Person
Roy Minton
Writing · 1933–2024 · 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.
Known for
Play for Today
Writer
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Writer
The Wednesday Play
Writer
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Writer
Half Hour Story
Writer
Suspicion
Writer
Scum
Writer
Plays for Britain
Writer
The Company of Five
Writer
Horace
Writer
Filmography
- 2016Alan Clarke: Out of His Own LightSelf
- 1982ScrubbersWriter
- 1982HoraceWriter
- 1979ScumWriter
- 1977ScumWriter
- 1976Fast HandsWriter
- 1976Plays for BritainWriter
- 1975Funny FarmWriter
- 1972HoraceScript
- 1971SuspicionWriter
- 1970Play for TodayWriter
- 1970The Hunting of Lionel CraneWriter
- 1969Sling Your HookWriter
- 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreWriter
- 1968Stand by Your ScreenWriter
- 1968The Company of FiveWriter
- 1968Goodnight AlbertWriter
- 1967The Gentleman CallerWriter
- 1967Half Hour StoryWriter
- 1967The LumpScaffolder
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreWriter
- 1964The Wednesday PlayWriter
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