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- John Christopher Byrne (27 November 1935 – 2 April 2008) was an Irish television screenwriter and script editor. He travelled extensively in his youth as a travelling poet. During the 1960s he worked as a literary editor, and wrote short stories that were published in Science Fantasy magazine.
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John Christopher Byrne (27 November 1935 – 2 April 2008) [1] was an Irish television screenwriter and script editor. He travelled extensively in his youth as a travelling poet. During the 1960s he worked as a literary editor, and wrote short stories that were published in Science Fantasy magazine.
Johnny Byrne was born on 27 November 1935 in Dublin, Ireland. He was a writer, known for All Creatures Great and Small (1978), Space: 1999 (1975) and Heartbeat (1992). He was married to Sandy Carrington-Mail. He died on 2 April 2008 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Johnny Byrne
- April 2, 2008
- November 27, 1935
Johnny Byrne was a hugely prolific and successful writer for British television, but the Dublin tenement where he grew up, during the Depression and Second World War, was a thousand miles...
Mini Bio. Johnny Byrne was born on November 27, 1935 in Dublin, Ireland. He was a writer, known for All Creatures Great and Small (1978), Space: 1999 (1975) and Heartbeat (1992). He was previously married to Sandy Carrington-Mail. He died on April 2, 2008 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.
- November 27, 1935
- April 2, 2008
Apr 2, 2008 · Johnny Byrne is known as an Writer, Set Decoration, Screenplay, and Adaptation. Some of his work includes Doctor Who, Space: 1999, Tales of the Unexpected, All Creatures Great and Small, Heartbeat, Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall, To Die For, and Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken.
May 10, 2008 · JOHNNY BYRNE, a Dublin working-class boy who made himself into one of Britain’s most successful TV writers, has died of cancer at his home in Norfolk, aged 72. Childhood in a Seán McDermott...
Writer. 27 November 1935 to 1 April 2008. A versatile screenwriter, Byrne had a foray into film when he adapted Adolf Hitler – My Part In His Downfall (1972). But television was his prime venue, most particularly with popular series All Creatures Great & Small (1977) and Heartbeat (1992).
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