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Post by felixdeburgh on May 17, 2018 21:12:35 GMT
The Guardian has an obituary for the screenwriter who will be best known on here for his work on Minder and particularly The Sweeney but also contributed to Callan, Public Eye, Special Branch, Fox and Out to name but a few. A true script writing legend.
RIP.
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Post by Zimbo on May 17, 2018 21:53:53 GMT
Excellent writer and arguably, The Sweeney's best writer.
RIP
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Post by jno on May 18, 2018 1:49:05 GMT
RIP Trever Preston  |
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Post by westldner on May 18, 2018 3:23:05 GMT
RIP Trevor Preston
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Post by ltd on May 18, 2018 5:17:58 GMT
Excellent writer and arguably, The Sweeney's best writer. I always thought so, his episodes usually had a touch of authenticity about them and often a social realist dimension as well e.g the Monk family in Money Money Money. Fox and Out were both great. |
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Post by daz on May 18, 2018 5:40:43 GMT
Sad news.
RIP Trevor
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Deus est regit qui omnia.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2018 6:40:59 GMT
An absolutely superb writer, you only have to see 'Out' and 'Fox' to see how good he was.
RIP
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Post by Arch Stanton on May 18, 2018 8:23:30 GMT
RIP Trevor Preston.
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Post by flyingsquad on May 18, 2018 9:58:38 GMT
A great writer.
RIP Trevor
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Post by pr1 on May 18, 2018 21:52:04 GMT
A very fine writer. Rest In Peace.
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Post by billymedhurst on May 19, 2018 20:59:08 GMT
RIP, and thanks for all the amazing scripts.
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Post by thewoodster on May 21, 2018 15:59:59 GMT
RIP Trevor,excellent writing.
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Post by Portland Road on May 22, 2018 21:01:37 GMT
 I didn't know he had died. Very sorry to hear about this. He had a particular understanding how villainy existed within families and 'firms', a revelation for the audience, who didn't normally have this insight. He came across as a bluff character on DVD commentaries, suggesting that his scripts were influenced by personal experience. R.I.P. Trevor Preston, a great screenwriter indeed.
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Post by pr1 on May 22, 2018 21:03:54 GMT
I didn't know he had died. Very sorry to hear about this. He had a particular understanding how villainy existed within families and 'firms', a revelation for the audience, who didn't normally have this insight. He came across as a bluff character on DVD commentaries, suggesting that his scripts were influenced by personal experience. R.I.P. Trevor Preston, a great screenwriter indeed. What commentaries did he do? |
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Post by barrythebook on May 22, 2018 22:03:47 GMT
He did commentaries as part of the Sweeney dvd extras for the episodes 'Ringer' S1 and 'Abduction' S4 iirc, alongside DW and possibly Ted Childs.
R.I.P Trevor Preston.
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Post by barrythebook on May 22, 2018 22:10:00 GMT
He had a particular understanding how villainy existed within families and 'firms', a revelation for the audience, who didn't normally have this insight. He came across as a bluff character on DVD commentaries, suggesting that his scripts were influenced by personal experience. Spot on PR. I'm sure he had mixed with some colourful characters in his youth but it certainly made better entertainment for fans of his work in years to come. Actually, he might even have mentioned this in the commentaries but I could be wrong. RIP. |
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Post by Portland Road on May 22, 2018 22:16:44 GMT
IIRC in the commentaries, and certainly in the book 'Sweeney: The Official Companion' (Fairclough & Keenan) he mentioned his experiences around the police and villains.
He wasn't a villain himself (as per e.g. Tony Hoare) but he probably observed things that happened as a youth in his neighbourhood.
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Post by ltd on May 23, 2018 9:00:16 GMT
He did commentaries as part of the Sweeney dvd extras for the episodes 'Ringer' S1 and 'Abduction' S4 iirc, alongside DW and possibly Ted Childs. He also did a couple of episodes each of "Out" and "Fox". I recall he seemed a bit annoyed in the latter, possibly with some justification, that Eastenders had nicked his trademark ideas and debased them to the extent that they'd become ridiculous cliches e.g. nasty firms of cockney villains, the local pub, and fam-ur-lee.
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Post by barrythebook on May 23, 2018 21:05:34 GMT
I have both 'Out' and 'Fox' in my collection but haven't watched the Extras. I'll have to have a look as it sounds interesting ltd  |
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Post by Portland Road on May 29, 2018 7:24:26 GMT
A sad month indeed, in which we have lost two 'Euston-era' stalwarts, Trevor Preston and Glynn Edwards.
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I didn't know he had died. Very sorry to hear about this.
