Roy Minton

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''.

Minton translated and performed several of his plays overseas and at festivals in the UK, including a reading of his play for ''Scum'' at the Royal Shakespeare Company, London; and ''Gradual Decline'' at the Riverside Studios London.

Minton also wrote the screenplay for ''Scrubbers'', a film from which he disassociated himself. He felt the original screenplay had been "savaged" during his absence overseas, and described the final production as "arguably the worst film ever made." Provided by Wikipedia