Thriller writer Hammond Innes and a look at the craft of screen adaptation also feature on the weekly books series.

Presenter Henry Kelly visits the home of spiritualist Doris Collins to talk about her work. She discusses her first encounter with the departed spirits she alleges she can commune with and her plans for future books.

Henry then meets with thriller writer Hammond Innes who has gained a reputation for writing his best works set at sea. As well as his early writing career and authoring his first full-length work at seventeen, he talks about his new sea-based thriller, Medusa.

Henry interviews Harry Saint about his then-current bestseller, Memoirs of an Invisible Man. He talks about the concept of seeing invisibility as a curse through the eyes of the protagonist and of the loneliness of the writing process. Henry then presents that week's Top Ten US Fiction Chart.

Henry also visits the Cotswolds home of Jilly Cooper where they talk about her career and the success of her most famous novel, Riders. She recounts how she lost the original manuscript of it in London and had to start the book all over again.

Reporter Jill Cochrane meets Walter Coblenz about the art of turning a book into a good film. One famous success for him was All the President's Men and he also talks about how authors feel about their works being changed for the screen. Henry concludes the programme with a look at the UK Top Ten Paperback Fiction Chart.

The Write Stuff was a weekly round-up of the world of books, authors and publishing and was a contribution from Ulster Television to the ITV network's daytime schedules. Each week, presenter Henry Kelly and reporter Jill Cochrane interviewed prominent authors, sought out celebrities for the latest books they'd read and ran through the weekly book charts.