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.
Wrote 16
1980s
- 1982
Scrubbers
Writer
1970s
- 1979
- 1977
Scum
Writer
- 1976
Fast Hands
Writer
Plays for Britain
Writer
- 1975
Funny Farm
Writer
- 1972
Horace
Writer
- 1970
The Hunting of Lionel Crane
Writer
1960s
- 1969
Sling Your Hook
Writer
- 1968
The Company of Five
Writer
- 1967
The Gentleman Caller
Writer
Half Hour Story
Writer
- 1965
- 1964
Acted in 2
1960s
- 1967
The Lump
Scaffolder
Other crew 1
1970s
- 1972
Horace
Script
Appearances1
2010s
- 2016
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Self