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1989
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Leslie "Les" Blair (born 23 October 1941, Manchester, England) is a BAFTA winning television, film and theatre director. He was educated at Salford Grammar School, where he was a friend of Mike Leigh, later producing Leigh's first feature film, Bleak Moments (1971).
Les Blair. Director: Bad Behaviour. Les Blair was born on 23 October 1941 in Manchester, England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for Bad Behaviour (1993), Screen One (1985) and H3 (2001).
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Born in 1941, Les Blair is a BAFTA winning television, film and theatre director famous for productions that have political or socially aware themes and are often improvised or naturalistic in flavour. He attended Salford Grammer School and, whilst there, acted in plays alongside fellow pupil Mike Leigh.
H3 is a film released in 2001 about the 1981 Irish hunger strike at HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland, the events leading up to it, and subsequent developments in the prisoners' struggle for Prisoner of War status. It was directed by Les Blair and was written by Brian Campbell and Laurence McKeown; McKeown was a former volunteer in the ...
1h 39m. IMDb RATING. 6.3 /10. 9. YOUR RATING. Rate. Comedy Drama. The story of Jewish immigrants in London's East End in the early 20th century. Director. Les Blair. Writers. Jon Amiel. Les Blair. Stars. Michael Maynard. Natasha Morgan. Leon Silver. See production info at IMDbPro. Add to Watchlist. Photos. Add photo. Top cast. Michael Maynard.
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Blair, Les (1941-) Director, Producer, Writer Though he probably remains best known for directing G.F. Newman 's controversial drama series about the criminal justice system, Law and Order (BBC, 1978), and the follow-up on the health service, The Nation's Health (Channel 4, 1983), Les Blair's career as a film and television director embraces 23 ...
Jump The Gun. Film. by Les Blair. Details. South Africa and UK / 1996 / 120mins / Comedy / English. Set in Johannesburg, Jump The Gun follows the tangled lives of six very different working class characters, formerly kept apart by apartheid and now all striving to succeed in the new "rainbow nation."
