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Michael Wearing, who has died aged 78, was the television producer who brought some of the most memorable drama series of the Eighties and Nineties to the small screen, including Boys from the...
Michael Wearing (12 March 1939 – 5 May 2017) was a British television producer, who spent much of his career working on drama productions for the BBC.
May 9, 2017 · Wearing (right), who held a number of senior positions across drama at the BBC, died on Friday 5 May following a stroke. Wearing is survived by his three children, Sadie, Ella and Ben.
Michael Wearing was born on 12 March 1939 in Southport, Lancashire, England, UK. He was a producer and actor, known for Edge of Darkness (2010), Edge of Darkness (1985) and Human Traffic (1999). He was married to Jean Ramsey and Karen Loader. He died on 5 May 2017.
- Michael Wearing
- May 5, 2017
- March 12, 1939
May 28, 2017 · The BBC television series Blind Justice, produced in 1988 by Michael Wearing, directed by Rob Walker and starring Jack Shepherd and me, was one of the bravest things he ever did.
May 18, 2017 · Publicans have spoken of their affection for one of Peckham’s more peculiar characters, Michael Wearing, who died of cancer on May 5. The 78-year-old – best known for producing TV series Boys from the Blackstuff and the Edge of Darkness – was a regular at The Gowlett, The Montpelier and Bar Story.
Michael Wearing, who died last week of cancer, was one of a handful of those wilful, stubborn and determined producers who rendered so much of the BBC’s output in the eighties and nineties distinctive, hard-edged and glorious.
