Alan Plater has died aged 75. He was one of the leading television playwrights in this country and his work goes from 1962 to the present time. This is a link to the IMDB page for him. A look at his output shows his importance to British television.
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Thanks for pointing this out El Loro.
He had a prolific output over many years didn't he?
There can't be many people who have not seen a piece of work by Alan Plater.
I think too that with his writing you were fairly sure not to get sub-standard quality.
Sad.
He had a prolific output over many years didn't he?
There can't be many people who have not seen a piece of work by Alan Plater.
I think too that with his writing you were fairly sure not to get sub-standard quality.
Sad.
I'm truly sorry to hear about Alan Plater's demise.
He has written some of the best telly for so many years.
RIP
He has written some of the best telly for so many years.
RIP
That's a shame. 
Sad news. He was responsible for a lot of good TV programmes.