Roy Minton
- Writing
- August 28, 1933 · Nottingham, England, UK
- 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
Filmography
- Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light · Self
- Scrubbers · Writer
- Horace · Writer, Creator
- Scum · Writer
- The South Bank Show
- Scum · Writer
- Fast Hands · Writer
- Plays for Britain · Writer
- Funny Farm · Writer
- Horace · Script, Writer
- Suspicion · Writer
- Play for Today · Writer
- The Hunting of Lionel Crane · Writer
- Sling Your Hook · Writer
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre · Writer
- Stand by Your Screen · Writer
- The Company of Five · Writer
- Goodnight Albert · Writer
- The Gentleman Caller · Writer
- Half Hour Story · Writer
- The Lump · Scaffolder
- Thirty-Minute Theatre · Writer
- The Wednesday Play · Writer