Alan ClarkeAn unusually brilliant generation of film-makers emerged from British television drama in the 1960-70s - none more formidable than Alan Clarke. Yet Clarke enjoyed only a vague renown among the public, even though some of his most incendiary productions - Scum, The Firm, Made in Britain - attracted great controversy. But he was greatly admired by his fellow professionals: 'He became the best of all of us', Stephen Frears observed after Clarke's untimely death in 1990. |
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Early years and roamings 19351962 | |
Life in the theatre 19621966 | |
The making of a television director 19671969 | |
Kicking down doors at the BBC 19691970 | |
Upheavals and expulsions 19701971 | |
Scum 1977 | |
Dantons Death 1978 | |
Scum the Feature Film 1979 | |
Clarke at Fox and Assassination on Embassy Row 1980 | |
Beloved Enemy 1980 and PsyWarriors 1981 | |
Made In Britain 1983 | |
Contact 1984 | |
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire 1985 | |
Horace 1972 | |
The basement Number Three Almeida Street 19701977 | |
To Encourage the Others 1972 | |
Diverse works 19721973 | |
Diane 1975 | |
Alan Clarkes never sold out Whod want him? Return trips to Liverpool 1973 | |
19751976 | |
Christine 1986 | |
Rita Sue and Bob Too 1986 | |
Road 1987 | |
Elephant 1988 | |
The Firm 1988 | |
An American Murder and Crouchos 19871990 | |