Patrick Dowling (producer)

Patrick Dowling (19 August 1919 – 17 June 2009) was an English television producer, best known for producing a series of successful series for the BBC including The Adventure Game, Vision On and Why Don't You?.

Born in Southwest London, he undertook his National Service with the Royal Air Force, having his career extended at the start of World War II. After being demobbed, he married the actress Jane Gregson.

In 1946 he was taken on as Stage manager/electrician with the Guildford and then the Amersham repertory companies. From 1951 to 1952 he was Stage Director at the Oxford Playhouse.

In 1955 he joined the BBC as a runner, later becoming a production assistant on various series including Girl at the Window, The Black Brigand, The Railway Children, Thompson Family, Secret Garden, Great Expectations, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Treasure Seekers and The Balloon and the Baron for which Dowling also composed the music.

He then moved into production, working with others on productions including: "Victory”, “Idiots Delight”, “Makepeace Story”, “Invisible Armies”, “Hole in the Wall”, “Pocket Lancer”, “Last Man Out”, and Just William. He then directed Cabin in the Clearing.

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