Biography

 

Prolific film and TV scriptwriter with a range of credits from adaptations to political drama, crime drama and American series.

 

  

Selected Credits:

 

TV: HOLBY CITY, DANGERFIELD, THE LOST DAUGHTER, IN THE NAME OF THE QUEEN, BERGERAC and THE SAINT

 

 

Full Credits:

 

Scripts:

 

2005           

DIBS

A feature film script based on the book DIBS IN SEARCH OF SELF by Virginia Axline:  All rights owned by Peter Palliser

 

2004         

The Jerry Naylor Company, LLC for Tribute to the Rockabilly Legends Book Projects

 

2003         

TYPICALLY SWISS feature film for C-Films, Zurich

 

2002         

YOL

Feature film for C-Films, Zurich

 

2000         

HOLBY CITY

Two episodes in the series: BBC

 

99 / 00      

A DOG'S LIFE

Feature film script for Cheyenne Films

 

1999         

ST LUKE'S

Pilot of a long-running series for Whitehall Films / BBC Northern Ireland

 

DANGERFIELD

Two episodes in the series for BBC

 

1998         

DANGERFIELD

Two episodes for BBC

 

WING AND A PRAYER

An episode in the series for Pearson / Channel 5

 

THE JOURNEY

Feature film adaptation of the novel by Ida Fink for Filmpool, Germany

 

DANGERFIELD

Two episodes in the series for the BBC

 

TANKER

90-minute television movie: commissioned by Nova Media, Berlin

 

1997         

DANGERFIELD

An episode in the series for the BBC

 

1996/7      

THE LOST DAUGHTER

A 2 x 90-minute movie starring Richard Chamberlain: Condor / Minds Eye / SAT1:  German TX achieved number 1 ratings

 

1995         

JUST THE JOB

A long-running TV proposal for Select TV

 

IN THE NAME OF THE QUEEN

5-part mini-series for Carl Tewes Productions, Holland: Production 1995: Director Bram von Erkel

                                                

1994         

LE SINGE / MONKEY MAN

Feature script for Emmanuel Bonn, Paris

 

CIRCLE OF DECEIT

2 x 1-hour episode of the series: Yorkshire TV: Starring Dennis Waterman

 

1993         

HEARTBEAT

One episode for Yorkshire TV

 

1992         

BOON

3 x 1-hour episodes for Central

                                                                                                                                    

1991         

HORNBLOWER

1-hour episode for the series, BBC

 

BOON CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

90-minute for Central: TX Christmas Eve 1991

 

BOMARZO

4 x 1 hour mini-series for Virginia Films, Spain

 

BOON

Two episodes for Central TV

 

1990         

THE CHIEF

3 x 52 minute scripts for Anglia TV

                  

THE PRIVATE OFFICE

1 x 52 minute pilot for BBC TV

                  

LANDSLIDE

Feature film script based on Desmond Bagley's thriller for Northern Screen: Produced September 1990

 

BERGERAC

One episode for BBC TV: TX: 1991

 

1989         

THE SAINT

2 x 2-hour episodes for D L Taffner / LWT / Mystery Channel USA / Creativite et Development

 

1988         

THE WHOLE NINE YARDS

HBO two-hour movie script: Story based on research and newspaper articles by Lee Roderick

 

1987              

THE SEVENTH DAY

A mini-series adaptation of LA FIN DU SEPTIEME JOUR by Frederic le Page for Tele Images

                       

1986              

SLAY RIDE:

Co-writer screenplay based on the Dick Francis novel: For Tempest Films

 

TRICKSTER

Writer, feature film treatment and screenplay for Mannucci Productions, New York

 

Fiction:

 

THE BID

Novel: based on his own TV outline: For Booker Plc: Published by Penguin

 

Biog:

 

Peter Palliser lived and worked in the United States from 1976 to 1985.  He moved back to London in August 1985.

 

Member, Writers Guild of America, East, Inc

 

Bilingual French / English and knowledge of Russian

 

 

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