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Geoff McQueen
Born
Geoffrey McQueen (1947-07-24)24 July 1947 Dalston, London, England
Died
6 July 1994(1994-07-06) (aged 46) England
Occupation
Screenwriter
Nationality
British
Period
1982–94
Notable works
The Bill (1984–2010)
Spouse
Jan Reeve
(m. 1967–1994)
(his death)
Geoffrey McQueen (24 July 1947 – 6 July 1994) was a British television screenwriter. He is best known for creating Thames Television's long-running police procedural The Bill and the popular comedy-dramas Give Us a Break, Big Deal and Stay Lucky.
A carpenter and joiner by trade he worked abroad for many years before he began writing in 1978. His first success was in 1982 when an episode of The Gentle Touch he had written was broadcast.
He wrote for other shows, including Boon, and two Jim Davidson sitcoms.
He died on 6 July 1994, aged 46, from an aneurysm. He was survived by his wife Jan and their two children.
Davidson sitcoms. He died on 6 July 1994, aged 46, from an aneurysm. He was survived by his wife Jan and their two children. GeoffMcQueen at IMDb v t e...
Episode 1". Judge John Deed. GeoffMcQueen, Marcus Brent (13 June 2002). "018; Season 18, Episode 29". The Bill. GeoffMcQueen, Damian Wayling (23 September...
soliloquy from Hamlet at the same event. McGann's breakthrough role was in Give Us a Break, devised by GeoffMcQueen, McGann played a good snooker player who...
The Bill was originally conceived by GeoffMcQueen in 1983, then a new television writer, as a one-off drama. McQueen had originally titled the production...
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Straws" Christopher Hodson GeoffMcQueen 30 October 1984 (1984-10-30) 4 4 "Long Odds" John Michael Phillips GeoffMcQueen 6 November 1984 (1984-11-06)...
Paradise Lost (1980). In the 1980s, he also wrote several scripts for GeoffMcQueen 's BBC1 drama series Big Deal starring Ray Brooks. His second marriage...
air date 1 1 "Funny Ol' Business – Cops and Robbers" Peter Cregeen GeoffMcQueen 16 October 1984 (1984-10-16) Carver is still getting used to life at...
missing his own wedding 3 "...Up the Public Spirit" Anthony Parker GeoffMcQueen 14 December 1983 (1983-12-14) First Appearance: Terrance "Tosh" Carey...
Detective Inspector (later Detective Chief Inspector) Frank Burnside – GeoffMcQueen (played by Christopher Ellison in The Bill) Max Carrados – a blind detective...
Episode notes Guest stars Original air date 1 "Light Duties" Derek Lister GeoffMcQueen First appearances of Insp Christine Frazer, PC Malcolm Haynes and SRO...
shows as The Untouchables, The F.B.I. and The Streets of San Francisco. GeoffMcQueen, creator of The Bill. Jed Mercurio, creator of Line of Duty and Bodyguard...
Television broadcast a one-off drama called Woodentop. It was written by GeoffMcQueen, who had previously worked on LWT's The Gentle Touch. Woodentop followed...
Sir Geoff Hurst". The Independent. 29 August 2001. McRae, Donald (3 December 2021). "'Trying to hide heartache merely leads to more grief': Geoff Hurst...
Luck. Other leading roles were three seasons in The Bill creator's GeoffMcQueen's gambling drama Big Deal (with Ray Brooks) and 20 episodes of Desmond's...
derived from the helmets worn by British police officers), written by GeoffMcQueen and produced by Thames Television. ITV were sufficiently impressed with...
Landis, Jon Finch, Jonathan Caplan and Sam Howard guest star Colm Villa GeoffMcQueen 27 February 1990 (1990-02-27) Brownlow is shocked to discover that a...
1989, Forwood played Derek Preston in the episode Life and Death of GeoffMcQueen's police procedural television series The Bill on ITV. Nine years later...
"The Whole Truth" Eve Pearce and James Walker guest star Duncan Gould GeoffMcQueen 26 November 1991 (1991-11-26) W.P.C. Datta is in court to testify in...
Scottish-born painter, sculptor, teacher and writer (born 1900) 6 July – GeoffMcQueen, screenwriter (born 1947) 9 July – Trevor King, Ulster loyalist (born...
Written by Original air date 12 1 "Snouts and Red Herrings" Peter Cregeen GeoffMcQueen 11 November 1985 (1985-11-11) Amidst renovation chaos at Sun Hill a...
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