Brian Leveson and Paul Minett
Comedy writers; film, theatre, radio and television.
Situation ComedyMog -Witzend/Central 1985
Constant Hot Water - Central 1986
Growing Concern - Yorkshire - 1989
The Piglet Files (3 series) - LWT 1989-1992
Close To Home - LWT 1990
Further Up Pompeii (Special) - LWT 1991
Time After Time (2 series)*&** - LWT 1993-1995
May To December - BBC 1993-1994
Double Trouble*** - Blue Horse (NL) 1993-2002
Victory F.C. - Blue Horse (NL) 1994
Tom, Dick and Harriet - JE (NL) 1994
Only You - Yorkshire 1995
Educating Peter - LWT 1996
Present Company - Talent TV/United 1996
Oh Doctor Beeching! - BBC 1997
Benedict Rules - United Film and TV 1997
Blue Eyes - Pagoda Films/Disney 1999
The Garage - MTC (NL) 1999
Be Right Back - Blue Horse (NL) 1999-2000
Needs Must - DL Taffner 2001
Foxed - Talent TV 2001
Corporal Brown - Bentley Productions 2003
Getting On - Blue Horse (NL) 2003/4
My Family - DLT Entertainment/BBC 2005/6
*Winner, Top ITV Sitcom, British Comedy Awards 1994
**Nominated, Top ITV Sitcom, British Comedy Awards 1995
***Winner, Gouden Televizierring 1996, (Holland's premier TV award)
Film and video
Russ Abbot's Fishing Madness Screen Machine - 1995
VIZ Top Tips With Reeves and Mortimer Screen Machine - 1996
Step On The Juice - (Feature) Independent/BBC 1997-1998
The Making Of Hercules - Walt Disney 1997
Disney Time - Walt Disney 1998
The Booze Cruise - (Feature) YTV/Water Lane Prod'n 2003*
Carry On London - (Theatrical) Carry On Productions 2004/5
Booze Cruise II, The Treasure Hunt - (Feature) YTV/Water Lane Prod'n 2004/5**
Booze Cruise III, The Scattering - (Feature) YTV/Water Lane Prod'n 2004/5
Boy Band (W/T) - (Feature) Zenith Film and TV 2004/5
Dog's Life (W/T) - (Feature) Avalon 2004/5
Booze Cruise IV, The Christening - (Feature) YTV/Water Lane Prod'n 2006
*Highest rated single drama on any channel in 2003 (Audience share 44%)
*Winner RTS NW Award for Best Networked Drama 2004
**Screened as part of peak-time schedule Christmas Day 2005
Radio
Russ Abbot Radio Show - BBC Radio 2 1997-2001*
Love 40 - New Balls Please - BBC Radio 2 1998
Goon Again - 50 Years Of The Goons - BBC Radio 2 2001
*Sony Award Winner
Theatre
Babes In The Wood - Theatre Royal, Nottingham 1987
The Lavender Hill Mob - (Stage Adaptation) Charles Vance Prods 2002
Sketch Shows and Specials
Russ Abbot's Madhouse - LWT 1981-1985
Stanley Baxter Special - LWT 1983
Matthew Kelly Series - TVS 1985
The Two Ronnies - Series BBC 1985
Bobby Davro On The Box - Series TVS 1985
The Laughter Show - BBC 1985
The Russ Abbot Show - BBC 1986-1991
Stanley Baxter Special - BBC 1986
Little and Large Series - BBC 1986
Bobby Davro On The Box* and Xmas Special - TVS 1986
Michael Barrymore Special* - Thames 1987
Kenny Everett - Series BBC 1987
Ronnie Corbett - Series BBC 1987
Les Dawson Xmas Special - BBC 1987
Bobby Davro TV Weekly* - TVS 1987
Les Dennis Laughter Show - BBC 1988
Joe Longthorne - Series Central 1988
Bobby Davro In Wonderland** - TVS 1988
Cannon and Ball Special Yorkshire - 1988
Forsyth and Corbett Special - BBC 1988
Noel Edmonds Roadshow - BBC 1988-1989
The Hippodrome Show* - Thames 1989
The Ronn Lucas Show - Thames 1990
Wayne Dobson, A Kind Of Magic - Central 1990
Noel Edmonds House Party - BBC 1990-1992
The Laughter Show - BBC 1991
Frankie Howerd - Series Central 1992
The Brian Conley Show*^ - LWT 1992-1995
Comedie Club - Germany 1993
The Real McCoy - BBC 1993
Hale and Pace - LWT 1993
I'm Pasquale, He's Walsh - Thames 1994
Brian Conley - Alive and Dangerous* - Talent TV/LWT 1996
Conley's Crazy Christmas*± - Talent/Carlton 1997
Through The Keyhole* - Paradine/BBC 1998-2005
Animals Do The Funniest Things* - LWT 1999
The Big Stage - LWT/Ch.5 1999
Movie Babylon - Sky Movies 1999-2000
The ITV Year Of Promise* - Carlton/ITV Network 1999
The Royal Variety Performance* - LWT 1999
BAFTA Craft Awards - LWT 2000/1
Des Daily (Pilot) -Thames 2002
* Also Script Editors
** Sole writers (Winner of San Francisco Award)
^ Nominated for Writer's Guild Awards in both 1994 and 1995
± ITV's entry for Montreux Festival 1998