John Stevenson (born 1937) is a British screenwriter who, between 1976 and 2006, was a regular writer on Britain's longest-running

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Career

He was originally a newspaper

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, before transitioning into screenwriting in the late 1960s. He co-wrote the popular comedy drama, ''

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'' with

scriptwriter, Julian Roach in the 1980s and in 1994, the sitcom, ''Mother's Ruin'', starring

Roy Barraclough Roy Senior Barraclough (12 July 1935 – 1 June 2017) was an English comic actor. He was best known for his role as Alec Gilroy, the devious, mournful landlord of the Rovers Return in the long-running British TV soap '' Coronation Street'', a ...

. However, this was not a ratings success and only ran to one series. Other series has written for include ''The Last of the Baskets'', ''Nearest and Dearest'', ''How's Your Father?'', ''The Brothers McGregor'' and ''Oh Doctor Beeching!''. He won the Special Achievement Award at the 2005 British Soap Awards.

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* 1937 births Living people Stevenson, John (writer) Stevenson, John (writer) {{UK-tv-bio-stub