Richard Harris (television writer)

For other people named Richard Harris, see Richard Harris (disambiguation).

Richard Harris (born 26 March 1934)[1] is a British screenwriter and playwright, most active from the early 1960s to the mid-1990s. He wrote primarily for the crime and detective genres, having contributed episodes of series such as The Avengers, The Saint, The Sweeney, Armchair Mystery Theatre, and Target. He has helped to create several programmes of the genre, including Adam Adamant Lives!,[2] Man in a Suitcase,[3] and Shoestring.[4]

Despite a career that has been largely spent writing for the crime and detective genre, in 1994 he won the prize for best situation comedy from the Writers' Guild of Great Britain for Outside Edge, a programme he had originated as a stage play.[5][6] Although the majority of his work has been for television, a substantial amount of his output has been for the stage.

  1. ^ Bibliographic entry for The Last Detective, fremont.lib.in.us. Accessed 19 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Adam Adamant Lives! (1966-67)", BFI Screenonline.
  3. ^ "Man in a Suitcase (1967–68)", BFI Screenonline.
  4. ^ "Shoestring (1979–80)", screenonline.org.uk. Accessed 19 January 2023.
  5. ^ Harris' awards page at IMDb.
  6. ^ Outside Edge, bbc.co.uk. Accessed 19 January 2023.