London
(ANI):
British
screenwriter
Alan
Plater
has
passed
away
after
losing
his
battle
with
cancer.
Plater,
who
passed
away
on
June
25
this
year
at
the
age
of
75,
has
almost
300
assorted
credits
in
radio,
television,
theatre
and
films
to
his
name
as
well
as
six
novels,
the
Telegraph
reported.
During
his
career
he
received
awards
from
Bafta,
the
Broadcasting
Press
Guild
and
the
Royal
Television
Society
as
well
as
an
International
Emmy.
His
most
recent
television
work
was
a
recently
filmed
ITV
period
drama
titled
'Joe
Maddison's
War',
starring
Robson
Green
and
Kevin
Whately
and
set
in
Newcastle.
His
other
works
include
Z
Cars,
The
Beiderbecke
Affair,
Fortunes
Of
War,
Last
Of
The
Blonde
Bombshells,
Barchester
Chronicles,
A
Very
British
Coup,
and
Lewis,
during
a
career
spanning
half
a
century.