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'''Arthur Hopcraft''' (30 November 1932 &ndash; 22 November 2004) was an [[England|English]] scriptwriter, well known for his TV plays such as ''[[The Nearly Man]]'', and for his small-screen adaptations such as ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (miniseries)|Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]''; ''[[Hard Times (UK TV series)|Hard Times]]'', ''[[Bleak House (1985 TV serial)|Bleak House]]'', and ''[[Rebecca (TV miniseries)|Rebecca]]''. Before taking up writing for TV, he was a sports journalist for ''[[The Guardian]]'' and ''[[The Observer]]'', writing ''The Football Man: People and Passions in Soccer''. He also had four other books published, including an autobiographical account of his childhood, and wrote the screenplay for the film ''[[Hostage (1992 film)|Hostage]]''. Hopcraft won the [[British Academy Television Awards|BAFTA]] writer's award in 1985.

== Career ==
Hopcraft was born in [[Shoeburyness]], [[Essex]]. He soon moved to [[Cannock]], Staffordshire, and as a teen, he started working at local newspapers. By the age of 17, he was reporting on the [[Stafford Rangers F.C.|Stafford Rangers]]' semi-professional football games using the pseudonym "Linesman." After his service in the military, he worked at the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' in Manchester and then ''[[The Guardian]]''. He had assignments in west Africa, India and Brazil. In the mid-1960s, he began doing football writing at ''[[The Observer]]'' as well. From January 1968 he was a regular contributor to the [[TI Media|IPC monthly]] ''[[Nova (UK magazine)|Nova]]'', his articles were mostly stories from his own life.

He was a "self-described loner whose claustrophobia extended to refusing to use the London Underground."<ref name="guardian.co.uk">[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/nov/26/football.guardianobituaries Obituary: Arthur Hopcraft | Media | The Guardian<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He never married, noting that "I tried both sexes, but ended up wishing they would all just go away".<ref name="guardian.co.uk"/>

== References ==
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