Career
Notable works include All Creatures Great and Small, The Prime of Mission Jean Brodie and The Forsyte Saga. In 1984, he wrote the script for the Doctor Who story The Twin Dilemma. Anthony Steven began his career as a reporter on the Oxford Mail.
In 1957 Steven joined the British Broadcasting Corporation. A prolific writer, he wrote many television serials over a period of thirty years.
Some of his scripts were original but many were adaptations of classic novels, including several episodes of The Forsyte Saga (1967). Steven worked for Independent Television as well the British Broadcasting Corporation.