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name: "Allan Swift"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/allan-swift"
fi1m_id: "allan-swift"
tmdb_id: 1802003
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:30:44.331097+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."
---

# Allan Swift

## Identity

Allan Swift

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/allan-swift
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** allan-swift
- **TMDB ID:** 1802003
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1802003

Writer. Born in Everton, Lancashire, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1802003

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Allan Swift is a British television and theatre writer. He has written for several long-running soap operas, including *EastEnders* (1985–1989), *Brookside* (1982–1993, for which he also directed episodes), *Emmerdale* (1986–1994) and *Hollyoaks* (1997–1999).

Born in 1949 in Everton, Lancashire, Swift holds a BA from the University of Leeds and an MA from the London College of Printing. He has taught screenwriting and television drama at Kingston University and other institutions, and has had plays performed at London venues including the Young Vic and the King's Head.

*Sources: eastenders.fandom.com, imdb.com, kingston.ac.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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

- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

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