Tony Marchant (Writer)
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Works
Lovejoy
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.
Release Date1986-01-10
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count49
Holding On
The interaction between a diverse range of characters—including a bulimic restaurant critic and a highly strung tax inspector—in modern-day London.
Release Date1997-09-08
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count8
Vote Count1
Leaving
A bond between a troubled 25-year-old Aaron Simmons and Julie Ranmore a 44-year-old mother of two, whose marriage has lost all passion, has profound implications for both.
Release Date2012-09-10
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count3
Vote Count10
The Secret Agent
London, 1886. Unbeknownst to his loyal wife Winnie, Verloc, a Soho store owner, works as a secret agent for a powerful foreign government.
Release Date2016-07-17
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count3
Vote Count11
Crime and Punishment
John Simm stars in this adaptation of Dostoyevsky's tragic masterpiece - a profound drama of redemption and a thrilling detective story of the soul.
Release Date2002-02-12
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Butterfly
From a young age, 11-year-old, Max, has identified as a girl and as puberty looms, she begins to present increasing signs of gender variance. When Max was eight, her father, Stephen, left the family home. But as Max’s conviction that she’s in the wrong body intensifies, her distress escalates, and Stephen seizes the opportunity to return to live at the family home and support his daughter.
Release Date2018-10-14
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count18
Garrow's Law
The true tale of pioneering 18th century barrister William Garrow, who acted as counsel for the accused, introducing the concept of 'innocent until proved guilty' at London's Old Bailey.
Release Date2009-11-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count6
Vote Count7
Never Never
John Parlour and Jo Weller form a credit union but John's predatory lending scheme threatens both the poor residents of a London council estate and their own business.
Release Date2000-11-05
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count1
Passer By
Joe Keyes ignores a woman in distress in his rush to get home to his family. His decision to remain a passer-by has terrible consequences.
Release Date2004-03-28
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Great Expectations
A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few years later, Pip finds that he has a benefactor. Imagining that Miss Havisham, a rich lady whose adopted daughter Estella he loves, is the benefactor, Pip believes in a grand plan at the end of which he will be married to Estella. However, when the criminal from his childhood turns up one stormy night and reveals that he, Magwitch, is his benefactor, Pip finds his dreams crumbling. Although initially repulsed by his benefactor, Pip gradually becomes loyal to him and stays with him until his death.
Release Date1999-04-12
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Public Enemies
Public Enemies explores the relationship between 28-year-old Eddie, recently released on life licence from prison after serving 10 years, and his probation officer, Paula, returning from suspension following a shocking crime committed by an offender under her supervision.
Release Date2012-01-04
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count3
Vote Count4
The Mark of Cain
After a bomb kills their company commander in Iraq, British soldiers Treacle and Shane are ordered to round up suspects and use torture on the detainees. Back home, the press gets the story and the pair achieves instant infamy.
Release Date2007-10-18
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count35
Diverted
On September 11th, 2001, 38 planes headed to New York City were diverted to Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. A town of 9,000 took in 7,000 passengers for 4 days until American airspace reopened.
Release Date2009-03-08
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count7
Great Expectations
A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few years later, Pip finds that he has a benefactor. Imagining that Miss Havisham, a rich lady whose adopted daughter Estella he loves, is the benefactor, Pip believes in a grand plan at the end of which he will be married to Estella. However, when the criminal from his childhood turns up one stormy night and reveals that he, Magwitch, is his benefactor, Pip finds his dreams crumbling. Although initially repulsed by his benefactor, Pip gradually becomes loyal to him and stays with him until his death.
Release Date1999-04-12
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count17
Recovery
Alan and Tricia Hamilton are blissfully happy. Until one day their perfect life is torn apart when Alan steps in front of a passing car, and he is left with a brain injury that completely transforms his personality.
Release Date2007-02-25
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count[ 3 ]
Vote Count20
Different for Girls
Paul and Kim meet when their vehicles collide. Paul is fascinated with the attractive Kim. It turns out that the two were childhood friends in Catholic boys' school, but back then, before the operation, Kim was named Karl.
Release Date1996-10-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count36
Death of a Son
The true story of Pauline Williams, who struggled to bring the people who supplied her son with the illegal drugs that caused his death to justice.
Release Date1989-01-08
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count2
Speaking In Tongues
Tony Marchant's eloquent and painful play about the changes to how people are employed, and what that does to their sense of self.
Release Date1994-07-27
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
The Attractions
When Danny, 'one of Maggie's wandering minstrels', visits a seaside horror museum, he is rather disappointed. 'It's all about victims. Now people are interested in who done it, not who it got done to ...' So begins a process of disintegration which culminates in a new type of exhibit, 'an attraction' for the modern age.
Release Date1989-07-26
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
This Year's Model
'Look, I'm not being horrible or nothing, Sadie, but all you've got is a body. You've got to make the most of it. It's not enough just to like the idea of being a model. You've got to be businesslike about it.' How does 16-year-old Sadie react to her friend Mary's advice? Where - in the glamour model world - will she end up?
Release Date1987-12-03
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter