Awards & Winners

Tony Marchant

Date of Birth 11-July-1959
Place of Birth East End of London
(London, England)
Nationality United Kingdom
Profession Screenwriter, Writer, Playwright, Television Producer
Tony Marchant is a British playwright and television dramatist. In 1982 he won the London Critics' Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright for The Lucky Ones and Raspberry. In 1999 he won the British Academy Television Awards Dennis Potter Award for services to television. His television work includes the acclaimed Holding On, Never, Never, starring John Simm and Take Me Home. He was resident writer at the Royal National Theatre. He has also written the comedy film Different for Girls. He appeared on University Challenge in a special actors-versus-writers episode in January 2006. In 2007 he wrote an ITV series, Whistleblowers, for ITV, and an award-winning single film, Mark of Cain for C4. In 2008, David Tennant starred in a BBC1 single film, Recovery, in which Marchant explored the aftermath of brain injury on a man's life and family. In 2009 he wrote the teleplay for the CBC Television movie Diverted starring British actor David Suchet and Canadian actor Shawn Ashmore. This drama centred on the impact the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks had on the town of Gander, Newfoundland as hundreds of flights were forced to land outside of American airspace.

Awards by Tony Marchant

Check all the awards nominated and won by Tony Marchant.

2009


Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-series Diverted

2008


British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama
Honored for : The Mark of Cain

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama The Mark of Cain

2001


Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Serial Never Never

2000


Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Serial Kid in the Corner

1998


British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Serial
Honored for : Holding On

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Serial Holding On

1993


Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Serial Goodbye Cruel World