He directed well over 100 episodes, which were broadcast live. In 1960 he was taken on as a trainee director by Lew Grade at ATV where he worked on the UK's first twice-weekly evening soap opera, Emergency – Ward 10. He then studied directing at the Bristol Old Vic. Alastair graduated from Edinburgh College of Art, with the intention of becoming a painter. His father was a schools inspector and his mother a well-known antiques dealer. It was quite an experience for me, as head of drama at Channel 4, to visit the set in Los Angeles and to be told by both Olympia Dukakis and Laura Linney that Alastair was the best director they had ever worked with.Īlastair was born in Edinburgh. Alan Poul, the American producer, says that when Tales of the City was finally transmitted in the US, with great success, it "forever changed the landscape of American television", paving the way for shows such as Six Feet Under and Sex and the City.
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