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name: "Tony Marchant"
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fi1m_id: "tony-marchant"
tmdb_id: 166268
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "11 July 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T14:48:34.895061+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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# Tony Marchant

## Identity

Tony Marchant

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tony-marchant
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tony-marchant
- **TMDB ID:** 166268
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/166268

Writer. Born 11 July 1959 in East End, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 11 July 1959, East End, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1986–2012
- **Frequently works with:** [Adrian Shergold](https://film.one/person/adrian-shergold.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/166268

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Mark of Cain*](https://film.one/film/the-mark-of-cain.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Tony Marchant is a British playwright and television dramatist. Born on 11 July 1959 in the East End of London, he began writing for the theatre in the early 1980s before moving into television.

His television credits include the series *Holding On* (1997), which he created and wrote; *Kid in the Corner* (1999), which he created and wrote; *Never Never* (2000); *Goodbye Cruel World* (1992); and *Leaving* (2012). He wrote the film *The Mark of Cain* (2007) and an episode of *Lovejoy* (1986). He also wrote the film *Different for Girls* (1996).

Marchant won the Dennis Potter Award at the 1999 BAFTA Television Awards for services to television and has received further BAFTA awards for his work.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Mark of Cain* (2007), Fi1m 70, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-mark-of-cain.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *Tony Marchant Remembers... Take Me Home* (2025), Actor
- *Butterfly* (2018), series, Creator
- *The Secret Agent* (2016), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Leaving* (2012), series, Writer
- *Public Enemies* (2012), series, Writer, Creator
- *Postcode* (2011), series, Writer
- *Garrow's Law* (2009), series, Writer, Creator
- *Diverted* (2009), Screenplay
- *The Mark of Cain* (2007), Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-mark-of-cain.md)
- *Recovery* (2007), Writer
- *Passer By* (2004), series, Writer
- *Canterbury Tales* (2003), series, Writer
- *Crime and Punishment* (2002), series, Writer
- *Never Never* (2000), series, Writer
- *Kid in the Corner* (1999), series, Writer, Creator
- *Great Expectations* (1999), Writer
- *Great Expectations* (1999), series, Writer, Creator
- *Holding On* (1997), series, Writer, Creator
- *Different for Girls* (1996), Writer
- *Speaking In Tongues* (1994), Writer
- *Stages* (1994), series, Writer
- *Westbeach* (1993), series, Creator
- *Goodbye Cruel World* (1992), series, Writer
- *The Attractions* (1989), Writer
- *Death of a Son* (1989), Writer
- *The Moneymen* (1988), Writer
- *This Year's Model* (1987), Writer
- *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, Writer
- *Lovejoy* (1986), series, Writer
- *Reservations* (1985), Writer
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, Writer

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