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Profile of Peter Ling
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Peter Ling |
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27th May 1926 |
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Croydon, Surrey, England, UK |
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Writer |
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Peter Ling is a writer for television and a novelist.
He started writing while in the army during World War II, and honed his craft while spending two years recovering from tuberculosis. Success on radio led to him becoming a script editor and Head of Children's Series for Associated-Rediffusion. Ling later co-created the soap opera Compact and wrote for programmes such as The Avengers (the episodes Ashes of Roses, Dance with Death, and Box of Tricks) before he devised a new soap opera, Crossroads.
In recent years, Peter Ling has published several novels, including the novelisation of The Mind Robber for Target Books.
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