Tony Saint
Encyclopedia
Antony David Saint is an English
writer.
. Whilst at university he was guitarist in the courageous but ultimately unsuccessful rock band The Little Caesars.
In 1993, he joined the UK Immigration Service
where he worked for ten years. He would later write a book, Refusal Shoes based on this experience, to little pleasure from his former employers.
(about the men and development stories behind the BBC and Sinclair home computers) the 2008 The Long Walk to Finchley
(on the early career of Margaret Thatcher) and the forthcoming A Free Country (a drama series based around Berwick-upon-Tweed
declaring independence from both England and Scotland), both for the BBC, and one episode of The Whistleblowers in 2007 for ITV. He also wrote the 2006 TV play Service
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
writer.
Early life
He had contact with the theatre through the People's Theatre in HeatonHeaton, Newcastle
Heaton is a residential suburb and is split into two electoral wards located in the east end of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, about from the City Centre. It is bordered by the neighbouring areas of Benton and Cochrane Park to the north, Walker and Walkergate to the east, Byker to the south and...
. Whilst at university he was guitarist in the courageous but ultimately unsuccessful rock band The Little Caesars.
In 1993, he joined the UK Immigration Service
UK Immigration Service
The United Kingdom Immigration Service, , was the operational arm of the Home Office, Immigration and Nationality Directorate...
where he worked for ten years. He would later write a book, Refusal Shoes based on this experience, to little pleasure from his former employers.
Career
His credits include 2009's Micro MenMicro Men
Micro Men is a one-off BBC drama television show set in the late 1970s and 1980s, about the rise of the British home computer market, particularly the rivalry between Sir Clive Sinclair who developed the ZX Spectrum, and Chris Curry - the man behind the BBC Micro; played by Alexander Armstrong and...
(about the men and development stories behind the BBC and Sinclair home computers) the 2008 The Long Walk to Finchley
The Long Walk to Finchley
Margaret Thatcher - The Long Walk to Finchley, subtitled in the initial credits How Maggie Might Have Done It, is a 2008 BBC Four television drama based on the early political career of the young Margaret Thatcher , from her attempts to gain a seat in Dartford in 1949 via invasion to her first...
(on the early career of Margaret Thatcher) and the forthcoming A Free Country (a drama series based around Berwick-upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed or simply Berwick is a town in the county of Northumberland and is the northernmost town in England, on the east coast at the mouth of the River Tweed. It is situated 2.5 miles south of the Scottish border....
declaring independence from both England and Scotland), both for the BBC, and one episode of The Whistleblowers in 2007 for ITV. He also wrote the 2006 TV play Service
Service (play)
Service is a 1932 play by the British writer Dodie Smith. It is set around the lives of the Service family who own a department store and whose fortunes are hit by the Great Depression.-Adaptation:...
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Publications
- Refusal Shoes ISBN 1852427736, July 2003 (all published by Serpent's TailSerpent's TailSerpent's Tail is a British independent publishing firm founded in 1986 by Pete Ayrton. It is notable for its translated works, particularly European crime fiction, and is the British publisher of Elfriede Jelinek and Lionel Shriver...
) - Blag ISBN 1852428449, 2004
- The ASBO Show ISBN 1852429208