- Glenn Chandler
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name = Glenn Chandler
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birthdate = 1949
birthplace =Edinburgh ,Scotland
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occupation =Playwright ,scriptwriter ,novelist
nationality = Scottish
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genre =crime fiction
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notableworks =Taggart
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awards = awd|BAFTA|1991|best drama series award|Taggart
awd|Writers' Guild Award|1993|best original drama series|Taggart
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portaldisp =Glenn Chandler is an award-winningcite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151373/awards|title=IMDB Award page for Glenn Chandler|accessdate=2008-06-09] Scottish dramatist and novelist. He has written plays for UK theatre and radio; original screenplays for television and movies; television series; and novels.cite web|url=http://www.mbalit.co.uk/pages/writers/chandler.html|title=MBA official bibliography and full list of writing credits for Glenn Chandler|accessdate=2008-06-09] His most well-known work is the Scottish television detective series "
Taggart " which in 2008, celebrates its 25th year of production and is broadcast worldwide.cite web|url=http://www.smgproductions.tv/content/default.asp?page=s2_2_15|title=SMG productions official history of Taggart|accessdate=2008-06-09]Biography
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Chandler created "Taggart" for STV's Controller of Drama, Robert Love, who wanted to set a police series in Glasgow. Chandler was inspired by true crime and real life, and even lifted the names of characters for the series from gravestones in Glasgow's
Maryhill cemetery.cite web|url=http://www.smgproductions.tv/content/default.asp?page=s2_2_15|title=SMG productions official history of Taggart|accessdate=2008-06-09] The series continued after the death of actorMark McManus who played the lead role of Jim Taggart. "Taggart" is now the longest running police drama on British television.cite web|url=http://www.smgproductions.tv/content/default.asp?page=s2_2_15|title=SMG productions official history of Taggart|accessdate=2008-06-09]Chandler has written drama for all media, from full-length movie scripts to short radio plays, and has continued to write for his first love - theatre. He has also written fiction and non-fiction books and has begun a crime fiction series of books, featuring Brighton detective, DI Madden.cite web|url=http://www.mbalit.co.uk/pages/writers/chandler.html|title=MBA official bibliography and full list of writing credits for Glenn Chandler|accessdate=2008-06-09]
In 2008, Chandler takes two plays to the
Edinburgh Fringe as a producer. Boys Of The Empire is a new satirical play written by Chandler himself, andWhat's Wrong With Angry? , a drama set in 1992, when the age of consent for homosexuals was 21. cite web|url=http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/features/Theres-been-a-murder-.4212191.jp|title="There's been a murder, Well, quite a few.." Edinburgh Evening News|accessdate=2008-06-26] , both shows are directed byPatrick Wilde , with whom Chandler shares the same literary agent; MBAcite web|url=http://www.mbalit.co.uk/|title="MBA Literary Agent|accessdate=2008-06-26] .Television Writing
* "
Taggart " (1983 - PRESENT)STV
* "Dalziel and Pascoe " (2006)BBC
* "Dr Crippen" (2004)Yorkshire Television
* "The Brides in the Bath " (2003)Yorkshire Television
* "A Is for Acid" (2002)Yorkshire Television
* "The Life and Crimes of William Palmer" (1998)Yorkshire Television
* "Chiller" (1995)Yorkshire Television
* "Call Me Mister " (1986)BBC
* "Crown Court" (1982-1984)Granada television
* "Dramarama" (1983)STV
* "Angels" (1975)BBC
* "The Jewel and the Magpie"Granada television
* "The Kidnap of Mrs Muriel McKay"Granada television
* "To Kidnap a Princess"Granada television Movies
* "Deadly Advice" (1994)
Zenith Productions
* "True North"
* "Savage Tide" (2004)Ecosse Films
* "Final Sentence"Ecosse Films Theatre Writing
* "On The Game" (Little Theatre Club)
* "The Private" (Pitlochry Workshop Theatre, Soho Poly)
* "Biker's Knoll" (Directed byBrian Croucher )
* "A Treat" (Directed byBrian Croucher at Brighton Actors' Workshop)
* "Moonlight Across The Heather" (Directed byBrian Croucher )
* "A Curse" (Directed byBrian Croucher , produced in Holland)
* "Boys Of The Empire" (Directed byPatrick Wilde at theEdinburgh Fringe )BBC Radio
Schools Radio
* "Inquiry" 7 scripts
* "Life Time" 2 scripts
* Teenage Plays: "Job", "Which Job"?Radio Drama
* "A Little White Lie" 30'
* "Rough Play" 60'
* "Laddie Time" 45'
* "Another Gaff, Another Night" 45'
* "The Horseman's Word" 30'
* "Wallace's Warblers" 30'
* "Green Street Revisited" 30'
* "Fisherman's Tales" 30'
* "Wayfarers" 30'Books
DI Madden series
* "Dead Sight" (Hodder & Stoughton, October 2004)
* "Savage Tide" (Hodder & Stoughton, July 2003)Horror fiction
* "The Sanctuary" (Hamlyn)
* "The Tribe" (Hamlyn)Non fiction
* "Burning Poison" (Lea Valley Press)
* "Killer" (Mainstream)
* "Taggart's Glasgow" (Lennard Publishing)Awards
*BAFTA (1997) "Taggart" nominated for "Best Drama Serial Award"cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151373/awards|title=IMDB Award page for Glenn Chandler|accessdate=2008-06-09]
*BAFTA (1995) nominated "Best TV Writer"cite web|url=http://www.mbalit.co.uk/pages/writers/chandler.html|title=MBA official bibliography and full list of writing credits for Glenn Chandler|accessdate=2008-06-09]
*Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award (1993) winner of "Best Original Drama Serial"cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151373/awards|title=IMDB Award page for Glenn Chandler|accessdate=2008-06-09]
*BAFTA (1991) "Taggart" winner of "Best Drama Serial Award"cite web|url=http://www.mbalit.co.uk/pages/writers/chandler.html|title=MBA official bibliography and full list of writing credits for Glenn Chandler|accessdate=2008-06-09]References
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*imdb name|0151373
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