek 25 October 2013 External links editAnthony Steven at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Anthony Steven amp oldid 1160176970, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
