Leon Griffiths (Writer)
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Works
Minder
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.
Release Date1979-10-29
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count15
Vote Count25
Play for Today
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.
Release Date1970-10-15
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count9
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.
Release Date1955-09-26
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count8
Vote Count18
The Squeeze
An alcoholic London ex-cop becomes involved in a kidnapping drama and tries to free the daughter of a friend from a brutal gangster mob.
Release Date1977-03-20
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count15
The Flesh and the Fiends
Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Robert Knox requires cadavers for his research into the functioning of the human body; local ne'er-do-wells Burke and Hare find ways to provide him with fresh specimens...
Release Date1960-02-02
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count54
The Greatest Mother of 'em All
Stage mother Dolly Murdock (Ann Sothern) uses the attractiveness of her teenage daughter Tricia (Alexandra Hay) for her own economic gains, leading Tricia to experience a nightmarish loss of innocence.
Release Date1969-12-31
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Return of the Saint
Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.
Release Date1978-09-10
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count8
Dinner at the Sporting Club
Vinny Mathews is a small time boxing promoter who struggles with his conscience over what to do with a fighter he knows is unfit to face his opponent. However, Mathews needs sponsorship and this would be the ideal opportunity to mix with the "frilly shirted" sportsmen who enjoy their lavish lifestyle as fighters slug it out as the steak is served!
Release Date1978-11-07
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
The Grissom Gang
The Grissom Gang is a remake of the notorious 1949 British melodrama No Orchids For Miss Blandish. Kim Darby plays a 1920s-era debutante who is kidnapped and held for ransom. Her captors are the Grissoms, a family comprised of sadists and morons, and headed by Ma Barker clone Irene Dailey. One of the Grissoms, played by Scott Wilson, takes a liking to his prisoner, which results in a bloody breakdown of the family unit. Both The Grissom Gang and the original No Orchids For Miss Blandish were inspired by the best-seller by James Hadley Chase, though neither film retains Chase's original ending.
Release Date1971-05-28
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count37
The Yellow Pill
A murderer is examined by psychiatrist John Frame, who is surprised to find the criminal knows many details of his private life.
Release Date1969-03-25
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vacant Possession
An estate agent arranges to meet a couple for a viewing at a flat.
Release Date1966-12-12
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
The Hellfire Club
Years after fleeing his ancestral home with his mother, Jason returns home to claim his birthright, only to find his way blocked by his evil cousin Thomas. In order to reclaim his title, Jason must do battle with his cousin, who calls upon the members of the deadly Hellfire Club to stop him.
Release Date1961-02-03
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count6
Out of This World
Out of This World is a British science fiction anthology television series made by ABC Television and broadcast in 1962. A spin-off from the popular anthology series Armchair Theatre, each episode is introduced by actor Boris Karloff. Many episodes are adaptations of stories by sci-fi writers including Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick and Clifford D. Simak. The series is generally seen as a precursor to the BBC science fiction anthology Out of the Unknown.
Release Date1962-06-24
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count3
Some Lapse of Time
Dr Max Harrow is awakened from a re-current nightmare in which he is pursued by a barbaric accusing figures, to find a tramp collapsed on his doorstep, The tramp is suffering from a genetic radiation disorder that should killed him in infancy as it did Harrow's baby son. The man is the living image of Harrow's nightmare figures, Clutched in his hand is a human finger bone and he speaks a strange, unknown tongue,
Release Date1965-12-06
DepartmentWriting
JobAdaptation
Hazell
Hazell is a British television drama based on the novel series by Terry Venables and Gordon Williams (collectively known as P.B. Yuill), and starring Nicholas Bell as James Hazell, a 'smart parody' of Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade. The programme ran for two series, from January 1978 to July 1979.
Release Date1978-01-16
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count4
Out of the Unknown
Out of the Unknown is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Each episode was a dramatisation of a science fiction short story; some were created for the series, but most were adaptations of already published stories. The first three years were exclusively science fiction, but that genre was abandoned in the final year in favour of horror and fantasy. A number of episodes were wiped during the early 1970s, as was standard procedure at the time.
Release Date1965-10-04
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count7
Story Parade
Story Parade specialized in adaptations of modern novels. It was broadcast on June 5, 1964 and repeated on August 28, 1964. The teleplay was by Terry Nation (who invented "Blake's 7" and the Daleks in Dr. Who), and Elijah Baley was played by the late Peter Cushing. It also starred John Carson John Carson as R. Daneel Olivaw and Kenneth J. Warren. The master tapes of the program were erased, however a few clips from the production have turned up in various documentaries about Isaac Asimov's work.
Release Date1964-04-24
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count1
The Voices in the Park
The life and passions of a speaker at Hyde Park Corner.
Release Date1967-04-05
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Piece of Cake
The life of a Royal Air Force fighter squadron from the day of the British entry into World War II through to one of the toughest days in the Battle of Britain.
Release Date1988-10-02
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count6
Vote Count6
Minder
Archie Daley's a bit of a rogue, always up for some dodgy dealings in the hope of making a nice little earner, but sometimes it can cause him to lose his moral compass, which is where Jamie usually steps in to put him right.
Release Date2009-02-04
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count1
A Fear of Strangers
A black saxophonist and small time crook is picked up by police on suspicion of murder. His problems multiply when the investigating officer lets his own issues influence the subsequent interrogation.
Release Date1964-05-10
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
The Treasure of Monte Cristo
A dashing ex-officer in His Majesty’s army, Captain Adam Corbett (Calhoun) becomes embroiled in intrigue when he agrees to escort Colonel Wilfred Jackson (Ian Hunter) and his daughter Pauline (Patricia Bredin) on a perilous quest for treasure. Possessing one-quarter of a map, they soon rendezvous with three mysterious characters, each with a fragment and a secret agenda. Armed with only a sword and his wits, Corbett battles brigands, soldiers and thieves as he accompanies the expedition to the island of Monte Cristo, where betrayal and fortune await.
Release Date1961-06-22
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count4
A Passage to England
Anand, his pretty cousin and their sick uncle are stranded in Amsterdam where they receive an offer to take them to England.
Release Date1975-12-09
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter