Biography
Alistair Beaton is a British playwright, satirist, novelist and television writer. Born in Glasgow, he was educated at the universities of Edinburgh, Moscow and Bochum, graduating from the University of Edinburgh with first-class honours in Russian and German.
Beaton has written for television series including Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979–1982), Spitting Image (1984–1996) and Minder (1985). His television films include A Very Social Secretary (2005) and The Trial of Tony Blair (2007). He has also written stage plays such as Feelgood and novels including A Planet for the President (2004). He served as a speechwriter for Gordon Brown.
