Writing
Douglas Livingstone
Born — Died
1934-05-23 — 2021-04-09
Place of birth
Dagenham, Essex, England, UK
Known for
Writing
Credits
31 titles
Known for
7.4Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
The Saint
1962
7.1Series of single made-for-television dramas.
Screen Two
1985
7.2Sergeant Cork is a British detective television series which first aired between 1963 and 1968 on ITV. It was a police procedural show that followed the efforts of two police officers and their battle against crime in Victorian London. In all 66 hour-long episodes were aired during the five-year run, although the last episode was not broadcast until January 1968, 16 months after the others. Journalist Tom Sutcliffe has credited it as a first example of the use of the Victorian-era policeman in a television crime series. A 1969 review in The Age opined that rather than suspense, the strengths of the series were its "excellent period settings and wonderfully thick pea-soupers" which "add up to splendid evocative stuff", as well as the performance of star John Barrie. At no time during the whole series is Sergeant Cork's first name given.
Sergeant Cork
1963
6.5Sergeant-Major Charles Coward, a brave British soldier is captured by German forces during World War II. When he's thrown into a prisoner of war camp, he immediately plans his escape. Masquerading as a wounded German soldier, he makes it as far as the medical tent, where the deceived enemy forces award him the Iron Cross. Though he is ultimately discovered, he goes on to courageously pursue his freedom with a whimsical and undying audacity.
The Password Is Courage
1962
A traditional rural English Christmas, reluctantly spent with the predominantly geriatric family (who all have their quirks and eccentricities) ends in tragedy after a practical joke goes horribly wrong.
Ending Up
1989
7.1As Vic Brown vacillates between infatuation and disinterest for his co-worker Ingrid Rothwell, she finds out that she is pregnant and Vic has to reconcile how he thought his life would go with what life actually has in store for him.
A Kind of Loving
1962
Film credits
1970s · 3 titles
8.5Three miners plan a weekend fishing.
The Fishing Party
1972
8.0Art has a rabbit, Ern a guinea pig and Abe, a mouse. They're off to astound the world of the Fancy with a triple triumph... but what about the Entwhistles!
Three for the Fancy
1974
10.0Three miners take a boat trip to Stratford-on-Avon.
Shakespeare or Bust
1973
1960s · 3 titles
6.5Sergeant-Major Charles Coward, a brave British soldier is captured by German forces during World War II. When he's thrown into a prisoner of war camp, he immediately plans his escape. Masquerading as a wounded German soldier, he makes it as far as the medical tent, where the deceived enemy forces award him the Iron Cross. Though he is ultimately discovered, he goes on to courageously pursue his freedom with a whimsical and undying audacity.
The Password Is Courage
1962
7.1As Vic Brown vacillates between infatuation and disinterest for his co-worker Ingrid Rothwell, she finds out that she is pregnant and Vic has to reconcile how he thought his life would go with what life actually has in store for him.
A Kind of Loving
1962
5.6The inhabitants of Ganymede need to find mates from another world or they will become extinct. They soon discover a suitable breeding stock amongst the females of planet Earth.
The Night Caller
1965
Series credits
7.4Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
The Saint
1962
7.1Series of single made-for-television dramas.
Screen Two
1985
7.2Sergeant Cork is a British detective television series which first aired between 1963 and 1968 on ITV. It was a police procedural show that followed the efforts of two police officers and their battle against crime in Victorian London. In all 66 hour-long episodes were aired during the five-year run, although the last episode was not broadcast until January 1968, 16 months after the others. Journalist Tom Sutcliffe has credited it as a first example of the use of the Victorian-era policeman in a television crime series. A 1969 review in The Age opined that rather than suspense, the strengths of the series were its "excellent period settings and wonderfully thick pea-soupers" which "add up to splendid evocative stuff", as well as the performance of star John Barrie. At no time during the whole series is Sergeant Cork's first name given.
Sergeant Cork
1963
Behind the camera
A traditional rural English Christmas, reluctantly spent with the predominantly geriatric family (who all have their quirks and eccentricities) ends in tragedy after a practical joke goes horribly wrong.
Ending Up
1989
NR'I don't think at first I thought at all. I had a nice house, lovely kids. I didn't think about blacks at all. I should've done, but I didn't. They were just there.'
