Writing
Roy Minton
Born August 28, 1933 · Nottingham, England, UK · Died August 17, 2024
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.
Known for
83
7.5
Scum
Writer
827.6
Scum
Writer
5.6
Scrubbers
Writer
7.8
Play for Today
Writer
6.9
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Writer
7.1
The South Bank Show
1978 · Series
7.3
Horace
Script, Writer
7.0
Funny Farm
Writer
7.2
The Wednesday Play
Writer
5.6
The Company of Five
Writer
5.8
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Writer
5.0 TMDB
Fast Hands
Writer
7.5 TMDB
Half Hour Story
Writer
5.5 TMDB
The Gentleman Caller
Writer
5.0 TMDB
Goodnight Albert
Writer
7.0 TMDB
Stand by Your Screen
Writer
8.0 TMDB
The Hunting of Lionel Crane
Writer
8.0 TMDB
Sling Your Hook
Writer
6.0 TMDB
Plays for Britain
Writer
The Lump
Scaffolder
Filmography
- 2016Alan Clarke: Out of His Own LightSelfMovie
- 1982ScrubbersWriterMovie
- 1982HoraceWriter, CreatorSeries
- 1979ScumWriterMovie
- 1978The South Bank ShowSeries
- 1977ScumWriterMovie
- 1976Fast HandsWriterMovie
- 1976Plays for BritainWriterSeries
- 1975Funny FarmWriterMovie
- 1972HoraceScript, WriterMovie
- 1971SuspicionWriterSeries
- 1970Play for TodayWriterSeries
- 1970The Hunting of Lionel CraneWriterMovie
- 1969Sling Your HookWriterMovie
- 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreWriterSeries
- 1968Stand by Your ScreenWriterMovie
- 1968The Company of FiveWriterSeries
- 1968Goodnight AlbertWriterMovie
- 1967The Gentleman CallerWriterMovie
- 1967Half Hour StoryWriterSeries
- 1967The LumpScaffolderMovie
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreWriterSeries
- 1964The Wednesday PlayWriterSeries