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James MacTaggart(1928-1974)

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Writer
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MacTaggart was born in Scotland. He produced, directed or wrote well over 100 individual television plays or episodes. He started out as an actor and radio producer for BBC Scotland. In 1968, he became a co-founder of Kestrel Productions, Britain's first independent television drama production company. Just two months before his sudden death at the age of 46, he was awarded the Society of Film and Television Arts' Desmond Davis Award for outstanding contribution to television.
BornApril 25, 1928
DiedMay 29, 1974(46)
BornApril 25, 1928
DiedMay 29, 1974(46)
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  • Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
    • 1 win & 2 nominations total

Known for

BBC Play of the Month (1965)
BBC Play of the Month
7.1
TV Series
  • Director
Studio 4
6.6
TV Series
  • Producer
Sarah Sutton in Alice Through the Looking Glass (1973)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
7.0
TV Movie
  • Director
  • 1973
Menace (1970)
Menace
7.2
TV Series
  • Director

Credits

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Producer

  • NET Playhouse (1964)
    NET Playhouse
    6.6
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1968
  • The Wednesday Play (1964)
    The Wednesday Play
    7.3
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1965–1966
  • Diary of a Young Man
    4.7
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1964
  • Nancy Gabrielle in The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr (1964)
    The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr
    7.0
    TV Mini Series
    • producer
    • 1964
  • John Gregson in First Night (1963)
    First Night
    7.8
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1964
  • Ann Lynn and Richard Warner in Teletale (1963)
    Teletale
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1963–1964
  • Workshop Limits
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1963
  • Bob Dylan, David Warner, Ursula Howells, Reg Lye, James Mellor, and Maureen Pryor in The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963)
    BBC Sunday-Night Play
    8.4
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1960–1963
  • The Full Chatter
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1962
  • Debbie Go Home
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1962
  • Studio 4
    6.6
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1962
  • Suspense (1962)
    Suspense
    5.7
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1962
  • Storyboard
    5.6
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1961
  • Drop Dead
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1961
  • No Thoroughfare
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1961

Director

  • Churchill's People (1974)
    Churchill's People
    5.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1975
  • BBC Play of the Month (1965)
    BBC Play of the Month
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1968–1974
  • Sarah Sutton in Alice Through the Looking Glass (1973)
    Alice Through the Looking Glass
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1973
  • Play for Today (1970)
    Play for Today
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1970–1973
  • Tom Courtenay in She Stoops to Conquer (1971)
    Stage 2
    5.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1972
  • All the Way Up (1970)
    All the Way Up
    4.6
    • Director
    • 1970
  • Menace (1970)
    Menace
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1970
  • W. Somerset Maugham (1969)
    W. Somerset Maugham
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1970
  • Akropolis (1969)
    Akropolis
    8.2
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Detective (1964)
    Detective
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Paul Scofield, and Anna Calder-Marshall in ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)
    ITV Saturday Night Theatre
    5.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1969
  • The Franchise Trail
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1968
  • For Amusement Only
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1968
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
    Thirty-Minute Theatre
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1968
  • The Wednesday Play (1964)
    The Wednesday Play
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1966–1967

Writer

  • Churchill's People (1974)
    Churchill's People
    5.6
    TV Series
    • adaptation
    • 1975
  • BBC Play of the Month (1965)
    BBC Play of the Month
    7.1
    TV Series
    • screenplay
    • 1973–1974
  • Sarah Sutton in Alice Through the Looking Glass (1973)
    Alice Through the Looking Glass
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • dramatised by
    • 1973
  • Scotch on the Rocks (1973)
    Scotch on the Rocks
    8.3
    TV Series
    • script
    • 1973
  • Menace (1970)
    Menace
    7.2
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1973
  • Andrew Keir in Adam Smith (1972)
    Adam Smith
    6.7
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1972–1973
  • Roddy McMillan in The View from Daniel Pike (1971)
    The View from Daniel Pike
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1971–1973
  • Detective (1964)
    Detective
    6.9
    TV Series
    • dramatisation
    • dramatised by
    • 1968–1969
  • Gerald Harper in Adam Adamant Lives! (1966)
    Adam Adamant Lives!
    7.1
    TV Series
    • by
    • 1967
  • Studio 4
    6.6
    TV Series
    • adapted by
    • 1962

Personal details

  • Born
    • April 25, 1928
    • Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
  • Died
    • May 29, 1974
    • Chiswick, London, England, UK(heart attack)
  • Spouse
    • Anne Donaldson1955 - May 29, 1974 (his death)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    The broadcaster after whom the Edinburgh Festival's "MacTaggart Lectures" are named.

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