Writing
Arthur Hopcraft
Born — Died
1932-11-30 — 2004-11-22
Place of birth
Shoeburyness, Essex, England, UK
Known for
Writing
Credits
8 titles
Arthur Hopcraft (30 November 1932 – 22 November 2004) was a British screenwriter, well known for his TV plays such as The Nearly Man, and for his small-screen adaptations such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy; Hard Times, Bleak House, and Rebecca. Before taking up writing for TV, he was a sports journalist for The Guardian and The Observer, writing The Football Man: People and Passions in Soccer. He also had four other books published, including an autobiographical account of his childhood, and wrote the screenplay for the film Hostage. Hopcraft won the BAFTA Writers Award in 1986. Hopcraft was born in Shoeburyness, Essex. He soon moved to Cannock, Staffordshire, and as a teen, he started worki…
Known for
3.8A weary British spy retreats to a Buenos Aires hotel and recalls his last dirty job, complete with lover.
Hostage
1992
6.1England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.
Agatha
1979
NRTwo women, looking for amusement on their afternoons off, visit a drinking club.
Wednesday Love
1975
9.0Two provincial newspaper reporters - one a young idealist starting out on his career, the other an embittered man who previously wrote for a failed national daily - swap views.
The Reporters
1972
NRA middle class man finds life as a Labour MP challenging.
The Nearly Man
1974
NRPlay by Arthur Hopcraft about Christmas in a Northern town, and the relationship within a family.
Jingle Bells
1973
Behind the camera
3.8A weary British spy retreats to a Buenos Aires hotel and recalls his last dirty job, complete with lover.
Hostage
1992
6.1England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.
Agatha
1979
NRTwo women, looking for amusement on their afternoons off, visit a drinking club.
Wednesday Love
1975
9.0Two provincial newspaper reporters - one a young idealist starting out on his career, the other an embittered man who previously wrote for a failed national daily - swap views.
The Reporters
1972
NRA middle class man finds life as a Labour MP challenging.
The Nearly Man
1974
NRPlay by Arthur Hopcraft about Christmas in a Northern town, and the relationship within a family.
Jingle Bells
1973
The story of four Lakeland walkers who attempt to climb a fell. The fells represent the highlight of their year. They all have dull and uninteresting jobs and their only chance of relieving the boredom is in the fells After five years of weekends together they had never managed to reach the top of the Horseshoe, but were always defeated by something trivial. By the sixth year their combined failure to get to the summit took on the proportions of a tragedy especially they all saw it matching the situation in their everyday lives. Filmed on location
The Mosedale Horseshoe
1971
"I like preaching... Only two things in my life have ever excited me as much: playing football and making love." But his congregation feel he's gone too far this time...
Said the Preacher
1972