Alan Blaikley and Ken Howard's songwriting and composing partnership has resulted in over forty international hits, including 'The Legend of Xanadu', 'Bend It', 'From the Underworld', 'Zabadak' and 'Have I The Right?' As well as hit records, their output includes several television musicals, the West End production Mardi Gras and the award-winning television scores for shows such as The Flame Trees of Thika, By the Sword Divided, and Miss Marple. Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley's songwriting and composing partnership has resulted in over forty international hits, including 'The Legend of Xanadu', 'Bend It', 'From the Underworld', 'Zabadak' and 'Have I The Right?' They were the first British composers to write hits for Elvis Presley ('I've Lost You' and 'Heart of Rome') and they have been presented with many Gold Discs for sales of over one million. Their output includes several television musicals, the West End production Mardi Gras and award-winning television scores such as The Flame Trees of Thika, By the Sword Divided, and Miss Marple. Sue Townend (1946-2014) was a playwright, novelist and screenwriter. Her plays include Womberang (Soho Poly, Lodnon, 1979); Dayroom (Croydon Warehouse Theatre, 1981); The Ghosts of Daniel Lambert (Liecester Phoenix, 1981); Bazaar & Rummage (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, 1982, BBC Television, 1983); Groping for Words (Cryodon Warehouse, 1983); The Great Celestial Cow (The Joint Stock COmpany, 1984); The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 - The Play (Leicester Phoenix, 1984); Ten Tiny Fingers, Nine Tiny Toes (Library Theatre, Manchester, 1989) and The Queen and I - The Play (Royal Court, London, 1994). Her other published work includes the diaries of Adrian Mole. In addition she has written novels including Rebuilding Coventry (1988), The Queen and I (1992) and Ghost Children (2002).
