CHARIOTS OF FIRE AND DEREK JARMAN – CHAPTER 1
Looking back, I can see that my 22nd birthday was a significant day in terms of my going into the film business. I had already
THE SECOND DEREK – GRANGER, GRANADA AND BRIDESHEAD – CHAPTER 2
It’s funny how, as we get older we can look back on certain moments that shaped our entire lives both professional and personal. Meeting Derek
A HANDFUL OF DUST – CHAPTER 3
I started writing the screenplay for Handful with Derek Granger in 1982. The movie itself wasn’t made until 1988, which was pretty much par for
1984 – CHAPTER 4
George Orwell was right, this was indeed a big year, well for me, maybe not quite in the way he’d envisaged for the world as
DIRECTING CORONATION STREET AND THATCHER – CHAPTER 5
Coronation Street, for those of you who may not live in the UK and be that familiar with, it is a much loved British soap
REGIME CHANGE, MAIGRET AND SHERLOCK HOLMES – CHAPTER 6
A change in the executive structure of either a film studio or a television company is something everyone in these industries has to deal with
JACK AND SARAH – CHAPTER 7
It was some time during 1991 that Steve Morrison stopped me in a corridor in Granada, Golden Square and said – ‘Look I know you’re
RELEASING A MOVIE – CHAPTER 8
Making a film is, mostly, a really rewarding experience but a challenging one for many reasons. It’s not just about the writing of the script,
EMPTY CRADLES AND MY FIRST HOLLYWOOD COMMISSION – CHAPTER 9
I found what I hoped to be my next project some months before Jack and Sarah opened. It was a book called ‘Empty Cradles’ about
SACKING AGENTS AND NEW LINE CINEMA – CHAPTER 10
A few things happened around the “release” of Jack and Sarah in the US. I had gone over to Los Angeles two weeks before the
