Tony Marchant (Writing)

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 Date:2018-10-14

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:18

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 Date:2016-07-17

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:3

Vote Count:10

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 Date:2012-09-10

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:3

Vote Count:10

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 Date:2012-01-04

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:3

Vote Count:3

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 Date:2009-11-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:6

Vote Count:6

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 Date:2009-03-08

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:7

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 Date:2007-10-18

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:35

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 Date:2004-03-28

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:2

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 Date:2002-02-12

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:2

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 Date:2000-11-05

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:1

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 Date:2007-02-25

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:[ 3 ]

Vote Count:20

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 Date:1999-04-12

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:16

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 Date:1997-09-08

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:8

Vote Count:1

Different for Girls

Paul reunites with his schoolmate Kim, and finds out she's actually a woman who has transitioned since they last met. She has no desire to stir up the past and they start to fall in love, but Paul's immaturity gets them in trouble.

Release Date:1996-10-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:36

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 Date:1994-07-27

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

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 Date:1989-07-26

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

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 Date:1989-01-08

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:1

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 Date:1987-12-03

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

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 Date:1986-01-10

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:49