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Neville Teller MBE (born 1931) is a British dramatist and abridger. A prolific contributer to BBC Radio, [1] his first broadcast was an abridgement of The Wheel Spins in 1956.

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His adaptations include several of the Adam Dalgliesh mysteries by P. D. James.

He was awarded the MBE in 2006 for services to radio drama.

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