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Andrewsâ work with Anthony Page at the Royal Court inspired him to become a director and whenever appropriate he applied Page's teaching to his own work. Under the supervision of John Huntley and Michael Balcon, he wrote the screenplay and co-directed, with his then wife Tamara Hinchco, a film
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Andrews was originally an actor and had considerable success on television throughout the 1960s. He also appeared on the West End stage, on film and on radio. Offered a place on the BBC's television training course he became a full-time television director is the early 1970s. After graduating
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