Michael Wearing is a British television producer, who has spent much of his career working on various drama productions for the BBC. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking He is best known as the producer of the highly-acclaimed serials Boys from the Blackstuff (1982) and Edge of Darkness (1985), which created for him a reputation as one of British television's foremost producers of high-quality, award-winning drama. Boys from The Blackstuff is a British Television drama series of five episodes originally transmitted from October 10 to November Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Edge of Darkness is a British television Drama serial, produced by BBC Television in association with Lionheart Television International Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar)
His initial career was in the ever popular theatre, where he worked as a director, before in 1976 he joined the BBC's English Regions Drama Department as a Script Editor. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The department, based at BBC Birmingham, had been set up as an attempt to counter the BBC's tradition of producing dramas that were almost exclusively made and set in London and the surrounding areas, and was charged with making 'regional drama' based in all areas of the country. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
Over the following five years, Wearing worked as both a script editor and producer on various series and plays for the department, with his most successful production there being the Play for Today entry The Black Stuff. A script editor is a member of the production team of scripted Television programmes usually dramas and comedies The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking Play for Today was a British television anthology drama series produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984 Written by Alan Bleasdale, despite languishing on the shelf for two years waiting for a broadcast slot before being shown in 1980, the play was a great success and led in 1982 to Bleasdale writing and Wearing producing Boys from the Blackstuff, a sequel series showing what happened to the characters involved after the events of the play. Alan Bleasdale (born 23 March 1946 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, brought up in Huyton Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Boys from The Blackstuff is a British Television drama series of five episodes originally transmitted from October 10 to November This was highly acclaimed and award-winning, and led to Wearing being called down to work at the central BBC drama department in London.
The first project he was given there by Head of Series & Serials Jonathan Powell was a Troy Kennedy Martin script entitled Edge of Darkness. Jonathan Powell may refer to Jonathan Powell (musician, British musician Jonathan Powell (producer (born 1947 British television producer Troy Kennedy Martin (born in Scotland in 1932 and educated at Finchley Grammar School (now known as Finchley Catholic High School and Trinity College Dublin Edge of Darkness is a British television Drama serial, produced by BBC Television in association with Lionheart Television International Eventually screened in 1985, Edge of Darkness proved to be yet another award-winner, and cemented Wearing's reputation. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar)
In 1989, he was made Head of Serials at the BBC, the Series and Serials departments now having been separated as they had originally been. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) In 1993, after Head of Series Peter Cregeen's departure from the Corporation, Wearing was briefly Head of Series & Serials, before his role was reduced to simply overseeing Serials again the following year. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Peter Cregeen (born 28 January 1940 in London, England) is a British Television director, producer and executive
In his time as Head of Serials he oversaw the production of a great number of productions, among the most famous being the new era of costume drama literary adaptations such as Middlemarch (1993) and Pride and Prejudice (1995). Middlemarch is a Novel by George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Anne Evans later Marian Evans Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Pride and Prejudice is a six-episode 1995 British television drama adapted by Andrew Davies from Jane Austen 's 1813 novel Pride Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 However, perhaps his most lasting legacy and yet another acclaimed award-winner was the 1996 BBC Two serial Our Friends in the North. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Our Friends in the North is a British Television drama serial, produced by the BBC and originally broadcast in nine episodes Written by playwright Peter Flannery, Our Friends in the North was a production Wearing had wanted to bring to the screens since the early 1980s, but due to various difficulties with budgets and BBC executives, he had never been able to. Peter Flannery (born October 12 1951 in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear) is an English Playwright and Scriptwriter. Now, with a bulletproof reputation and as Head of Serials the ability to commission the production himself, he was finally able to persuade channel controller Michael Jackson to accept the serial, which was a resounding hit. Michael Richard Jackson (born 11 February 1958 is a British Television producer and executive
In 1997, Wearing was given the honorary Alan Clarke Award for outstanding creative achievement in television at the British Academy Television Awards. Alan Clarke ( 28 October 1935 – 24 July 1990) was a television and Film director, producer and writer born The British Academy Television Awards, also known as the BAFTAs &mdash or to differentiate them from the BAFTA Film Awards, the BAFTA Television Awards In 1998 he left the staff of the BBC, although he has continued to do various producing work for them since. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
References
- Ahmed, Kamal. "Stifled" BBC drama chief quits. "The Guardian". The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Friday February 6, 1998 (page 3). Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
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