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RepositoryUniversity Archives and Special Collections Centre
Reference NumberCE/4/1
TitleAnd Now This War From Our Sponsors
DescriptionResearch and treatments for a scathing screenplay about the fictional ABS News station which decides it needs to sponsor a war in Haiti to boost ratings. This is a theme that will reoccur in later treatments, including the undated Eric Bonetti, and in War at Eleven.
Date1980s
CreatorClive Exton
Individual or organisational biographyFrom his earliest days working on ITV's Armchair Theatre productions to his dramatisations for popular, lavishly produced series such as Agatha Christie's Poirot and Jeeves & Wooster, Clive Exton was a screenwriter who brought intelligence and depth to television drama. (see Saturday, 18 August 2007 Independent Newspaper).
Related MaterialWar at Eleven
Extent1 box
LevelSeries
Custodial HistoryThe papers have been in the possession of Mrs Mara Exton, since the death of her husband Clive Exton. The papers are donated to University of the Arts London in March 2010.
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