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name: "Martyn Hesford"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/martyn-hesford"
fi1m_id: "martyn-hesford"
imdb_id: "nm0381367"
tmdb_id: 30311
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T14:31:32.940741+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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# Martyn Hesford

## Identity

Martyn Hesford

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/martyn-hesford
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** martyn-hesford
- **IMDb ID:** nm0381367
- **TMDB ID:** 30311
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0381367/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30311

Writer. Born in Salford, Lancashire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0381367/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30311

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!*](https://film.one/film/kenneth-williams-fantabulosa.md) (65)

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## Biography

Martyn Hesford is a British writer and former actor. He was born in February 1960 in Salford, Lancashire.

Hesford wrote the television play *Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!* (2006), which received a BAFTA nomination for Best Single Drama. His other screen credits include the screenplay for *Mrs Lowry & Son* (2019), episodes of *Coronation Street*, and adaptations such as *The Old Curiosity Shop* (2007), *Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde* (2003) and *The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby* (2001). He has also written for radio and theatre, including stage and radio versions of *Mrs Lowry & Son*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, curtisbrown.co.uk, manchestereveningnews.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!* (2006), Fi1m 65, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/kenneth-williams-fantabulosa.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Mrs Lowry & Son* (2019), Screenplay
- *The Old Curiosity Shop* (2007), Screenplay
- *Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall* (2007), Screenplay
- *Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!* (2006), Writer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/kenneth-williams-fantabulosa.md)
- *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (2003), Screenplay
- *The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby* (2001), Teleplay
- *Brazen Hussies* (1996), Writer
- *A Little Bit of Lippy* (1992), Writer
- *A Small Mourning* (1989), Writer
- *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, Writer
- *The Black Tower* (1985), series, as Dennis Lerner
- *Morgan's Boy* (1984), series, as Lee Turner
- *Morgan's Boy* (1984), as Lee
- *Bewitched* (1983), as Andrew
- *Chance of a Lifetime* (1980), as Gordon Saville
- *Absolution* (1978), as a boy

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