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Michael Aitkens
British actor and writer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Michael Aitkens (born 1947) is a British actor and writer of drama scripts for movies, television and stage. His BBC situation comedy Waiting for God, first shown in 1990, was BAFTA nominated.
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Early life
Michael Aitkens was educated at Haileybury in England. He then lived in Australia for ten years and Los Angeles, United States, for two years, graduating from the AFI Conservatory (Los Angeles) in 1981.
Career
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Aitkens has worked in film, television and theatre since the late 1960s. More than 150 of his scripts have been produced in the UK, United States and Australia.[1]
Wanting to hone his skills in television, he moved to Australia in the early 1970s where he established himself as an actor in l series such as Homicide (1972-74), Division 4 (1972-73), Ryan (1974), Matlock Police (1975), Rush (1976), Power Without Glory (1976), Bluey (1977) and Skyways (1979. He also started as a writer, on The Comedy Game (1971) and Matlock Police.[2]
From 1980 to 1981, Aitkens studied at the AFI Conservatory in Los Angeles, after which he returned to Australia to worked as a writer on several television series including A Country Practice (1982-1984) and Special Squad (1985). He also had acting roles in A Country Practice as Jonathon Hawthorn, and popular children's series The Henderson Kids as Walter Mullens, the long lost father of main protagonists Tam and Steve Henderson (also featuring a young Kylie Minogue and Ben Mendelsohn). Film roles included Run Chrissie Run! (1986) and Backstage (1987).[3]
Since 1989, Aitkens has lived back in the UK, where he works as a writer/producer, mainly of his own original series, and formed an independent production company, Daisylu. His British writing credits include The Last Detective, Waiting for God, The River, Roy's Raiders, Making News, Stay Lucky, Honey for Tea, Class Act, A Perfect State, Harry and the Wrinklies and Life As We Know It. He was a core writer for Midsomer Murders from 2006 to 2014.[4]
Aitkens is also an occasional humorous newspaper columnist.[5]
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Personal life
Aitkens was married to Australian actress Veronica Lang. He has two daughters, including actress, writer and director Daisy Aitkens.
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Writing credits
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