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Philip Saville

Director, Actor, Writer
28 December 1930 to 22 December 2016

A British director, actor and writer whose breakthrough came with a successful TV production of Harold Pinter’s A Night Out (1960), one of Saville’s 45 contributions to Armchair Theatre (1956-1972). He won two Best Drama Series BAFTAs for Boys from the Blackstuff (1982) and The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986). 

Read Philip Saville Guardian obituary here