Mitchell, James

James Mitchell's eyes - framed by black rimmed glasses - have seen a lot in their 68 years. They've seen the terrible hardship of the 1930s' depression, the wonderful benefits of a good education (first at grammar school and then at Oxford), and the bizarre excesses of Hollywood - a place which he describes as "a city of fear". He's probably best known as the creator and scriptwriter of Callan, the late-Sixties TV series, and the hugely popular When the …