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Clocking Off is a British television drama series which was broadcast on BBC One for four series from 2000 to 2003. It was produced for the BBC by the independent Red Production Company , and created by Paul Abbott .
J. Edgar Hoover is a 1987 American biographical drama television film written and directed by Robert L. Collins. It stars Treat Williams as the eponymous J. Edgar Hoover , the long-serving (1924 - 1972) Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation .
J. Edgar is a 2011 American political drama film based on the career of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, directed, produced and scored by Clint Eastwood. [4] Written by Dustin Lance Black , the film focuses on Hoover's life from the 1919 Palmer Raids onward.
Paul Abbott (born 22 February 1960) is an English screenwriter and producer. He became one of the most successful television writers in Britain following his work on popular series such as Cracker (1995, 1996, 1999) and Coronation Street (1987–1989, 1991–1993), and would become more widely known for creating some of the most acclaimed television dramas of the 1990s and 2000s, including ...
He garnered fame for his portrayal of J. Edgar Hoover in HBO's Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning series, Boardwalk Empire. [9] In 2019 and 2020 Ladin appeared as Gene Kranz on the Apple TV+ series For All Mankind and Chris Kraft on the Disney+ series The Right Stuff, both characters being NASA space flight directors. [10]
Susan Cookson (born 20 April 1965) [1] is an English actress. She has appeared in various television series, and is known for roles including Tanya in Early Doors, Janice Piper in Clocking Off, Maggie Coldwell in the BBC medical drama Casualty and Wendy Posner in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.
Her 2022 biography of J. Edgar Hoover, G-Man, received the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Biography, [7] the 2023 Bancroft Prize and Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History. [8] It was a finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography .
Waking the Dead returned for a complete series in 2001, and Johnson was a main cast member until the series ended in 2011. From 2000 to 2002, he appeared as Steve Robinson in Paul Abbott's popular drama series Clocking Off. From 2001 to 2002, he appeared as a main cast member in two series of the BBC's Babyfather. [4]