Hawkesworth, John Stanley

▪ 2004

      British television producer (b. Dec. 7, 1920, London, Eng.—d. Sept. 30, 2003, Leicester, Leicestershire, Eng.), was best known as the creator of the popular and acclaimed television series Upstairs, Downstairs, which aired in 1971–75 on London Weekend Television and in the U.S. in 1974–77 on the PBS program Masterpiece Theatre. Trained as a painter, Hawkesworth worked as a set designer for several movies before moving on to writing and producing; he co-wrote and produced Tiger Bay (1959), his final movie, and then turned his attention to television. Other TV projects for which he gained praise included The Duchess of Duke Street (1976–80) and Danger UXB (1979).

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