Adrian Hodges (born 4 February 1957) is an English
television
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and
film writer
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. He has won a
BAFTA Award
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.
Life and career
He began his career in journalism for ''
Screen International'' magazine
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Public Broadcasting Service and his
screenwriting
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Screenwriters are responsible for researching the story, de ...
debut was the 1991 television drama ''Tell Me That You Love Me'', followed by screenplays for ''
The Bridge'' (1992) and ''
Tom & Viv'' (1994) for which
Miranda Richardson and
Rosemary Harris
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both received Oscar nominations.
After his film adaptation of
Julian Barnes's ''
Metroland'' (1997) Hodges concentrated on writing for television, including ''
Amongst Women
''Amongst Women'' is a novel by the Irish writer John McGahern (1934–2006). McGahern's best known novel, it is also considered his greatest work.
Published by Faber and Faber, the novel tells the story of Michael Moran, a bitter, ageing Iris ...
'' (1998), his adaptation of
John McGahern
John McGahern (12 November 1934 – 30 March 2006) was an Irish writer and novelist. He is regarded as one of the most important writers of the latter half of the twentieth century.
Known for the detailed dissection of Irish life found in w ...
's novel for
BBC Two, which received a
BAFTA award for Best Serial and won the Grand Prix award at the
Banff Television Festival
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, ''
The Lost World'' (2001) and ''
Charles II: The Power and The Passion'' (2003).
In 2005 he wrote the episode "
Triumph
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" for the
HBO-
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''. He has since adapted two of
'', for which he wrote nine episodes in five series. In 2008 he was also reported to be working on and a new adaptation of ''
'', as written by Adrian Hodges. Two series were shown on
''.
characters, which aired its first season from January to March 2014.