Francis Essex

Essex's career spanned several decades during which he worked for several TV production companies.

Essex's scripts include; The Gentle Flame (for Julie Andrews), The Shillingbury Blowers (for Trevor Howard), Quincy's Quest (for Tommy Steele), The Shillingbury Tales (series), the Cuffy series (for Bernard Cribbins) and "The Silent Scream" in the series Hammer House of Horror.

His numerous musical scores include Luke's Kingdom, The Seas Must Live and The Lightning Tree.

Essex was also the author of the Shillingbury Tales (1983), Skerrymor Bay (1984) and the children's film Gabrielle and the Doodleman.

Essex married Jeanne Shires in 1956; the couple had two sons, Martin and Stephen (deceased).