Writing

David Stafford

Place of birth

Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK

Known for

Writing

Credits

10 titles

David Stafford was a writer and broadcaster.

Known for

'Itch poster
NR

A lone hitch hiker, marooned near a housing estate, has a dramatic effect on the lives of those around him.

'Itch

1991

The Story of Musicals poster
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A three-part series exploring how the British musical became a driving force behind musical theatre around the world — a tale of shows, daring, rivalries, talent and fortunes are set in just a single square mile.

The Story of Musicals

2012

Dread Poets' Society poster
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Benjamin Zephaniah, renowned Rastafarian poet/rapper is traveling by train from Birmingham to Cambridge to receive his Creative Arts Fellowship sharing a carriage with a racist and philistine car spares salesman played by Timothy Spall; by chance the poets Keats, Byron, Shelley and writer Mary Shelley are transported from a séance they are conducting in The Villa Como by a freak electrical storm. A battle of wits, drug taking and poetry performance ensues!

Dread Poets' Society

1992

Rosie the Great poster
NR

The British Government wants to ruin the island of Longsea with a military base that they’re pushing forward with even after the Island’s council democratically voted to stop it - but Longsea’s past is unclear, and when an American journalist comes to town, their investigations might muddy the international waters…

Rosie the Great

1989

Didn't You Kill My Brother? poster
NR

Carl Moss leaves jail,where he has taken the rap for his evil twin Sterling,and has been declared a model prisoner. Pauline Sneek,his probation officer - and girlfriend - gets him community work teaching youngsters how to lead law-abiding lives. This displeases Sterling,as he needs the young delinquents for his bicycle stealing ring.

Didn't You Kill My Brother?

1988

Ten Days to D-Day poster
5.2

Following the lives of ten characters through their letters and diaries in the ten days before D-Day. The mini-series contains documentary interviews with the people on which the book, and this mini-series were based.

Ten Days to D-Day

2004

Series credits

Behind the camera

'Itch poster
NR

A lone hitch hiker, marooned near a housing estate, has a dramatic effect on the lives of those around him.

'Itch

1991

Dread Poets' Society poster
NR

Benjamin Zephaniah, renowned Rastafarian poet/rapper is traveling by train from Birmingham to Cambridge to receive his Creative Arts Fellowship sharing a carriage with a racist and philistine car spares salesman played by Timothy Spall; by chance the poets Keats, Byron, Shelley and writer Mary Shelley are transported from a séance they are conducting in The Villa Como by a freak electrical storm. A battle of wits, drug taking and poetry performance ensues!

Dread Poets' Society

1992

Rosie the Great poster
NR

The British Government wants to ruin the island of Longsea with a military base that they’re pushing forward with even after the Island’s council democratically voted to stop it - but Longsea’s past is unclear, and when an American journalist comes to town, their investigations might muddy the international waters…

Rosie the Great

1989

Didn't You Kill My Brother? poster
NR

Carl Moss leaves jail,where he has taken the rap for his evil twin Sterling,and has been declared a model prisoner. Pauline Sneek,his probation officer - and girlfriend - gets him community work teaching youngsters how to lead law-abiding lives. This displeases Sterling,as he needs the young delinquents for his bicycle stealing ring.

Didn't You Kill My Brother?

1988

Ten Days to D-Day poster
5.2

Following the lives of ten characters through their letters and diaries in the ten days before D-Day. The mini-series contains documentary interviews with the people on which the book, and this mini-series were based.

Ten Days to D-Day

2004

Pirate Prince poster
10.0

Jack Prince, a British renegade, joins a rebellion and becomes one of the most feared pirates in the Caribbean.

Pirate Prince

1991

No artwork available
NR

A feast of old chestnuts from the glory days of Christmasses past with this look at the rise and demise of the Christmas light-entertainment spectacular, from Christmas Night with the Stars to Val Doonican and Christmas Snowtime Special.

Cardigans at Christmas

1997

Catherine poster
5.5

The true story of Catherine Dunbar's struggle with anorexia, that began when she was 15.

Catherine

1988

The Fortean Review of the Year poster
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A month-by-month tour through 1994's most bizarre events from around the world. Including a shoal of fish falling on a pub in Australia and an outbreak of fainting Egyptian schoolgirls.

The Fortean Review of the Year

1994