In Conversation - Keith Waterhouse
Keith Waterhouse, the acclaimed journalist, novelist and playwright, talks to Paul Allen about his childhood in Leeds and the beginning of his career. Waterhouse explains the collaborative relationship he has developed with his screenwriting partner Willis Hall and confesses to having little patience for critics, even children who are fans of his TV adaptations of the 'Worzel Gummidge' books.
At the time this programme was first broadcast, Keith Waterhouse was a columnist for the 'Daily Mirror'. When Robert Maxwell took over the paper in 1986, Waterhouse left to write for the 'Daily Mail', a job that he continued to do until shortly before his death in 2009. As well as over a dozen novels and numerous screenplays, he produced texts on English grammar, 'Waterhouse on Newspaper Style' and 'English, Our English (and How to Sing It)', which remain essential works for writers of all disciplines and backgrounds.
