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Kenneth Heywood Taylor FRSA (10 November 1922, in Bolton, Lancashire – 17 April 2011, in Cornwall) was an Award-winning English screenwriter.
Ken Taylor has written the scripts for almost a hundred hours of television drama in a career spanning more than four decades, starting with the broadcast of his first radio play in 1941 as he was embarking on an RAF troopship for service in India.
Apr 27, 2011 · Screenwriter who created wonderful parts for women, as in his TV adaptation of Paul Scott's The Jewel in the Crown. Tim Pigott-Smith. Wed 27 Apr 2011 13.50 EDT. The screenwriter Ken Taylor, who...
- Tim Pigott-Smith
Ken Taylor was born on 10 November 1922 in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Drama 61-67 (1961), The Camomile Lawn (1992) and Web of Evidence (1959). He died on 17 April 2011 in Cornwall, England, UK.
- Writer, Script And Continuity Department
- November 10, 1922
- Ken Taylor
- April 17, 2011
A prolific writer active on television, Taylor will be best remembered for adapting Paul Scott’s Raj Quartet as The Jewel In The Crown (1984). He was BAFTA nominated for The Camomile Lawn (1992) and counted such dramas as Shoulder To Shoulder (1974) and Lady Chatterley (1993) among his other work.
· Home · Television and Film Credits · Stage Credits · Awards . Selected Television And Film Credits . 1. “The Peacock Spring” (1996) TV mini-series (adapted)
Who Is Bobby Valentine? (Second Playbill One, Hutchinson, 1973) The Strange Affair of Charles Bravo (Thorndike Theatre, 1979) Staying On – adapted from the novel by Paul Scott (Oberon Books, 2001)
