---
name: "Kevin Elyot"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kevin-elyot"
fi1m_id: "kevin-elyot"
imdb_id: "nm0255946"
tmdb_id: 28488
wikidata_id: "Q3195695"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "18 July 1951"
died: "7 June 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:25:59.382440+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."
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# Kevin Elyot

## Identity

Kevin Elyot

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kevin-elyot
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kevin-elyot
- **IMDb ID:** nm0255946
- **TMDB ID:** 28488
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3195695
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Elyot, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3195695, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0255946/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28488

Writer. Born 18 July 1951 in Birmingham. Died 7 June 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 18 July 1951, Birmingham
- **Died:** 7 June 2014
- **Also known as:** 케빈 엘료트
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Elyot, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3195695, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0255946/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28488

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Agatha Christie's Poirot*](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md) (83)

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## Biography

Kevin Elyot (18 July 1951 – 7 June 2014) was a British playwright, screenwriter and actor. Born in Birmingham, he was educated at King Edward’s School and the University of Bristol, where he studied theatre. He began his career as an actor, appearing with companies including Gay Sweatshop, before turning to writing.

His stage plays include *Coming Clean* (1982), which won the Samuel Beckett Award, and *My Night with Reg* (1994), which transferred to the West End and won Evening Standard and Laurence Olivier Awards. Screen credits include adaptations for *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (2003–2013) and *Agatha Christie's Marple* (2004–2013), as well as *No Night Is Too Long* (2002), *Clapham Junction* (2007) and *Christopher and His Kind* (2011).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, nickhernbooks.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), Fi1m 83, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Miss Marple: Endless Night* (2013), Scenario Writer
- *Christopher and His Kind* (2011), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Clapham Junction* (2007), Writer
- *Riot at the Rite* (2005), Author
- *Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky* (2005), series, Writer
- *Agatha Christie's Marple* (2004), series, Writer
- *No Night Is Too Long* (2002), Writer
- *My Night with Reg* (1997), Writer
- *The Moonstone* (1996), Screenplay
- *Performance* (1991), series, Writer
- *Killing Time* (1991), Writer
- *Murder East - Murder West* (1990), as Fritz Kolberg
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)
- *The Play on One* (1988), series, Writer
- *Bust* (1987), series, as Simon Best
- *Scandalous* (1984), as Matt
- *Days at the Beach* (1981), as Sergio
- *Closing Ranks* (1980), as Bernard Ogilvy
- *Grange Hill* (1978), series, as Off-Licence Manager

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