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# Julian Mitchell

Writer. Born 1 May 1935 in Epping.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 May 1935, Epping
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Mitchell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6307387, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0593483/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69295

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Inspector Morse*](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md) (84)

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## Biography

Julian Mitchell is an English playwright, screenwriter and novelist. Born on 1 May 1935 in Epping, Essex, he was educated at Winchester College and Wadham College, Oxford, where he took a first-class BA in 1958. After national service in the Royal Navy Submarine Service and a Harkness Fellowship in the United States, he became a freelance writer in 1962.

Mitchell is best known for his play *Another Country* (1981), which won the Olivier Award for Play of the Year, and its 1984 film adaptation. His other screenplays include *Arabesque* (1966), *Vincent & Theo* (1990) and *Wilde* (1997). For television he wrote ten episodes of *Inspector Morse* (1987–1997) and episodes of *Robin Hood* (2006). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1985 and received the Somerset Maugham Award in 1964 for his novel *The White Father*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, unitedagents.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Inspector Morse* (1987), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Consenting Adults* (2007), Writer
- *Robin Hood* (2006), series, Writer
- *Wilde* (1997), Screenplay
- *August* (1996), Screenplay
- *Vincent & Theo* (1990), Writer
- *Survival of the Fittest* (1990), Writer
- *Vincent & Theo* (1990), series, Writer
- *Screen One* (1989), series, Writer
- *Inspector Morse* (1987), series, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md)
- *Another Country* (1984), Screenplay, Theatre Play
- *The Weather in the Streets* (1983), Writer
- *The Mysterious Stranger* (1982), Teleplay
- *The Good Soldier* (1981), Screenplay
- *Staying On* (1980), Screenplay
- *Abide with Me* (1976), Writer
- *Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill* (1974), series, Writer
- *Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill* (1974), Writer
- *Rust* (1973), Writer
- *Black and Blue* (1973), series, Writer
- *The Ring of Truth* (1973), Adaptation
- *Country Matters* (1972), series, Writer
- *The Sextet* (1972), series, Writer
- *The Regiment* (1972), series, Writer
- *Persuasion* (1971), series, Writer
- *Elizabeth R* (1971), series, Writer
- *Husbands and Lovers* (1970), series, Writer
- *W. Somerset Maugham* (1969), series, Writer
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, Writer
- *Arabesque* (1966), Screenplay

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature 1985: Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (won)
- Somerset Maugham Award 1966: Somerset Maugham Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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