Alan bateman biography

Executive Producer: 1988 (Pilot–Episode 205)

Born in Perth on 2nd January 1936, William Alan Bateman was the creator of Home and Away, and remained its executive producer for the first 9 months.

Bateman started his television career as an electrical technician at the Seven Network in 1959.

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After working through various production roles, he was technical director for the channel’s coverage of the Commonwealth Games in 1962. Bateman and his wife moved to London soon afterwards, where he attended the BBC’s Training College and worked on such shows as Doctor Who and the RSC’s television production of War of the Roses

On his return to Australia in the late 1960s, Bateman joined ABC and worked his way up the ranks to become the network’s head of programming.

He later moved to the post of head of drama for the Seven Network, where in 1986 he pushed forward with the development of a new show following Seven’s axing of Neighbours, which h Alan Bateman - Biography - IMDb DIKI