Carla Lane
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Carla Lane, OBE (born August 5, 1937 in Liverpool) is an English television writer, writing or co-writing many successful sitcoms. In the 1960s she wrote short stories and radio scripts. Her first successes came in collaboration with Myra Taylor, whom she had met at a writers' workshop in Liverpool, before she embarked on a solo career. In 1989 she was awarded an OBE.
Lane is known for her animal rights activism, a theme that has appeared in her writing; for example, the character Darwin in Luv is a member of an animal rights group.
[edit] Television series
- 1969-79, 96 The Liver Birds (with Myra Taylor)
- 1971-76 Bless This House (with Myra Taylor and others)
- 1974 No Strings
- 1975 Going, Going,Gone... Free?
- 1977 Three Piece Suite
- 1978-82, 2000 Butterflies
- 1981-83 The Last Song
- 1981-82 Solo
- 1984-85 Leaving
- 1985-87 The Mistress
- 1985 I Woke Up One Morning
- 1986-91 Bread
- 1993-94 Luv
- 1995 Searching
