Peter Spence
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Peter Spence (born 24 April 1944) is an English journalist and writer. He is perhaps best known for creating and writing the British sitcom To the Manor Born.
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[edit] Early life
Born in 1944, Peter Spence was educated at Bromsgrove School, Worcestershire.[1] At the age of 18, he became a reporter for the Birmingham Post and Mail. Around the same times, he joined the Territorial Army.[1] He studied Politics and American Studies at Nottingham University and graduated in 1968 and became a professional writer in the same year.[1]
[edit] Career
Peter Spence has written for many television shows including Not the Nine O'Clock News, Crackerjack and Rosemary & Thyme. In the mid-1970s, he created To the Manor Born, and after a radio pilot was made, the series aired on television from 1979 to 1981.[2] Out of 21 episodes, he wrote 20 of them.
Spence has also written for radio, including Roy Castle Show and Windsor Davies Presents.[1]
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c d One from the Archives - Birth of To the Manor Born. To the Manor Born International Appreciation Society (2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-25.
- ^ Roche, Elisa. "To the Manor Reborn", Daily Express, 25 October 2007.
