Writing

John Elliot

Born — Died

1918-07-04 — 1997-08-14

Known for

Writing

Credits

9 titles

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Sisters poster
NR

A widow, Millie, moves in with her sister, Ada, who is also a widow. Millie finds the house is not too her liking and starts to make changes, to Ada's annoyance.

Sisters

1976

A Man from the Sun poster
7.0

A mixed party of West Indian settlers arrives in London, where they encounter prejudice from the white population and integrate themselves into the existing West Indian community.

A Man from the Sun

1956

A Man from the Sun poster
7.0

A mixed party of West Indian settlers arrives in London, where they encounter prejudice from the white population and integrate themselves into the existing West Indian community.

A Man from the Sun

1956

Child of Hope poster
NR

Thirty-seven men from the disputed territory of South West Africa are on trial for their lives in Pretoria, 1,000 miles from their home. They are to be tried under South Africa's Terrorism Act despite the UN ruling that South Africa must abandon its 'illegal administration' of their country.

Child of Hope

1975

The Chief Mourner poster
NR

"Suppose you heard I was someone you couldn't possibly approve of." For a successful man with public responsibilities Alan Berry is strangely reluctant to help the police when his wife is murdered.

The Chief Mourner

1979

No artwork available
7.0

A contemporary retelling of the Mary Shelley story, produced as a tribute to the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley on the 150th anniversary of his death.

Shelley

1972

No artwork available
NR

A dramatised documentary about the lives and work of the performers and administrators of a local orchestra. With the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra.

Who Pays the Piper?

1960

No artwork available
NR

Largo Caballero attempts to hold his coalition government together in Madrid in 1936.

The Madness: Scenes from the Spanish Civil War

1976