The Naked Civil Servant

The Naked Civil Servant is the first volume of autobiography by the gay icon Quentin Crisp and a TV movie based on the book.

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Autobiography - Gay icon - Quentin Crisp - TV movie

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The book started life as a radio interview with Crisp in 1964 conducted by his friend and fellow eccentric, Philip O'Connor, which was heard by the then managing director of Jonathan Cape commisioned by him and appeared in 1968.

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1964 - Jonathan Cape - 1968

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The TV movie was a British television drama, 90 minutes long and produced by Thames Television for the ITV network, with John Hurt playing Crisp from youth to middle age. It was directed by Jack Gold, written by Philip Mackie and produced by Verity Lambert, and was originally transmitted on December 17 1975.

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British - Television - Thames Television - ITV - John Hurt - Jack Gold - Philip Mackie - Verity Lambert - December 17 - 1975

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For his performance, Hurt won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Actor in 1976. The production won the 1976 Prix Italia and in 2000 was placed fourth in a poll of industry professionals conducted by the British Film Institute to find the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes of the 20th century.

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BAFTA - 1976 - Prix Italia - 2000 - British Film Institute - 100 Greatest British Television Programmes - 20th century

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