Agent: Edward Hughes
Stan Hey is a writer for numerous disciplines including radio, theatre, documentary and novels. Stan has written dozens of hours of television for shows such as Dalziel & Pascoe and eight episodes of Auf Weidersehen, Pet. Along with Andrew Nickolds, Stan created and wrote the comedy shows Hold The Back Page and Agony for the BBC and LWT respectively. Stan also created and wrote The Manageress for Channel 4 and the road movie Coast to Coast for BBC, which starred Lenny Henry.
Television:
AN ARM & FOUR LEGS Hat Trick Productions
Pilot for an original comedy drama series
DALZIEL & PASCOE – BBC
120’ episode
DALZIEL & PASCOE – BBC
Episode of popular police series starring Warren Clarke
Nominated for a ‘Brummie’ for Best Drama in the RTS Midlands Awards 2004
STALIN’S FRIDGE – Siriol Productions
Animation feature film
ELLINGTON – Yorkshire Television
One episode (written with Andrew Nickolds)
NO BANANAS – BBC
One episode
THE HURRICANES – Siriol Productions
Several animated episodes of a series about a football team
BILLY THE CAT – Siriol Productions
Animation, one episode
SPENDER – Initial Film & Television
Three episodes. Jimmy Nail’s hit series
ALL IN THE GAME – Central TV
Six episodes. A series very loosely based on the Gary Lineker story
(Writer and Creator)
THE MANAGERESS – Zed Productions/ Channel 4
Five episodes. Successful series about a football manageress surviving in a man’s world starring Cheri Lunghi
(Writer and Creator)
WHAT A COUNTRY – BBC / Producer: Geoff Posner
Lenny Henry as a 1950’s immigrant (written with Andrew Nickolds)
BLAT – BBC / Producer: Richard Broke
Russian businessmen exploiting the City of London (written with Andrew Nickolds)
COAST TO COAST – BBC / Producer: Graham Benson
An English “road movie” in which a young Liverpudlian (Lenny Henry) meets up with an American Air Force deserter (John Shea) in a comedy chase across England
AUF WIEDERSEHEN PET – Witzend Productions
Eight episodes. Comedy drama about Geordie bricklayers going to work in Germany
HOLD THE BACK PAGE – BBC / Producer: Evgeny Gridneff
Ten part hour long comedy/drama series about sports reporter starring David Warner (written and created with Andrew Nickolds)
A CUT ABOVE – Witzend Productions
Rise of London hairdresser in the swinging sixties starring Tracey Ulman and Gordon Kaye (created and written with Andrew Nickolds)
AGONY – LWT, Producer/ Director: John Reardon
Top rating sit-com about the private life of an agony columnist starring Maureen Lipman and Simon Williams (two series written and created with Andrew Nickolds)
CROWN COURT – Granada Television / Producer: June Roberts
Courtroom drama series (written with Andrew Nickolds)
BACK PAGE – BBC Birmingham/ Producer: Peter Ansorge
Comedy about a sports reporter at a football match (written and created with Andrew Nickolds)
HAZEL – Producer: June Roberts
A very successful thriller series (written with Andrew Nickolds)
Stage:
SUMMER SEASON – Carnival Films and Theatre
Stage musical set in the sixties
ROBINSON BARLEYWATER AND THE DESERT ISLAND DISCO SHOW – Unicorn Theatre
Loosely based on Robinson Crusoe – also performed in Hyde Park for The Year of The Child
Documentary:
GARY’S GOLDEN BOOTS – Worldmark/BBC
Football series with Gary Lineker
GREAT DANES
The official UEFA film of the 1992 European Football Championship
ITALIA ‘90
Narrated by Edward Woodward
G’OLE – Worldmark Productions
Narrated by Sean Connery
Official film of the 1982 football World Cup
Radio:
SHOOT OUT AT ST. DAVIDS – BBCRadio 3
90 minute drama
GAME OF THREE HALFS – BBCRadio 4
60 minute radio drama
DELBERT WILKIN’S NEW YEAR JAM – BBC Radio 1
(Written with Andrew Nickolds)
Novels:
SUDDEN UNPROVIDED DEATH
(Sequel to FILLING SPACES)
FILLING SPACES
LENNY’S WELL HARD PAPER BOOK – Virgin Books
Written with Andrew Nickolds
Film:
I.D.2 – Parallax Pictures/ Polygram
Unproduced screenplay for sequel to I.D.
ON THE ROAD TO MOSCOW – Comedy House
Comedy written with Andrew Nickolds set during the Cold War
(Unproduced)
CRY WOLF – Paramount Picture Partnership
Director: Leszek Burzynski
Very successful short about a scientist who turns into a dog and is rescued by his beautiful assistant