Bill MacIlwraith (Writer)

The Anniversary

Mrs Taggart always celebrates her anniversary with her grown sons. It’s a tradition practised since the death of her husband and she is determined for it to continue. None of her three sons have dared to cross their ruthless domineering mother but this anniversary they intend to try. With cruel and brutal twists, the family get-together becomes a social nightmare beyond endurance.

Release Date1968-02-07

DepartmentWriting

JobTheatre Play

Vote Count38

Justice

Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margaret Lockwood stars as Harriet Peterson a female barrister in the North of England. It was made by Yorkshire Television and was based loosely on Justice Is a Woman, an episode of ITV Playhouse broadcast in 1969 in which Lockwood had previously also played a barrister. The theme music was Crown Imperial by William Walton.

Release Date1971-10-08

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count6

Vote Count2

Up Among the Cuckoos

A couple rebel against being forced out of their home (in the name of progress) and into a high rise publicly owned apartment.

Release Date1970-06-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

The Human Jungle

The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the small production company Independent Artists for transmission on ITV. Starring Herbert Lom, it ran for two series which were first transmitted during 1963 and 1965.

Release Date1963-03-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count6

Vote Count4

The Company Man

Agnes realizes 'the other woman' in her and Bob's family life is the company he works for. 'The Company' demands total priority and loyalty in Bob's life.

Release Date1970-11-06

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Sergeant Cork

Sergeant 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.

Release Date1963-06-29

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count3

The Stumbling Block

Alfred decides to move with the times and improve his family business. However, he finds that it's bad enough to be up against strong-minded relations without the biggest stumbling block of all - his own stupid, but well-meaning, son.

Release Date1972-12-11

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Two's Company

Two's Company is a British television situation comedy series that ran from 1975-79. Produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV Network, the programme starred Elaine Stritch and Donald Sinden.

Release Date1975-09-06

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count10

Vote Count4

The Ten Commandments

An anthology series wherein the ten commandments are interpreted in contemporary scenarios by different writers. It was transmissioned from 30 March to 1 June 1971 on ITV Yorkshire.

Release Date1971-03-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Linda

A boy and girl find true love for each other and escape from boredom and crime.

Release Date1960-11-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1

The Big Day

A drama unfolding in the business world where shrewd methods are adopted by a boss to select a suitable yes-man for the Board.

Release Date1960-07-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1

The Bargain Hunters

Tom and Cynthia buy a £20 painting and suddenly believe it to be valuable.

Release Date1971-08-10

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

This Is My Street

A bored housewife has an affair with her mother's lodger.

Release Date1964-01-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count9