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The Quality of Mercer

on BBC Radio 3

Television writing is to drama what Pitman's shorthand is to literature
(DAVID STOREY)
But David Mercer developed a visual shorthand for 1960s television that transformed many of the outlines of the past. Ronald Hayman considers Mercer's career of TV writing, and his contribution to contemporary theatre and cinema which ended with his death, at 52, in 1980. with Alan Bridges, Trevor Griffiths, David Halliwell, David Jones. R. D. Laing, Margaret Ramsay, David Storey and Don Taylor Producer RICHARD ELLIS

Contributors

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David Mercer
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Alan Bridges.
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Trevor Griffiths.
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David Halliwell.
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David Jones.
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R. D. Laing
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Margaret Ramsay.
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David Storey
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Don Taylor
Producer:
Richard Ellis

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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