Mark Tavener

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Mark Tavener
BornMark Adrian Tavener
8 July 1954[1]
Plymouth, Devon, England
Died18 October 2007(2007-10-18) (aged 53)
Plymouth, Devon, England
OccupationWriter
Alma materPeterhouse, Cambridge
Genrecomedy, satire

Mark Adrian Tavener (8 July 1954 – 18 October 2007) was an English writer,

Hutchinson, 1989).[2][3]

Biography

Tavener was born and brought up in Plymouth and educated at Plymouth College, before attending Peterhouse, Cambridge.

In the Red franchise

In the Red
Original work
In the End
 (1999)

Tavener wrote a satirical novel,

In the End (BBC Radio 4, 1999), about George Cragge's investigation into a series of murders of journalists, was written by Tavener and produced by Schlesinger and Dawn Ellis.[7]

Absolute Power franchise

Absolute Power
Films and television
Television series
  • Absolute Power (2003-2005)
Audio
Radio program(s)
(2000-2006)

Tavener reunited with executive producer Paul Schlesinger and producer Dawn Ellis to create the

In the End, who having left their previous positions as BBC executives have set up their own public relations firm.[8] After three series on radio, Schlesinger produced a television adaptation of the same name (BBC Two, 2003–2005), although, as with In the Red
, Tavener was not involved in the writing of this. Following a one-year break for production of the first series of the television adaptation, Tavener reunited with Ellis for the fourth and final series of the original radio programme. A second and final series of the television adaptation followed without input from Tavener. The franchise was later brought to a conclusion in a one-off radio special written by Tavener and produced by Ellis.

Later works & death

Between Absolute Power's final radio series and the one-off special, Tavener and producer Dawn Ellis created two six-part series of High Table, Lower Orders (BBC Radio Four, 2005–2006), featuring a murder mystery at a Cambridge College similar to the one the writer had attended.

His final work was a collaboration with the comedian Steve Punt on the four-part series, His Master's Voice (BBC Radio Four, 2007), set in the offices of a fictional Conservative magazine, which was produced by Dawn Ellis.

Tavener died of cancer on 18 October 2007.

Works

Novel

Radio Series

Television series

References

  1. ^ England and Wales, Death Index, 2007-2017
  2. ^ "Radio 4 writer Mark Tavener dies". BBC News. 23 October 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  3. ^ Plunkett, John (23 October 2007). "Absolute Power creator dies". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b "In the Red". radiohaha. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  5. ^ "In the Red". radiolistings. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  6. ^ a b "In the Balance". radiolistings. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  7. ^ "In the End". radiolistings. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  8. ^ BBC Comedy. "Absolute Power". Retrieved 6 December 2013.
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