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Leslie Stewart (born 23 May 1949, Benghazi,
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) is a
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-based film and TV screenwriter, playwright and director.


Background

Born Leslie George Gannagé-Stewart, he co-wrote the song "
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", which earned
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the 1988
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. His television script writing work includes '' Monarch of the Glen'', '' Holby City'', ''Love Bytes'', '' Down to Earth'', ''
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'', '' As If'', ''
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'', and the 1987 film, '' Two of Us'', for the
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's ''Scene'' series. In 1976, Stewart co-wrote his first musical, ''Shoot Up at Elbow Creek''. He also wrote ''
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'', based on Hans Christian Andersen's
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, which contained the song "Mistletoe and Wine." HTV assisted in the production of the play for television in 1986. Having worked extensively in music, writing for, among others, the jazz-rock outfit Swegas, Consortium and Cliff Richard, and producing artists including
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, Stewart continues to work as a lyricist, currently with the American blues musician,
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. Stewart is a member of the
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, the
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and
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(formerly the Performing Rights Society). In October 2022, Stewart was featured alongside Roger Tonge in an interview for
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's ''Kids TV: The Surprising Story'' (airdate 26 October 2022). They discussed their film ''Two Of Us'' (1987), which was written for the '' BBC Two's Scenes'' series, intended for use in schools. Stewart and Tonge spoke about letters they received in response to their film and the newspaper headlines. As Thatcher’s government was in power at the time of the release of ''Two Of Us'', scenes from the film were removed and banned due to Thatcher’s laws. These scenes were later restored.


Works


Stage work

*''Shoot up at Elbow Creek'' (
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, Richmond; Greenwich, London; etc.). *'' The Little Matchgirl'' (with
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& Jeremy Paul; The Orange Tree, Richmond; Contact, Manchester; Reykjavík Opera House; European and Russian tours etc.), which transposed Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairytale to the world of alcohol abuse and child-prostitution. A song from the show, ‘
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’ won an
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, was the best-selling single of 1988 and the third best-selling single of the 1980s. *''The Soldier'' (Ware Arts Centre/Various) *Contributed to the ''London Revue City Delights'' (with Keith Strachan;
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)


Film for television

*'' Three Minute Heroes'' ('' Play for Today'' BBC 1) *'' The Amazing Miss Stella Estelle'' (''Play for Today'' BBC 1) *'' Space Station: Milton Keynes'' (''
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'', BBC) *''Wide Games'' ( ''Scene'', BBC 2) *''Good Neighbours'' (''Scene'', BBC 2) *''Janna, Where Are You?'' (''Scene'', BBC 2) *''Q.P.R. Askey Is Dead'' (''Scene'', BBC 2) *''That Green Stuff'' (''Scene'', BBC 2) *'' Two of Us'' (''Scene'', BBC 2) *''The Little Match Girl'' (HTV/Picture Base, Emmy Nomination) *''Boogie Outlaws'' (mini-series, BBC 2) *''Love Bytes'', an anthology series, Nominated for Most Outstanding Drama Series – Silver Logie Award 2005, produced by Shine and
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.


Other television work

*''
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'' (Carlton TV) *'' Holby City'' (BBC TV) *'' Down to Earth'' (BBC TV) *'' Monarch of the Glen'' (BBC TV/Ecosse) *''
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'' (BBC TV) *'' As If'' (Ch4/Carnival/Columbia Tri-Star) *''Urpo and Turpo'' (Lumifilm, Helsinki).


Plays for radio

*''The Key to My Father's House'' (BBC R4, ''The Monday Play'', starring Ken Colley, Francesca Brill, Adam Hussein) *''Canada Park'' (BBC R4, ''The Monday Play'', starring Harry Towb, James Coyle and Tom Rogers) *''Dancing Backwards'' (BBC R4, ''The Friday Play'', starring Bill Nighy, Frances Barber, Sheridan Smith)


Screenplays

*''The Great Wall of China'' (Deco Films, funded by the EEC's Media II development fund) *''The Runner'' (
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) *''Cloudberry 9'' (Film Development Corporation) *''The Millennium Job'' ( Ardent Productions/
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Moomins on the Riviera ''Moomins on the Riviera'' (Finnish title: ''Muumit Rivieralla'') is a 2014 Finnish-French animated family comedy film directed by Xavier Picard and produced by Hanna Hemilä, who is also co-director. The film is based on ''Moomin'' comic strips ...
" (Handle Productions/Pic Tak). A hand-drawn animation feature film based on
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's original
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comic strips.


Directed

*''Foot in the Door'' (Just Films/
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) *''Once Upon a Time'' (LSA/Eastern Arts) *''How Green is My Alley?'' (LSA) *''Filigree'', a documentary (Just Films/BFI/Eastern Arts) *''That Green Stuff'' (''Scene'', BBC2) *''Space Station: Milton Keynes'' (''Screen Two'', BBC 2) *''Lola'' (BBC 1) *''She's Not There'' (BBC 1) *''Terry'' (BBC 1)


Publications

*''Wide Games'' (Longmans) *''Good Neighbours'' (Longmans) * * *


References


External links

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Credits at BFI
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