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Huzaifa Herbert Elliot (4 July 1918 – 14 August 1997) was a British novelist, screenwriter, director, and television producer active from 1954 until around 1993. Between 1954 and 1960, he scripted a succession of one-off television plays including ''War in the Air'' and ''A Man from the Sun''. The latter was a pioneering work aimed at a West Indian audience. In 1961 he joined with astronomer
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to write another ground-breaking TV science fiction serial '' A for Andromeda''. The success of ''A For Andromeda'' prompted a sequel, ''
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'', in 1962. Following ''Andromeda'', Elliot wrote more one-off plays for the
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. He resigned from the corporation in 1963, though he would later work with them again, producing a concept for the 1965 drama series ''Mogul'' (renamed ''
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'' from the second series), later being credited as a writer on various episodes of the show. His other works include programs such as ''
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'' and ''Survival'' as well as novels namely ''Duel'' and ''Blood Upon the Snow''. He additionally worked with Fred Hoyle to produce novelisations of '' A For Andromeda'' and ''The Andromeda Breakthrough''.


Writing credits


Awards and nominations


Books by John Elliot

*''A for Andromeda'' (with Fred Hoyle), 1962, Souvenir Press, *''Andromeda Breakthrough'' (with Fred Hoyle), 1964, Souvenir Press; 1966, Corgi Books *''MOGUL: The Making of a Myth'', 1970, Barrie & Jenkins


Further reading

*MacKenzie, S. (2006), "''War in the Air'' : Churchill, the Air Ministry and the BBC response to ''Victory at Sea''", ''Contemporary British History''


References


External links

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Obituary: John Elliot in ''The Independent''
* 1918 births 1997 deaths British male screenwriters 20th-century British novelists British male novelists 20th-century British male writers 20th-century British screenwriters {{UK-novelist-stub