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Film and Television scripts

  • Monitor: Silence, Exile and Cunning. Directed by Christopher Burstall. BBC Television (1965).
  • Moses - the Lawgiver. Directed by Gianfranco DeBosio. ITV (1974).
  • Jesus of Nazareth. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli. (1977).
  • Celebration: Burgess in Manchester. Granada Television (1980)
  • Writers and Places: A Kind of Failure. Directed by David Wallace. BBC Television (1981).
  • Quest for Fire. Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. International Cinema Productions/20th Century Fox. (1982). (Burgess developed the languages for the Neolithic tribes)
  • AD. Directed by Stuart Cooper. Ten-hour TV miniseries. (1985) (Burgess wrote the script and also contributed to the musical score)

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