Antony David Saint (born 1968, west

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) is an

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novelist, playwright and screenwriter.

Early life

He had contact with the theatre through the People's Theatre in Heaton. Whilst at university he was guitarist in a rock band ''The Little Caesars.'' In 1993, he joined the

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where he worked for ten years. He later wrote a book, ''Refusal Shoes'', based on this experience.

Career

His credits include 2009's ''

Micro Men ''Micro Men'' is a 2009 one-off BBC drama television programme set in the late 1970s and the early-mid 1980s, about the rise of the British home computer market. It focuses on the rivalry between Sir Clive Sinclair (played by Alexander Armstr ...

'' (about the men and development stories behind the BBC and Sinclair home computers), the 2008 ''

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 (née Roberts), from her ...

'' (on the early career of Margaret Thatcher), and one episode of ''

The Whistleblowers ''The Whistleblowers'' is a British drama series, first broadcast on ITV from 27 September to 1 November 2007. The series stars Richard Coyle and Indira Varma as personal injury lawyers Ben Graham and Alisha Cole, who set themselves up in priv ...

'' in 2007 for ITV. He also wrote the 2006 TV play '' Service''. In 2012 he wrote ''

The Interceptor ''The Interceptor'' is a British drama television serial that was first broadcast on BBC One from 10 June until 29 July 2015. The eight-part series was written by Tony Saint and made by BBC Drama Productions. The series was cancelled after one ...

'', which was broadcast on

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. He wrote on the ''

Das Boot ''Das Boot'' (, English: "The Boat") is a 1981 West German war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by Günter Rohrbach, and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, and Klaus Wennemann. It has been exhibited both as ...

'' television series, which acts as a sequel to the original film.

Personal life

He was married in April 1998 in Northumberland.

Publications

* ''Refusal Shoes'' , July 2003 (all published by

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) * ''Blag'' , 2004 * ''The ASBO Show'' , 2007

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint, Tony Living people Writers from Northumberland 1968 births British television writers British male novelists English television writers English screenwriters English male screenwriters English dramatists and playwrights English male dramatists and playwrights British male television writers