William Ivory
Writing
Biography
William Ivory is a writer and actor from Nottinghamshire. As a writer he is best known for his 90s drama series Common as Muck and the film Made in Dagenham. As an actor, he is best known for Resnick and Coronation Street.
Place of Birth: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Known For
All Creatures Great and Small
The trials and misadventures of the staff at a country veterinary office in Yorkshire. James Herriot, a young animal surgeon, moves to a small Yorkshire town to begin his first job.
Made in Dagenham
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
Night Flight
Night Flight was a powerful drama set in 1943 and the present telling the story of two World War II veterans. Harry Peters piloted a Lancaster bomber at just 20. His now middle-class world is thrown into disarray when former comrade Vic Green lands. A tale of secrets, scandal and corruption based on ghosts as yet not laid to rest.
Care
A man struggles to piece together his life after suffering years of abuse in a children's home - a personal battle made doubly difficult by crusading reporters determined to expose the scandal.
Deptford Graffiti
George, wheelchair and hospital bound, is released by Cherry and a group of Hell's Angels.
King Leek
A comic tale of competitive leek growing in the north of England, where the stakes are high and the tactics are dirty. Vegetable mad Malcolm has just one ambition in life - to grow the biggest leek in the region. But will he be crowned 'King Leek'?
Whiskers and Jane
A middle-aged ex rocker realises he must put the magic back into his relationship, or risk losing his partner for good.
The Merrihill Millionaires
They were a top team - five miners who together had mined a million tons of coal but now they must face up to redundancy.
Ice Dance
A pair of teenagers are determined to achieve their ambition and become professional ice skaters, alternately helped and hindered by their families and friends.
Sardines
Davy Kotowski is a petty officer aboard submarine HMS Wolverine. Following a rigged arm-wrestling contest, half the crew are in slings. Kotowski is then brought before the Captain, Alec McCleod for the ninth time. He is sentenced to denial of shore leave and 20 hours laundry duty, most of which he delegates to his bunkmate Chris Cheese. Kotowski then plots his revenge on Lionel Pinner and Cheese ends up having a £100 grudge darts match with Pinner on Kotowski's behalf. Meanwhile McCleod's watch has gone missing.
Filmography
as Keith Salt
as Reporter 2
as Keys Sergeant
as DS Devlin
as Teacher
as Chris Cheese
as Ken Ashton
as Ted
as Lad in Disco
as Harold Peart