---
name: "Jim Allen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-allen"
fi1m_id: "jim-allen"
imdb_id: "nm0020653"
tmdb_id: 181945
wikidata_id: "Q1689022"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "7 October 1926"
died: "24 June 1999"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T10:36:33.577642+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."
---

# Jim Allen

## Identity

Jim Allen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-allen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jim-allen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0020653
- **TMDB ID:** 181945
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1689022
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Allen_(playwright), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1689022, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0020653/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/181945

Writer. Born 7 October 1926 in Manchester, England. Died 24 June 1999.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 7 October 1926, Manchester, England
- **Died:** 24 June 1999
- **Active:** 1970–1995
- **Frequently works with:** [Colin Welland](https://film.one/person/colin-welland.md), [Kenith Trodd](https://film.one/person/kenith-trodd.md), [Ken Loach](https://film.one/person/ken-loach.md), [Roland Joffé](https://film.one/person/roland-joffe.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Allen_(playwright), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1689022, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0020653/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/181945

## Biography

Jim Allen (1926–1999) was an English socialist playwright and screenwriter. Born in the Miles Platting area of Manchester, he worked as a miner, builder's labourer and docker before turning to writing. He began submitting scripts in the mid-1960s and contributed episodes to the Granada Television soap opera *Coronation Street* (1965–67).

Allen is best known for his long collaboration with director Ken Loach. Their joint works include the television plays *The Big Flame* (1969) and *Days of Hope* (1975), and the feature films *Hidden Agenda* (1990), *Raining Stones* (1993) and *Land and Freedom* (1995). His screenplays often drew on working-class experience and explored socialist and trade-union themes.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Land and Freedom* (1995), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/land-and-freedom.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Land and Freedom* (1995), Writer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/land-and-freedom.md)
- *Raining Stones* (1993), Writer
- *Hidden Agenda* (1990), Writer
- *The Gathering Seed* (1983), series, Writer, Creator
- *Willie's Last Stand* (1982), Writer
- *United Kingdom* (1981), Writer
- *The Spongers* (1978), Writer
- *A Choice of Evils* (1977), Writer
- *Days of Hope* (1975), series, Writer, Creator
- *Crown Court* (1972), series, Writer
- *Walt, King of the Dumper* (1971), Writer
- *The Rank and File* (1971), Writer
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Writer
- *The Big Flame* (1969), Writer
- *ITV Saturday Night Theatre* (1969), series, Writer
- *Half Hour Story* (1967), series, Writer
- *The Lump* (1967), Writer
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, Writer
- *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, Writer

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