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Richard Wade(1938-2022)

  • Producer
  • Writer
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Richard Wade was born on 5 July 1938 in Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK. He was a producer and writer, known for A Hundred Years of Humphrey Hastings (1967), Sunday Story (1961) and The World About Us (1967). He was married to Angela Mills and Lee Mikhelson. He died on 12 July 2022 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
BornJuly 5, 1938
DiedJuly 12, 2022(84)
BornJuly 5, 1938
DiedJuly 12, 2022(84)
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Known for

A Hundred Years of Humphrey Hastings
TV Series
  • Writer
Sunday Story
TV Series
  • Writer
The World About Us (1967)
The World About Us
8.3
TV Series
  • Writer
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
7.0
TV Series
  • Writer

Credits

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Producer



  • The Inventing of America
    TV Special
    • executive producer (as Lawrence Wade)
    • 1975
  • Tomorrow's World (1965)
    Tomorrow's World
    7.6
    TV Series
    • series editor (as Lawrence Wade)
    • 1970–1974
  • Tom Tom
    TV Series
    • producer (as Lawrence Wade)
    • 1968–1970
  • Scene (1968)
    Scene
    6.7
    TV Series
    • producer (as Lawrence Wade)
    • 1968

Writer



  • Cough and You'll Deafen Thousands (1972)
    Cough and You'll Deafen Thousands
    TV Special
    • narration by
    • 1972
  • I Can See It All
    TV Movie
    • writer
    • 1971
  • Chronicle (1966)
    Chronicle
    7.5
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1970–1971
  • Dudley Foster, Maggie Jones, and Susan Payne in It's a Terrible Waste of an Egg (1970)
    It's a Terrible Waste of an Egg
    TV Movie
    • writer
    • 1970
  • BBC Films for Television Training: Pictures and Words (1968)
    BBC Films for Television Training: Pictures and Words
    Short
    • written by
    • 1968
  • Christopher Barry in BBC Films for Television Training: Television Production Planning (1968)
    BBC Films for Television Training: Television Production Planning
    Video
    • script
    • 1968
  • The World About Us (1967)
    The World About Us
    8.3
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1968
  • A Hundred Years of Humphrey Hastings
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1967
  • Between Two Rivers (1960)
    Dispute
    TV Mini Series
    • commentary writer
    • 1967
  • Sunday Story
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1962–1967
  • The World His Challenge
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1967
  • Horizon (1964)
    Horizon
    8.5
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1966
  • Adventure (1961)
    Adventure
    6.7
    TV Series
    • narrative script
    • Writer
    • 1963–1964
  • Geoffrey Johnson Smith in Tonight (1957)
    Tonight
    7.9
    TV Series
    • documentation
    • 1963
  • Garry Halliday
    8.1
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1962

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Lawrence Wade
  • Born
    • July 5, 1938
    • Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK
  • Died
    • July 12, 2022
    • Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK(complications from a stroke and dementia)
  • Spouses
      Angela Mills? - July 12, 2022 (his death)
  • Children
      Sophie Wade

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Worked at the BBC for 23 years, then became Director-General of the Advertising Association from 1990-1993 and was founder of the European Advertising Standards Alliance (EASA) in 1992.

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