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'''Nigel Kneale''' (1922 - 2006) was a popular and influential British screenwriter whose work had a lasting effect on television drama.
'''Nigel Kneale''' (1922 - 2006) was a popular and influential British screenwriter whose work had a lasting effect on television drama.
Many of his works contain SF and horror elements, though he fiercely resisted being labelled as "a science fiction writer". (Considering some of the company his work would keeping in the annals of TV sci-fi writing, one can understand his reluctance.)
Many of his works contain SF and horror elements, though he fiercely resisted being labelled as "a science fiction writer". (Considering some of the company his work would keeping in the annals of TV sci-fi writing, one can understand his reluctance.)


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His television works include:
=== Television ===

* ''[[Quatermass|The Quatermass Experiment]]'' and sequels
* ''[[Quatermass|The Quatermass Experiment]]'' and sequels
* A popular adaptation of ''[[Nineteen Eighty Four]]'' starring [[Peter Cushing]]
* A popular adaptation of ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' starring [[Peter Cushing]]
* ''The Creature'', later adapted as the [[Hammer Horror]] film ''The Abominable Snowman'' (both also starring Peter Cushing)
* ''The Creature'', later adapted as the [[Hammer Horror]] film ''The Abominable Snowman'' (both also starring Peter Cushing)
* ''The Year of the Sex Olympics'', prescient drama set in a dystopian future where the population is kept docile with a diet of low-brow reality shows
* ''The Year of the Sex Olympics'', prescient drama set in a dystopian future where the population is kept docile with a diet of low-brow reality shows
* ''The Stone Tape'', in which scientists bite off more than they can chew while attempting to figure out the scientific basis of a haunting
* ''The Stone Tape'', in which scientists bite off more than they can chew while attempting to figure out the scientific basis of a haunting


=== Film ===
His film screenplays include:
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* The 1964 film version of ''[[The First Men in the Moon]]''

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* ''[[Halloween III: Season of the Witch]]'' (the one with no Michael Myers) -- wrote the original screenplay, but left in protest of [[Executive Meddling]]
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* The 1964 film version of ''[[First Men in The Moon]]''
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* ''[[Halloween III Season of the Witch|Halloween III: Season of the Witch]]'' (the one with no Michael Myers) -- wrote the original screenplay, but left in protest of [[Executive Meddling]]

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Works by Nigel Kneale with their own trope pages:


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* [[Quatermass]] series
* ''[[Quatermass]]'' series
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Other works by Nigel Kneale provide examples of:


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* [[Bread and Circuses]]: ''The Year of the Sex Olympics''
* [[Bread and Circuses]]: ''The Year of the Sex Olympics''
* [[Computer Equals Tapedrive]]: Averted in ''The Stone Tape'' -- the computer has a tape drive, but it would in that day and age, and the rest of the computer is also present and depicted accurately.
* [[Computer Equals Tapedrive]]: Averted in ''The Stone Tape'' -- the computer has a tape drive, but it would in that day and age, and the rest of the computer is also present and depicted accurately.
* [[Deadly Game]]: What the reality show in ''The Year of the Sex Olympics'' becomes in order to boost audience interest.
* [[Deadly Game]]: What the reality show in ''The Year of the Sex Olympics'' becomes in order to boost audience interest.
* [[Living Memory]]: The premise of ''The Stone Tape''
* [[Living Memory]]: The premise of ''The Stone Tape''
* [[Non Indicative Name]]: ''The Year of the Sex Olympics''
* [[Non-Indicative Name]]: ''The Year of the Sex Olympics''
* [[Reality TV]]: The [[Show Within a Show]] in ''The Year of the Sex Olympics'', prefiguring ''[[Big Brother]]'' by thirty years
* [[Reality TV]]: The [[Show Within a Show]] in ''The Year of the Sex Olympics'', prefiguring ''[[Big Brother]]'' by thirty years
* [[Sci Fi Ghetto]]
* [[Sci Fi Ghetto]]
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Nigel Kneale (1922 - 2006) was a popular and influential British screenwriter whose work had a lasting effect on television drama. Many of his works contain SF and horror elements, though he fiercely resisted being labelled as "a science fiction writer". (Considering some of the company his work would keeping in the annals of TV sci-fi writing, one can understand his reluctance.)

Works created by Nigel Kneale include:

Television

  • The Quatermass Experiment and sequels
  • A popular adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four starring Peter Cushing
  • The Creature, later adapted as the Hammer Horror film The Abominable Snowman (both also starring Peter Cushing)
  • The Year of the Sex Olympics, prescient drama set in a dystopian future where the population is kept docile with a diet of low-brow reality shows
  • The Stone Tape, in which scientists bite off more than they can chew while attempting to figure out the scientific basis of a haunting

Film

Works by Nigel Kneale with their own trope pages:
Nigel Kneale provides examples of the following tropes:
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