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Stephen Poliakoff CBE, FRSL (born 1 December 1952) is a British playwright, director and screenwriter. In 2006 Gerard Gilbert of The Independent described him as the UK's "pre-eminent TV dramatist" who had "inherited Dennis Potter 's crown".
Stephen Poliakoff. Writer: Close My Eyes. Stephen Poliakoff was born on 1 December 1952 in Holland Park, Kensington, London, England, UK. He is a writer and director, known for Close My Eyes (1991), Perfect Strangers (2001) and Shooting the Past (1999). He has been married to Sandy Welch since 1983. They have two children.
Stephen's television series Close To The Enemy was transmitted with great success on BBC Two in November/December 2016. His latest show Summer of Rockets premiered on BBC Two in May 2019, receiving critical and audience acclaim.
May 11, 2019 · Stephen Poliakoff: how my boarding school hell inspired new spy drama. Summer of Rockets writer talks about the childhood traumas he revisited for BBC Two cold war series. Sarah Hughes. Sat 11...
Jan 19, 2003 · When an American property developer arrives in London he is perplexed by the warm welcome. A collection of Dramas originated by award-winning writer and director Stephen Poliakoff.
Nov 28, 2009 · F or someone best known for Shooting the Past, a television drama apparently so slow and un-televisual that BBC executives begged him to speed it up, Stephen Poliakoff is a very fast talker ...
Stephen Poliakoff's fourth play for the National Theatre, Remember This, was directed by Ron Daniels and starred Stanley Townsend and Geraldine Somerville. Poliakoff looks at the insidious role that technology plays in all our lives.
