Peter Spence

Peter Spence

Peter Spence (born 24 April 1944) is an English journalist and writer. He is perhaps best known for creating and writing the British sitcom "To the Manor Born".

Early life

Born in 1944, Peter Spence was educated at Bromsgrove School, Worcestershire.cite web|url=http://homepages.which.net/~roger.still/MarlburyEcho.htm|title=One from the Archives - Birth of To the Manor Born|accessdate=2007-10-25|author=|last=|first=|year=2007|format=|work=|publisher=To the Manor Born International Appreciation Society] At the age of 18, he became a reporter for the "Birmingham Post and Mail". Around the same times, he joined the Territorial Army. He studied Politics and American Studies at Nottingham University and graduated in 1968 and became a professional writer in the same year.

Career

Peter Spence has written for many television shows including "Not the Nine O'Clock News", "Crackerjack" and "Rosemary & Thyme". In the mid-1970s, he created "To the Manor Born", and after a radio pilot was made, the series aired on television from 1979 to 1981.cite news|url=http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/23058/To-the-Manor-Reborn|title=To the Manor Reborn|first=Elisa|last=Roche|publisher=Daily Express|date=25 October 2007] Out of 21 episodes, he wrote 20 of them.

Spence has also written for radio, including "Roy Castle Show" and "Windsor Davies Presents".

External links

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