Giles Cooper (Writing)

The Lady in the Van

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.

Release Date:2015-10-30

Character:Passer-By

Vote Count:751

Nowhere Boy

A rebellious teenager, future Beatle John Lennon lives with his Aunt Mimi in working-class mid-1950s Liverpool, England. Mimi's husband suddenly dies, and John spies his mother Julia at the funeral. Despite Mimi's misgivings, John intends to have a real relationship with his mother. Julia introduces him to popular music and the banjo and, though a family conflict looms, young John is inspired to form his own band.

Release Date:2009-12-25

Department:Production

Job:Consulting Producer

Vote Count:818

Madame Bovary

Francesca Annis and Tom Conti star in this acclaimed UK miniseries adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's classic tale of one woman's attempts to mold her own unfulfilling life in the shape of her favorite romantic novels.

Release Date:1975-09-22

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:3

Unman, Wittering and Zigo

A new schoolteacher learns that the previous teacher was killed by his students, and he fears the same fate will befall him.

Release Date:1971-06-13

Department:Writing

Job:Theatre Play

Vote Count:16

Já jsem Osango

Release Date:1969-09-10

Department:Writing

Job:Theatre Play

I Am Osango

Spot-welder Aaron Toft assumes the identity of Aaron Osango - an ex-spot welder who has been sentenced to death and is in jail in an African state.

Release Date:1967-04-15

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Sword of Honour

Based on Evelyn Waugh novel

Release Date:1967-01-02

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:3

Maigret

Release Date:1964-10-23

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:18

Vote Count:1

Tales of Mystery

Tales of Mystery was a British supernatural television drama anthology series based on the short stories of Algernon Blackwood. It was broadcast by ITV and ran over three seasons from 1961-1963. Produced by Peter Graham Scott, each episode was 25 minutes long and introduced by John Laurie. None of the 29 episodes broadcast survive in any television archive, however.

Release Date:1961-03-29

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:1

Maigret

BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran from 1960-63 on British television.

Release Date:1960-10-31

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:55

Vote Count:11

The Crawling Eye

A United Nations investigator crosses paths with a pair of psychic sisters on his way to Trollenberg observatory in the Swiss Alps, which has been plagued by a series of mountaineer disappearances that may be related to a radioactive cloud at the mountain's south face.

Release Date:1958-07-07

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Vote Count:93

Lilli Palmer Theatre

A half-hour anthology series.

Release Date:1955-09-25

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Episode Count:1