John Coates : the man who built The Snowman : a biography of the producer of The snowman, Yellow submarine and many other films-- / written by Marie Beardmore ; with an epilogue by John Coates ; foreword by Raymond Briggs.

"John Coates is best known as the producer of The Snowman, When the Wind Blows, Wind in the Willows, Willows in Winter, and Famous Fred, and as the man behind the Beatles film Yellow Submarine. This intimate biography takes the reader on a journey through Coates's early life, his years as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Beardmore, Marie
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New Barnet, Herts. : John Libbey, [2012]
Subjects:	Coates, John. Coates, John Motion picture producers and directors > England > Biography. Animated films > History. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Entertainment & Performing Arts. PERFORMING ARTS > Reference. Animated films Motion picture producers and directors England collective biographies. Biographies History Biographies.
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Table of Contents:

Early Years
Army Years
Early Days at Rank, Far East, Asia
Madrid--"We Read Hemingway and Lived Hemingway"
How it All Began--Rediffusion and ATV
From Film to Television and the start of TVC
TVC and the Beatles
The Beatles' Yellow Submarine
Endings and Beginnings
Post George--a new era
The Snowman: the first snow
Post Snowman
When the Wind Blows
Life matters, becoming a granpa and holidaying in Kenya
Granpa
The Seychelles
Father Christmas--1991
Recession Beatrix Potter: 1992-1995
The Bump in the Road
1995--Three more half hour specials
The Wind in the Willows (1995), and The Willows in Winter (1996)
Famous Fred
The Bear
Bali
Another Exotic Holiday
John Winds up TVC's animation studio
Oi Get off Our Train and Varga TVC--1998
John's Brothers
Retirement! at the Lac de Sainte Croix
Ethel and Ernest
Epilogue / John Coates.

John Coates : the man who built The Snowman : a biography of the producer of The snowman, Yellow submarine and many other films-- / written by Marie Beardmore ; with an epilogue by John Coates ; foreword by Raymond Briggs.

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