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Roy Minton

Writing

  • Born
  • August 28, 1933
  • Died
  • August 17, 2024
  • Place of birth
  • Nottingham, England, UK

Biography

Roy Minton (28 August 1933 – 17 August 2024) was an English playwright and screenwriter best known for Scum and his other work with Alan Clarke. He is notable for having written over 30 one-off scripts for London Weekend Television, Rediffusion, BBC, ATV, Granada, Thames Television and Yorkshire Television, including Sling Your Hook, Horace, Funny Farm, Scum, Goodnight Albert, and The Hunting of Lionel Crane.

As actor 2

The Lump poster
The Lump
1967
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light poster
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016

On the crew 20

Play for Today poster
Play for Today
1970
The Wednesday Play poster
The Wednesday Play
1964
ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Half Hour Story poster
Half Hour Story
1967
Plays for Britain poster
Plays for Britain
1976
Scum poster
Scum
1979
The Company of Five poster
The Company of Five
1968
Suspicion
1971
Scum poster
Scum
1977
Horace
1982
Scrubbers poster
Scrubbers
1982
Fast Hands poster
Fast Hands
1976
Horace poster
Horace
1972
Stand by Your Screen
1968
Sling Your Hook poster
Sling Your Hook
1969
The Hunting of Lionel Crane poster
The Hunting of Lionel Crane
1970
Funny Farm poster
Funny Farm
1975
The Gentleman Caller poster
The Gentleman Caller
1967
Goodnight Albert
1968