Julian Mitchell

Julian Mitchell

Julian Mitchell (born May 1, 1935 in Epping, Essex) is an English playwright, screenwriter and occasional novelist. He is best known as screenwriter for TV, producing many original plays and series episodes, including at least ten for "Inspector Morse".He has written nine produced plays, including "Another Country", which won the SWET (now Oliviers) award for best play of the year (1981). He has also written the screen play for five movies, starting by co-writing " Arabesque" (1966), and including the 1984 film adaptation of "Another Country", "Wilde" and "Vincent & Theo".

Mitchell was educated at Winchester College where he won the English Verse and Duncan Reading Prizes [Winchester College Register 1992] . He then did his national service in submarines 1953-55, (Sub Lt RNVR). He then went to Oxford, where he received a BA with first class honours in 1958. This was followed by a period as a Harkness Fellow in the USA (1959-61). Since 1962 has been a freelance writer.

In the late 1960s, Mitchell co-wrote the teleplay "Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)" with Ray Davies of The Kinks. It was never produced, though it gave rise to the band's concept album. He recently recalled the aborted project: "Arthur had a most unhappy history. It was originally meant to be a...sort of rock opera, and we got as far as casting (excellent director and actors) and finding locations and were about to go when the producer went to a production meeting without a proper budget, tried to flannel his way through it, was immediately sussed and the production pulled. I have never been able to forgive the man."

In 2007 he wrote for BBC4 the drama "Consenting Adults" about Sir John Wolfenden and his celebrated 1957 report.

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