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Peter Eckersley (1935 – 26 August 1981) was a British television producer. His television career began on Granada's Scene at 6.30 programme where he worked with his friend Michael Parkinson. He went on to become Head of Drama at Granada Television in the 1960s and '70s. In the 1960s, he was also a writer and producer on ''Coronation Street''. He wrote 62 episodes between April 1962 and November 1969.〔 〕 There he met and married one of its stars, Anne Reid, who played Valerie Barlow.〔 〕 He also produced the sitcom ''Nearest and Dearest'' with Hylda Baker and Jimmy Jewel.〔 During the late 1970s he spotted and developed a young comedienne Victoria Wood, who went on to become one of the UK's most successful comedy stars. He produced the TV version of her play ''Talent'', and its follow-ups ''Nearly A Happy Ending'' and ''Happy Since I Met You'' (also by Wood). He also produced the pilot of ''Wood and Walters'', but died before the series was made. Wood cites him as her biggest influence.〔 〕 David Liddiment, ITV's former director of programmes said: "Peter Eckersley nurtured a new cadre of young northern writers who reflected the realities of post-War urban life for the first time....They were all to make television drama younger, sharper and closer to the experience of the mass audience."〔 〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Eckersley (TV producer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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