Quiz Monkey
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A popular type of question is "Who wrote the book on which (such–and–such a series) was based?"
This page should answer most questions of this type. I've included some details about the series, and in some cases about the sources, where I think this adds interest.
| Band of Brothers (HBO 10–part series, 2001) | 1992, collected WWII memoirs (non–fiction) |  |
Stephen Ambrose |
| The Crow Road (BBC Scotland miniseries, 1996) | 1992 novel | |
Iain Banks |
| The Darling Buds of May (BBC comedy drama 1991–3) | 1958 novel (and sequels) | |
H. E. Bates |
| The History Man (BBC four–part drama serial, 1981) | 1975 novel | |
Malcolm Bradbury |
| Sex and the City (US TV rom–com drama, 1998–2004) | Newspaper column starting 1994, and 1997 anthology in book form | |
Candace Bushnell |
| The Rotters' Club (BBC2 3–part series, 2005) | 2001 novel | |
Jonathan Coe |
| House of Cards (BBC 4–part series, 1990) | 1989 novel | |
Michael Dobbs |
| To Play the King (BBC 4–part series, 1993) | 1992 novel | ||
| Final Cut (BBC 4–part series, 1995) | 1994 novel | ||
| The Snapper (Irish TV film, 1993) | 1987 novel | |
Roddy Doyle |
| Up the Junction (BBC Wednesday Play 1965; see also Films: Source Writers) | 1963 short story, in a collection with the same title | |
Nell Dunn |
| The Forsyte Saga (drama series: BBC 1967, ITV 2002–3) | Three novels and two short "interludes", 1906–21 | |
John Galsworthy |
| I, Claudius (BBC drama series, 1976) | Novels I, Claudius (1934), Claudius the God (1935) | |
Robert Graves |
| Roots (US TV series, 1977) | 1976 novel | |
Alex Hailey |
| A Year in Provence (1993 BBC TV mini–series) | 1989 autobiographical novel | |
Peter Mayle |
| The Buddha of Suburbia (1993 BBC 4–part TV drama serial) | 1990 novel | |
Hanif Kureishi |
| Peyton Place (1957 film, and ABC soap opera 1964–9) | 1956 first novel | |
Grace Metalious |
| Normal People (BBC3, 2020) | 2018 novel | |
Sally Rooney |
| Conversations With Friends (BBC3, 2022) | 2017 novel | ||
| The Jewel in the Crown (1984 ITV series) | The Raj Quartet (1966–74; for details, see Books: Series) | |
Paul Scott |
| Lark Rise to Candleford (BBC TV series, 2008–11) | Trilogy of semi–autobiographical novels (1939–43) – for details, see Books: Series | |
Flora Thompson |
| The Sculptress (1996 BBC 4–part TV drama, starring Pauline Quirke) | 1993 novel | |
Minette Walters |
| The Life and Loves of a She–Devil (1986 BBC 4–part TV drama, starring Patricia Hodge and Dennis Waterman) | 1983 novel | |
Fay Weldon |
| Oranges are Not the Only Fruit (1990 BBC 3–part TV drama) | 1985 semi–autobiographical debut novel | |
Jeanette Winterson |
| The Winds of War (1983 ABC 7–part miniseries, starring Robert Mitchum and Ali McGraw) | 1971 novel | |
Herman Wouk |
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