Leon Griffiths

Leon Griffiths (15 February 1928 – 10 June 1992) was a British writer for TV and film. He is best known for being the creator of the ITV comedy-drama Minder.[1] The inspiration for the show came from the stories he heard while frequenting drinking clubs in north London.

Leon Griffiths
Born15 February 1928
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Died10 June 1992 (aged 64)
Occupationtelevision and film screenwriter
Known forMinder

Early life and career

Griffiths was born in Sheffield, but grew up in Glasgow. During his national service he worked for the British Forces Network alongside Cliff Michelmore. After completing his service he took up a writing post with the Daily Worker, a communist newspaper.

Screenwriter works

He later went on to write for TV shows The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Four Just Men and Play for Today. His film credits include The Grissom Gang, The Hellfire Club, The Squeeze and The Treasure of Monte Cristo.

gollark: In yours, somehow, `load("return fs.list '/'")()` returns the sandboxed fs.list result...
gollark: `load("return _HOST")()` returns the `_HOST` from outside the sandbox in mine. Replace `return _HOST` with `doEvilOutOfSandboxStuff()` and it's a problem.
gollark: I have no idea how, but <@!111572502722920448>'s old `sBox` thing seems to not experience the `load` issue despite not overriding it anywhere.
gollark: Now I just need to find the other ~5 million sandboxbreaking bugs!
gollark: Also, load is limited to taking `t` as that third mode arg, right?

References
  1. Horace Newcomb (ed.), Encyclopedia of Television, Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997


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