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Steve Exeter

Mr. Nice

The rights to make a film of Mr. Nice were sold to the BBC by Howard Marks when the landmark autobiography of perhaps the most sophisticated drug baron of all…

It’s A Wonderful Life

Director Frank Capra explored the theme of the innate goodness of the young at heart, as personified by James Stewart, overcoming the evil schemes of black-hearted older men once before in…

Disney’s A Christmas Carol

Disney's A Christmas Carol might have been better titled Dickens' A Christmas Carol as screenwriter/director Robert Zemeckis has very faithfully adapted the classic short story by blending the original text,…

SEVERUS: The Black Caesar | Novel

Severus follows the amazing true story of a rebellious boy who grew up in an African province and became the first Black Caesar of the Roman Empire, the head of…

Carnivàle

When Carnivàle premiered on BBC TV in the autumn of 2003, I eagerly anticipated it as the trailer had suggested that the show was going to share more than just…

Debussy’s Slippers

George Gershwin thinks he could do better, better than Broadway. Ira Gershwin disagrees, why get funny ideas about writing po-faced Piano Concertos that no one hears, when you’re already getting…

SEVERUS: The Black Caesar | Audiobook

I am delighted to announce that the audiobook version of SEVERUS: The Black Caesar is now available on Amazon, Audible and Apple Audio. The running time is just over nine…

Monty Python’s Life of Brian

I was first exposed to Monty Python whilst I was at school; I got one of their albums, Monty Python's Previous Record, out of the local library, and was instantly…