Filmography
Donnellan's best-known work was in television and we aim to develop this list in fully annotated form.
A substantial 'radiography' of his work for the Home Service and Midlands will also follow.
- 1958 Joe the Chainsmith
- 1959 The Steel Goddess
- 1960 The White Country
- 1961 The Crystalmakers
- 1961 Coventry Kids
- 1961 Men of Corby
- 1961 Sunderland Oak
- 1961 Germany Chooses
- 1962 Man of Two Worlds
- 1962 A Man Alone
- 1962 TE Lawrence
- 1962 Private Faces
- 1963 The Proud African
- 1963 Lords of India
- 1963 The Long Journey
- 1964 The Colony
- 1964 Landmarks (6x30mins)
- 1964 Homes for Heroes
- 1965 Six Men
- 1965: The Irishmen - not transmitted
- 1965 Staffordshire Rebels
- 1966 Double Image
- 1966 The Abbey of the English
- 1967 BD8: The Enclosed World of the Blind & Independence of the Blind (credited as with Charles Parker)
- 1968 A Splendid Place to Live
- 1968 Death of a Miner
- 1969 Where Do We Go From Here?
- 1969 Seaways
- 1969 Strangers in a Town
- 1970 Where Do I Stand? (Prod.)
- 1971 Before the Mast
- 1972 Shoals of Herring (a TV adaptation of the Radio Ballad)
- 1972 A Fisherman Remembers
- 1973 The Fight Game (a TV adaptation of the Radio Ballad)
- 1973 Bucknell the Smith
- 1974 The Big Hewer (a TV adaptation of the Radio Ballad)
- 1974 Fight For Shelton Bar (Not transmitted)
- 1975 Only Yesterday (Not transmitted)
- 1976 Omnibus: Art to a Degree
- 1976 Omnibus: Half a Smile from Stoke
- 1976 The Caravan (Not transmitted)
- 1977 Omnibus: Pure Radio
- 1977 The Pilgrimage of Ti-Jean
- 1978 Stories and Songs of A Scots Family Group
- 1980 Gone for A Soldier
- 1981 The Other Music
- 1981 Too Much Reality (Prod.)
- 1982 A Moment to Talk (6x15mins)
(Filmography produced with acknowledgements to W Stephen Gilbert).
