---
name: "Gary Lawson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gary-lawson"
fi1m_id: "gary-lawson"
tmdb_id: 2849101
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:38:36.855682+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."
---

# Gary Lawson

## Identity

Gary Lawson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gary-lawson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gary-lawson
- **TMDB ID:** 2849101
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2849101

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1979–1993
- **Frequently works with:** [Geoff Rowley](https://film.one/person/geoff-rowley.md), [John Phelps](https://film.one/person/john-phelps.md), [Allan McKeown](https://film.one/person/allan-mckeown.md), [Baz Taylor](https://film.one/person/baz-taylor.md), Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran, Nic Phillips, Sam Lawrence
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2849101

## Biography

Gary Lawson is a British television writer. He has contributed episodes to numerous British comedy and drama series since the late 1970s.

His credits include an episode of the long-running series *Minder* (1979) and multiple episodes of *Goodnight Sweetheart* (1993), for which he is also credited on the TMDB entry. He has written extensively for *Birds of a Feather*, contributing to more than 30 episodes across its run, as well as episodes of *The Story of Tracy Beaker*, *Young Dracula*, *Doctors*, *My Hero* and *The Green Green Grass*. He also worked as an associate producer on *Get Back* (1992).

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Summerlake* (2019), Writer
- *The Story of Tracy Beaker* (2002), series, Writer
- *Goodnight Sweetheart* (1993), series, Writer
- *Birds of a Feather* (1989), series, Writer
- *Minder* (1979), series, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)

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