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Alistair Beaton(II)

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Alistair Beaton was born in 1946 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is a writer, known for A Very Social Secretary (2005), The Trial of Tony Blair (2007) and Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979).
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Bernard Hill and Archie Panjabi in A Very Social Secretary (2005)
    A Very Social Secretary
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • Writer(as Alastair Beaton)
    • 2005
    The Trial of Tony Blair (2007)
    The Trial of Tony Blair
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 2007
    Rowan Atkinson, Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, and Pamela Stephenson in Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979)
    Not the Nine O'Clock News
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Secombe with Music
    TV Series
    • Writer

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    • Kate Sandison, Anna Harwich, and Sophie O'Shea in The Lost Ones (2019)
      The Lost Ones
      Short
      • written by
      • 2019
    • The Trial of Tony Blair (2007)
      The Trial of Tony Blair
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2007
    • Bernard Hill and Archie Panjabi in A Very Social Secretary (2005)
      A Very Social Secretary
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • Writer (as Alastair Beaton)
      • 2005
    • Television Theater (1953)
      Television Theater
      8.0
      TV Series
      • writer (as Alastair Beaton)
      • 2005
    • Alles Atze (2000)
      Alles Atze
      4.7
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2000
    • Mit fünfzig küssen Männer anders (1999)
      Mit fünfzig küssen Männer anders
      4.6
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 1999
    • Downwardly Mobile (1994)
      Downwardly Mobile
      8.8
      TV Series
      • Writer (as Alastair Beaton)
      • 1994
    • Dunrulin
      TV Movie
      • Writer (as Alastair Beaton)
      • 1990
    • Tickets for the Titanic (1987)
      Tickets for the Titanic
      4.7
      TV Series
      • writer (as Alastair Beaton)
      • 1988
    • George Cole in Minder (1979)
      Minder
      7.8
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1985
    • Spitting Image (1984)
      Spitting Image
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Writer (as Alastair Beaton)
      • 1984–1996
    • It'll All Be Over in Half an Hour
      TV Series
      • writer (as Alastair Beaton)
      • 1983
    • Secombe with Music
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 1981–1982
    • Rowan Atkinson, Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, and Pamela Stephenson in Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979)
      Not the Nine O'Clock News
      7.9
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1979

    Script and Continuity Department

    • Der Tod ist kein Beinbruch (2002)
      Der Tod ist kein Beinbruch
      7.9
      TV Series
      • script editor
      • 2002
    • Alles Atze (2000)
      Alles Atze
      4.7
      TV Series
      • script editor
      • 2000
    • Lutz Herkenrath, Gaby Köster, Kevin Lorenz, and Franziska Traub in Ritas Welt (1999)
      Ritas Welt
      4.9
      TV Series
      • script editor
      • 1999
    • Nikola (1997)
      Nikola
      5.9
      TV Series
      • script editor
      • 1997

    Soundtrack

    • Spitting Image (1984)
      Spitting Image
      7.4
      TV Series
      • lyrics: "Our Leader Made Them All"
      • lyrics: "This is the Dawn of a New Age"
      • 1989

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Alastair Beaton
    • Born
      • 1946
      • Glasgow, Scotland, UK
    • Other works
      He adapted Nikolai Gogol's play, "The Government Inspector," in a Chichester Festival Theatre production at the Chichester Festival Theatre in Chichester, West Sussex, England with Alistair McGowan, Toby Sedgwick, Graham Turner, Selina Cadell, Pip Donaghy, and Aleksandar Mikic in the cast. Martin Duncan was director.
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    • Trivia
      His play, Feelgood performed at the Garrick Theatre in London, was nominated for a 2002 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best New Comedy of 2001.

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