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Murray Smith (14 June 1940 – 28 December 2003) was a British film and television writer and producer. He created/wrote a number of British films and TV shows, including the ITV series The XYY Man, Strangers and Bulman. Smith also wrote scripts for TV series including The Sweeney, Minder, and Dempsey and Makepeace, and wrote two novels.
YearTitleRoleNotes1970ConfessionWriterEpisode - "Just as the Sun Was Rising"1975WriterEpisode - "Faces"1977WriterEpisode - "Money Matters"1977Writer3 Episodes - "When We Were Very Greedy", ...Murray Smith has 50 books on Goodreads with 4691 ratings. Murray Smith’s most popular book is Trainspotting (BFI Film Classics).
Strangers is a British television crime drama series, principally written and created by Murray Smith, and first broadcast on ITV on 5 June 1978. The series, featuring the characters of Detective Sergeant George Bulman (Don Henderson) and his assistant Detective Constable Derek Willis (Dennis Blanch), was a spin-off from the 1976 TV series The ...
Trainspotting. In 1996 Trainspotting was the biggest thing in British culture. Brilliantly and aggressively marketed, it crossed into the mainstream despite being a black comedy set against the...
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In 1996 Trainspotting was the biggest thing in British culture. Brilliantly and aggressively marketed, it crossed into the mainstream despite being a black comedy set against the backdrop of heroin addiction in Edinburgh.
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Jun 9, 2022 · In Engaging Characters, Murray Smith sets out a comprehensive theory of character, exploring the role of characters in our experience of narrative and fiction. While focussing on film, Smith’s analysis also illuminates character in literature, opera, song, cartoons, new media, and social media.
Murray Smith was a writer and producer, known for Strangers (1978), Frederick Forsyth Presents (1989) and The Sell-Out (1976). He died on 28 December 2003 in Hampshire, England, UK.