Drums Along Balmoral Drive
1986
5.9This is the true story of an Israeli civilian who was recruited into Israel's Secret Intelligence Agency to become a spy in Damascus, where he spent years infiltrating the Syrian political establishment. Israel's national hero, Eli Cohen, successfully entered the upper echelons of the Syrian government as a double-agent. The secrets he obtained became crucial in Israel's victory in the 1967 Six Day War.
The Impossible Spy
1987
An Amateur Drama Troupe putting on a show at an old people's home, start to improvise the script with their own personal problems.
A Touch of the Victorians
1972
Three old friends are reunited after one was involved in an accident. They reminisce about their motorbike trip to the Isle of Man to ride the TT course. Second movie in The Quest Trilogy.
The Second Quest
2004
8.0When it's time to wet the baby's head, it's surprising the secrets that emerge...
I Can't See My Little Willie
1970
8.0At Blandings Castle, the Earl of Emsworth only cares about his prize pig 'The Empress' and is wilfully ignorant of the fact that his brother is planning to publish a book which might ruin the family name forever. Moreover, the Earl's nephew might cause the family some major damage by getting married to a terribly unsuitable chorus girl. An adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse's novel of the same name.
Heavy Weather
1995
NREpisode of The Frighteners: It was meant to be a great day out for three veterans and the male nurse. But their uneasy friendship soon became savage enmity.
The Treat
1972
8.0Douglas Livingstone has direct experience of the tensions in South Africa. On a research visit there in the summer of 1993, he was mugged within 24 hours of arriving in Johannesburg. Over the following week. the East Rand riots claimed 600 lives.
Return to Blood River
1994
7.8A father is intent on finding the truth as to how his soldier son met his death while serving in Northern Ireland.
We'll Support You Evermore
1985
7.8A father is intent on finding the truth as to how his soldier son met his death while serving in Northern Ireland.
We'll Support You Evermore
1985
Trevor returns to his old home town to see his estranged wife and son, but fails to see why she is afraid of him.
If You Could See What I Can See
1974
9.0Recently made redundant, Jim takes his wife Bridget to meet his old scouting pal Nifty. As well as campfire memories to swop, there just might be the possibility of a job.
Crest of a Wave
1978
Three old friends reminisce about their old haunts. Hearing that a coffee bar they frequented in their youth is reopening with a rock 'n' roll theme, Dave, Charlie and Ronno decide to pay a visit. Third film in The Quest Trilogy.
The Final Quest
2004
NRWhen unmarried mother Maggie takes her son Terry on holiday to the Welsh fishing village of Gorbay, they meet Gareth, a member of the local lifeboat crew. But Terry's admiration of Gareth leads to tragedy.
Run for the Lifeboat
1988
NRWhen unmarried mother Maggie takes her son Terry on holiday to the Welsh fishing village of Gorbay, they meet Gareth, a member of the local lifeboat crew. But Terry's admiration of Gareth leads to tragedy.
Run for the Lifeboat
1988
NRArthur takes early retirement, and with his wife Marion, moves into a bungalow by the sea, bought by their son. However, disillusionment sets in after a year when the plans he had do not work out and life is not what they expected or hoped.
Mummy and Daddy
1973
Mickey Grant is the life and soul of the many coach trips he has taken. After his latest journey, he meets his travelling companions in a London station buffet and together they recall the journey from Loch Lomond.
After Loch Lomond
1973
NRAn out of work man must take his son to a school poetry competition while accompanied by his friendly neighbours, of which, he's not too secretly been having an affair with the wife.
Competition
1971
Three elderly men, Dave, Ronno and Charlie, meet at Charlie's retirement party and reminisce about their teenage "quest" in the 1950s to get laid. This had involved travelling on their motorbikes up to the Lake District "where all the girls shag like rabbits" - but things hadn't turned out quite as they had planned. First movie in The Quest Trilogy.
The Quest
2002
8.0Comedy play about a seaside photographer, Henry Hunter, who goes to Margate every year to work, staying with his friends Frank and Hylda. However, he is getting older, and his trade is dying out as people have their own instamatic cameras.
Everybody Say Cheese
1971

