second wife, Allan also wrote three film guides. Allan died from a stroke in June 2006, at the Whittington Hospital in Islington. He was survived by his second wife and all of his children. Television credits As producer: "Hippodrome Show" (1966) TV series "Ready Steady Go!" (1963) TV series "Stars and Garters" (1963) TV series As a writer: Batman (TV series, "Londinium", 1967) Out of Step As director: Love in Our Time (1968) As an actor: Love in Our Time (1968) .... Narrator As consultant Heads Up with Richard Herring (2005) TV series TV appearances: ITV 50 Greatest Shows (2005) Celebrity Poker Club (1 episode, 2004) Heat Seven (2004) TV episode Published works Good Listening: A Survey of Broadcasting (1951) The Sunday Times Guide to Movies on Television (1973, edited with Angela Allan) The Sunday Times Guide to the Movies (1977, edited with Angela Allan) The Virgin Video Guide (1982, edited with John Hazelton and Patrick Newley) A Guide to World Cinema (1985, editor) The Poker Encyclopedia (2007, with Hannah Mackay) References External links Obituary by Neil Lyndon in The Guardian, 30 June 2006 Obituary from The Times, 1 July 2006 Obituary in The Independent 29 June 2006 1922 births 2006 deaths British television producers British television writers British television directors British newspaper editors People from Cricklewood People educated at Quintin Kynaston School Daily Express people 20th-century screenwriters