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Bradley Adams is a film and television producer who won with fellow producer Stuart Urban the British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama for producing the Falkland War television film An Ungentlemanly Act (1992). [1] [2] He is also one of the founders of the Natural Nylon film company and chairman of Union Pictures. [3] In 1997, he received the BAFTA Scotland award for Best Drama Series or Serial for producing the television series The Crow Road (1996). [4] [5] Adams was the executive producer of the television drama series Rockface (2002). [6] In 2013, he produced the romantic drama television series Dates . [7]

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References

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  2. "An Ungentlemanly Act". BBC. 13 June 1992. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  3. Milmo, Dan (24 November 2000). "Union Pictures merges with West 175". The Guardian . Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  4. "Flying high on Crow Road". The Herald . Newsquest. 26 November 1996. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  5. "Trainspotting shunts out rest in Baftas Cult drugs movie shares one in four of Scottish awards with BBC Television's The Crow Road". The Herald . Newsquest. 1 December 1997. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  6. "Union and Columbia to scale next Rockface". Broadcast . Top Right Group. 18 April 2002. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  7. "Dates". Channel 4. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2014.