---
name: "Alan Janes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alan-janes"
fi1m_id: "alan-janes"
imdb_id: "nm0417465"
tmdb_id: 15871
wikidata_id: "Q26845650"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "16 May 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T10:44:08.388441+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alan Janes

## Identity

Alan Janes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alan-janes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alan-janes
- **IMDb ID:** nm0417465
- **TMDB ID:** 15871
- **Wikidata ID:** Q26845650
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Janes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26845650, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417465/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15871

Writer. Born 16 May 1951 in West Ham.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 16 May 1951, West Ham
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Janes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26845650, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417465/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15871

## Biography

Alan Janes (born 16 May 1951) is an English writer and producer who has worked in television, film, radio and theatre.

He wrote for series including *Z Cars*, *Angels*, *Grange Hill* (1979–1982), *Emmerdale* and one episode of *Minder* (1984). He devised and wrote the series *Prospects* (1986) and the children's series *Jockey School* (1982). His film credits include the screenplay for *Winter Flight* (1984) and the teleplay for the Hallmark adaptation of *Animal Farm* (1999).

Janes is best known for writing the book for the jukebox musical *Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story*, which opened in London in 1989 and ran for over 14 years in the West End. He has also co-written *Jailhouse Rock The Musical*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Minder* (1979), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Animal Farm* (1999), Screenplay
- *Winter Flight* (1984), Writer
- *Jockey School* (1982), series, Writer
- *Prisoners of Conscience* (1981), series, Writer
- *Minder* (1979), series, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)
- *Grange Hill* (1978), series, Writer

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