Shoe Shuffle (1985) and Shooting Stars and Other Heavenly Pursuits (2000), which was adapted for BBC radio. Other radio plays included King Trash (2004). His first novel, Watching The Wheels Come Off, was published first in French by Rivagse/Noir (Quand Tout Se Fait La Malle) in 2009 then in English in 2010. In 2018 his trio of novellas ('Bait', 'Grist' & 'Security') was published by Unbound. Personal life and death Hodges was married twice. His first marriage was to Jean Alexandrov; they had two sons and later divorced. He then married Carol Laws. Hodges died from heart failure at his home in Dorset on 17 December 2022, at the age of 90. Recognition Retrospectives of his work in television and cinema have included the NFT (London) in 1980; MOMA (New York) in 1990; American Cinematheque (LA) in 1990; and Munich (Germany) in 1999. He was awarded the degree of 'Doctor of Letters" by the University of the West of England, Bristol in 2005. Selected filmography Feature films Television The Tyrant King (1968) Rumour (1969) Suspect (1970) The Manipulators (1972) Missing Pieces (1982) Squaring the Circle (1984) W.G.O.D. (1985) Florida Straits (1986) Dandelion Dead (1994) The Healer (1994) Murder by Numbers (2001 – documentary) References Further reading Steven Paul Davies: Get Carter And Beyond: The Cinema of Mike Hodges, Batsford, 2003, Douglas Keesey: Neo-Noir: Contemporary Film Noir From Chinatown to The Dark Knight Kamera Books, 2010, Steve Chibnall & Robert Murphy: British Crime Cinema, Routledge, 1999, Steve Chibnall: Get Carter (British Film Guides #6), I.B. Tauris, 2003, Geoff Mayer: Guide to British Cinema (Reference Guides to the World's Cinema) Greenwood Press, 2003 Interview with Mike Hodges Interview with Mike Hodges 2000 The Telegraph, Film-makers on film-Mike Hodges 2004 The National: Get Carter turns 40 Interview with Mike Hodges 2010 The Michael Klinger Papers; Interview with Mike Hodges by Tony Klinger and Andrew Spicer External links Interview at The Guardian Interview by Dan Lybarger 1932 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Royal Navy personnel British film directors British male screenwriters British television directors Deaths from congestive heart failure Film people from Bristol Science fiction film directors