Adrian Hodges
Adrian Hodges | |
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Born | London, England | 4 February 1957
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, writer, producer |
Known for | Survivors (2008), BBC1. An updated version of the 1970s drama series set in a post-apocalyptic Britain. |
Adrian Hodges (born 4 February 1957) is an English television and film writer. He has won a BAFTA Award.
Life and career
[edit]He began his career in journalism for Screen International magazine [1][2] and his screenwriting debut was the 1991 television drama Tell Me That You Love Me, followed by screenplays for The Bridge (1992) and Tom & Viv (1994) for which Miranda Richardson and Rosemary Harris both received Oscar nominations.[1]
After his film adaptation of Julian Barnes's Metroland (1997) Hodges concentrated on writing for television, including Amongst Women (1998), his adaptation of John McGahern's novel for BBC Two, which received a BAFTA award for Best Serial and won the Grand Prix award at the Banff Television Festival, The Lost World (2001) and Charles II: The Power and The Passion (2003).
In 2005 he wrote the episode "Triumph" for the HBO-BBC series Rome. He has since adapted two of Philip Pullman's Sally Lockhart stories for TV: The Ruby in the Smoke (2006) and The Shadow in the North (production completed 2007).
He is co-creator of the ITV sci-fi drama Primeval, for which he wrote nine episodes in five series. In 2008 he was also reported to be working on and a new adaptation of Silas Marner.[3]
On 22 November 2007, the BBC announced that they were going to remake Survivors, as written by Adrian Hodges. Two series were shown on BBC One, in 2008 and 2010.[4]
Hodges wrote the screenplay for the 2011 film My Week with Marilyn.[5]
Adrian Hodges created the BBC television series The Musketeers, based on the Alexandre Dumas characters, which aired its first season from January to March 2014.
Writing credits
[edit]Production | Notes | Broadcaster |
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Screen One |
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BBC One |
The Bridge |
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N/A |
Tom & Viv |
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N/A |
Kavanagh QC |
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ITV |
Metroland |
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N/A |
Heaven on Earth |
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BBC One |
Amongst Women |
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BBC Two |
The Jump |
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ITV |
David Copperfield |
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BBC One |
Lorna Doone |
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BBC One |
The Hunt |
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ITV |
The Lost World |
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BBC One |
Charles II: The Power and The Passion |
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BBC One |
Rome |
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BBC Two HBO |
The Ruby in the Smoke |
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BBC One |
The History of Mr. Polly |
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ITV |
The Shadow in the North |
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BBC One |
Survivors |
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BBC One |
Primeval |
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ITV |
My Week with Marilyn |
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N/A |
13 Steps Down |
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ITV |
Labyrinth |
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Channel 4 The CW |
Primeval: New World |
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Space |
The Musketeers |
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BBC One |
The Go-Between |
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BBC One |
Awards and nominations
[edit]Year | Award | Work | Category | Result | Reference |
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1999 | British Academy Television Awards | Amongst Women (shared with Colin Tucker, Jonathan Curling, and Tom Cairns) | Best Drama Serial | Nominated | |
2004 | Charles II: The Power and The Passion (shared with Kate Harwood and Joe Wright) | Won | |||
2006 | Writers Guild of America Award | Rome | New Series (TV) (with Alexandra Cunningham, David Frankel, Bruno Heller, William J. Macdonald, and John Milius) | Nominated | |
2007 | TV Quick Awards | Primeval (shared with Tim Haines) | Best New Drama | Nominated | |
2012 | British Academy Television Awards | My Week with Marilyn (shared with Simon Curtis, David Parfitt, and Harvey Weinstein) | Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film | Nominated |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Profile: Adrian Hodges" Archived 14 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Public Broadcasting Service
- ^ Adrian Hodges at BBC Writersroom. Retrieved 21/10/2011
- ^ "thecustard.tv • coming up". Archived from the original on 11 January 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2007.
- ^ "Cult show Survivors to be remade: The BBC is to remake cult 1970s series Survivors, it has announced", BBC News, Thursday, 22 November 2007
- ^ Gritten, David (5 November 2011). "My Week with Marilyn: the true story". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 December 2011.