Andrew Marshall (screenwriter)
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Andrew Marshall | |
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Born | Andrew Paul Marshall 27 August 1954 Sitcom |
Notable works | 2point4 Children (1991–1999) Dad (1997–1999) Hot Metal (1986–1988) |
Andrew Paul Marshall (born 27 August 1954) is a British comedy screenwriter, most noted for the domestic
Career
Born in Lowestoft, Marshall attended Fen Park School and then
Brought by Humphrey Barclay to London Weekend Television, originally to repeat his 'nursery slopes comedy' Do Not Adjust Your Set with End of Part One, Marshall and Renwick went on to write a series of television satires, including Whoops Apocalypse, Hot Metal and If You See God, Tell Him — the latter originally for Channel 4, but postponed for several years when the channel refused to let them direct it, and finally ending up at the BBC later.
They also experimented with a type of neo-Vaudeville style in The Steam Video Company for Thames Television, ultimately ending up at the BBC, writing, with Alexei Sayle, Alexei Sayle's Stuff. Along the way they also wrote the screenplay for a film version of Whoops Apocalypse and adapted Tom Sharpe's novel Wilt for a film of the same title.
After a tentative and unsuccessful attempt at solo writing with
Having also contributed to Agatha Christie's Poirot on ITV, he next wrote drama with the telefantasy series Strange for Saturday nights on BBC One. However, due to scheduling issues, a one-year gap between the pilot episode and the series and the BBC's decision not to repeat the pilot before the series began, the series failed to find a large audience in its Saturday night slot and was not recommissioned for a second run.
Until recently Marshall has avoided publicity of any kind, explaining that "it's very bad for you", and cites his major influences as "Alfred Hitchcock and Walt Disney... which explains a lot." In 2005, he had a small cameo appearance on-screen in an episode of David Renwick's comedy-drama Love Soup on BBC One, alongside Renwick himself, as members of a sitcom scriptwriting team. He also appeared as a member of the Critics Panel on several editions of BBC 7's "Serious About Comedy" in 2006–7.
More recently he began a new collaboration with
Screenography
With David Renwick
- The Burkiss Way (BBC Radio 4)
- End of Part One (London Weekend Television for ITV)
- Whoops Apocalypse (London Weekend Television for ITV)
- Whoops Apocalypse (movie version)
- The Steam Video Company (Thames Television for ITV)
- Alexei Sayle's Stuff (BBC) - also with Alexei Sayle
- There's a Lot of It About (BBC) - also with Spike Milligan
- If You See God, Tell Him (BBC)
- LWT)
- Wilt
With John Lloyd
With Rob Grant
- The Quanderhorn Xperimentations (BBC Radio 4) and Gollancz
- The Nether Regions (BBC Radio 4)
Solo
- Sob Sisters (ITV)
- 2point4 children (BBC)
- Strange (BBC)
- Dad (BBC)
- Health and Efficiency (BBC)
- Poirot: The Victory Ball; How Does Your Garden Grow? (LWT)
External links
- Andrew Marshall at IMDb
- Andrew Marshall interview at bbc.co.uk.