Alan Wakeman (19 June 1936 – 8 August 2015) was a British author, playwright, vegan and gay rights activist.
He attended Purley Grammar School and later did National Service in Singapore and Sri Lanka (then Ceylon).
[2] For nearly fifty years, he lived in Soho, London and became a dedicated campaigner against development of historical sites.
He produced a four-part story called The Living World, but David Whitaker eventually wrote to Wakeman's agent to say they were abandoning the script, as it would be impossible with contemporary production equipment, and that "one might say that the whole script was on too high a literary level for the sort of adventure serial we must have".
[5] Wakeman died in August 2015, aged 79 after suffering for many years from diabetes.