Roy Minton

Roy Minton

Known for

Writing

Born

August 28, 1933

Birthplace

Nottingham, England, UK

Died

August 17, 2024 (aged 90)

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.

Best known work

Scum
Scum
1979
Scum
Scum
1977
Scrubbers
Scrubbers
1982
Play for Today
Play for Today
1970
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
The South Bank Show
The South Bank Show
1978
Horace
Horace
1972
Funny Farm
Funny Farm
1975
The Wednesday Play
The Wednesday Play
1964
The Company of Five
The Company of Five
1968

Filmography

  1. 2016

    Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light

    as Self

  2. 1982

    Scrubbers

    Writer

  3. 1982

    HoraceTV

    Writer, Creator

  4. 1979

    Scum

    Writer

  5. 1978

  6. 1977

    Scum

    Writer

  7. 1976

  8. 1976

  9. 1975

  10. 1972

    Horace

    Script, Writer

  11. 1971

    SuspicionTV

    Writer

  12. 1970

  13. 1970

  14. 1969

  15. 1969

  16. 1968

  17. 1968

  18. 1968

  19. 1967

  20. 1967

  21. 1967

    The Lump

    as Scaffolder

  22. 1965

  23. 1964

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