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Michael Abbensetts(1938-2016)

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Michael Abbensetts was born on 8 June 1938 in Georgetown, British Guiana [now Guyana]. He was a writer, known for Doctors (2000), National Theatre Live: Alterations (2025) and Empire Road (1978). He was married to Liz Bluett. He died on 24 November 2016 in the UK.
BornJune 8, 1938
DiedNovember 24, 2016(78)
BornJune 8, 1938
DiedNovember 24, 2016(78)
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Known for

Doctors (2000)
Doctors
4.6
TV Series
  • Writer
Karl Collins, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, and Cherrelle Skeete in National Theatre Live: Alterations (2025)
National Theatre Live: Alterations
  • Writer
  • 2025
Empire Road (1978)
Empire Road
8.3
TV Series
  • Writer
Don Henderson, Diane Keen, Peter Sallis, and Don Warrington in Crown Court (1972)
Crown Court
7.4
TV Series
  • Writer

Credits

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Writer

  • Karl Collins, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, and Cherrelle Skeete in National Theatre Live: Alterations (2025)
    National Theatre Live: Alterations
    • writer
    • 2025
  • Doctors (2000)
    Doctors
    4.6
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 2001
  • Little Napoleons (1994)
    Little Napoleons
    5.9
    TV Mini Series
    • screenplay
    • 1994
  • Big George Is Dead
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1987
  • BBC2 Playhouse (1973)
    BBC2 Playhouse
    6.7
    TV Series
    • script
    • 1982
  • Empire Road (1978)
    Empire Road
    8.3
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1978–1979
  • Black Christmas
    6.0
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1977
  • Reginald Barratt, Richard Beckinsale, Freddie Fletcher, Bernard Hepton, Arthur Lowe, Brian Miller, Ron Moody, Jack Rosenthal, Liz Smith, and Paula Wilcox in ITV Playhouse (1967)
    ITV Playhouse
    7.2
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1977
  • Don Henderson, Diane Keen, Peter Sallis, and Don Warrington in Crown Court (1972)
    Crown Court
    7.4
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1975–1976
  • Centre Play (1973)
    Centre Play
    6.7
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1973

Personal details

  • Born
    • June 8, 1938
    • Georgetown, British Guiana [now Guyana]
  • Died
    • November 24, 2016
    • UK
  • Spouse
    • Liz Bluett2005 - November 24, 2016 (his death)
  • Other works
    Playwright: "Sweet Talk", 1973

Did you know

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    Began his writing career with short stories, but decided to turn to playwriting after seeing a performance of Look Back in Anger (1959) by John Osborne.

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