After ‘A Family at War’
After Granada’s most successful drama series was transmitted ‘what’s next’ was an obvious question. SAM and this series …… but what was it called and who was in it?
John Finch - Writer and Producer
Written by - Produced by - Created by - John Finch Playwright & Author - Television drama behind the scenes in what some call "The Golden Age of Television"
SAM remembered
Very grateful for this recent post on social media and a comment from a talk group: Well, it’s rather like watching a DH Lawrence novel come alive. Sons and Lovers and all that. I don’t want to be read as making light of anything because I believe Mr. Finch wrote …
Social Media
From a recent post to my Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/JohnFinchWriter
Forgotten Television Drama
From: https://forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com you’re reading… 1970s, Granada Television, ITV, John Finch, Lez Cooke, Sam Sam (Granada, 1973-5) Posted by lezcooke ⋅ October 22, 2014 ⋅ 10 Comments In my book A Sense of Place: Regional British television drama, 1956-82, I argued that the 1980s saw a shift away from the production of …
It’s Dearer After Midnight and The House That Jigger Built
From https://forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com ‘Forgotten Dramas 2’ at BFI Southbank: ‘It’s Dearer After Midnight’ + ‘The House That Jigger Built’ Posted by lezcooke ⋅ February 9, 2017 ⋅ Leave a comment Our Forgotten Dramas season continues on Friday 10 February at 8.40 pm in NFT2 with a double bill of two Granada dramas from …
New Edition of ‘Shaft of Light’ available – with a new cover
Shaft of Light by John Finch A new edition is now available complete with a new cover In his 90’s John has just published his first Ebook – ‘A Shaft of Light’ A Shaft of light is a new e-publication of Johns novel ‘Cuddon Return’ re-pubished as ‘Shaft of Light’ …
Now Available on Amazon
John’s poetry book ‘Before, During and After the War’ is now available to buy on Amazon Find on LuLu It remains available directly on LuLu and can be obtained by book shops via Bertram’s Book Wholesalers ISBN: 978-0-244-35061-1 Bertrams Listing
The Coronation Street Blog
A big thank you to the Coronation Street Blog for mentioning John’s new poetry book. LINK: https://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/original-coronation-street-writer.html