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Alan J W Bell
Alan James William Bell (born 14 November 1937) is a British television producer and director. He was born in Battersea, London. He has produced or directed many BBC series since the early 1970s, most notably ''Last of the Summer Wine'', ''Ripping Yarns'' and the TV adaptation of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''. He was also assigned to re-edit and improve Ronnie Barker's short 1982 film, ''By the Sea (1982 film), By the Sea''. Other comedy shows include ''There's a Lot of it About'', ''The Hello Goodbye Man'', ''The Clairvoyant (TV series), The Clairvoyant'', ''Wyatt's Watchdogs'', ''Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy'' and ''Split Ends (British TV series), Split Ends''. In 1999 Bell directed the TV film ''Lost for Words (1999 film), Lost for Words''. The film was adapted from the autobiographical book of the same title by Deric Longden. It was a sequel to Longden's earlier autobiographical film ''Wide-Eyed and Legles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battersea, London
Battersea is a large district in south London, part of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It is centred southwest of Charing Cross and extends along the south bank of the River Thames. It includes the Battersea Park. History Battersea is mentioned in the few surviving Anglo-Saxon geographical accounts as ''Badrices īeg'' meaning "Badric's Island" and later "Patrisey". As with many former parishes beside tidal flood plains the lowest land was reclaimed for agriculture by draining marshland and building culverts for streams. Alongside this was the Heathwall tide mill in the north-east with a very long mill pond regularly draining and filling to the south. The settlement appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Patricesy'', a vast manor held by St Peter's Abbey, Westminster. Its ''Domesday'' Assets were: 18 hides and 17 ploughlands of cultivated land; 7 mills worth £42 9s 8d per year, of meadow, woodland worth 50 hogs. It rendered (in total): £75 9s 8d. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
