John Herbert Elliot (4 July 1918 – 14 August 1997) was a British novelist, screenwriter, director, and television producer[1] active from 1954 to 1993.
Between 1954 and 1960, he scripted a succession of one-off television plays including War in the Air and A Man from the Sun.
[4] In 1961, he collaborated with astronomer Fred Hoyle to write the groundbreaking TV science fiction serial, A For Andromeda.
He resigned from the corporation in 1963, though he would later work with them again, producing a concept for the 1965 drama series Mogul (renamed.
[6] His other works include programs such as Fall of Eagles and Survival, as well as novels, namely Duel and Blood Upon the Snow.