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Laurence Marks
Laurence Marks

Laurence Marks

  • 75 years old
  • English
  • Writer
Laurence Marks

Laurence Marks is a 75-year-old English writer.

Year Production Role
2024 Cluedo 2 - The Next Chapter Writer
2023 Comedy Classics: Birds Of A Feather Self
2022 Comedy Classics: Porridge Self
2022 Blokes Of A Feather: An Evening With Laurence Marks And Maurice Gran Self
2021 Tsitsit: The Jewish Fringe Self
2020 Birds Of A Feather - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place Writer
2018 Early Birds Writer
2017 The B'Stard Legacy Development Writer
2017 Birds Of A Feather - The House For The Rising Sons
  1. The House For The Rising Sons
 Writer
2016 Birds Of A Feather - There's A Girl In My Souk
  1. There's A Girl In My Souk
 Writer
2016 Goodnight Sweetheart - Many Happy Returns Writer
2016 Birds Of A Feather - Series 12
  1. E4 - Going, Going, Gone
  2. E5 - Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
  3. E6 - Abandoned Love
  4. E7 - Blonde On Blonde
 Writer (Additional Material)
2016 Birds Of A Feather - Series 12
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  1. E1 - Knocking On Heaven's Door
  2. E2 - Too Much Of Nothing
  3. E3 - Tombstone Blues
  4. E8 - Forever Young
 Writer
2015 Britain's Best Loved Sitcoms
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
 Self
2015 Birds Of A Feather - Series 11
  1. E2 - There's Something About Sharon
  2. E4 - The Girls With The Pearl Buttons
  3. E5 - Tracey's Choice
  4. E7 - Without A Trace
  5. E8 - Spa Wars
 Writer (Additional Material)
2014 Birds Of A Feather - Series 11
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  1. Special - Birds On A Plane
  2. E3 - Guess Who's Coming To Essex?
  3. E6 - The Chief, The Cook, His Mum & Her Lodger
 Writer
2014 Birds Of A Feather - Series 10
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  1. E1 - Gimme Shelter
  2. E3 - Hot Stuff
  3. E5 - Tattoo You
  4. E8 - You Can't Always Get What You Want
 Writer
2013 Led Astray Development Writer
2011 Curb Your Judaism Guest
2009 Grey Expectations Writer
2009 Titter Ye Not: The Frankie Howerd Story Self
2007 Mumbai Calling - Pilot
  1. Pilot
 Writer
2007 Make 'Em Laugh, Make 'Em Laugh
  1. E2 - Attitudes To Work
 Self
2005 The Comedians' Comedian Self
2004 Comedy Connections - Series 2
  1. E2 - Birds Of A Feather
 Self
2004 Britain's Best Sitcom
  1. E1 - The Launch
 Guest
2002 Believe Nothing
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  1. E1 - Get Rich Quick
  2. E2 - Prepare To Meteor Maker
  3. E3 - Might As Well Face It, You're Addicted To Fudge
  4. E4 - Double First
  5. E5 - The Unhappy Eater
  6. E6 - Just A Minute
 Writer
1999 Starting Out Creator
1999 Starting Out
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
  7. E7 - Episode Seven
  8. E8 - Episode Eight
 Supervising Producer
1999 Starting Out
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
 Writer
1999 Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 6
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  1. E4 - Grief Encounter
  2. E10 - Accentuate The Positive
 Writer
1999 Laughter In The House: The Story Of British Sitcom
  1. E3 - Modern Times
 Self
1999 Unfinished Business - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
 Supervising Producer
1999 Unfinished Business - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
 Writer
1998 Birds Of A Feather - Series 9 Writer
1998 Birds Of A Feather - Series 9
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  1. E1 - Ghost
  2. E2 - Mummies & Daddies
  3. E3 - Sunday
  4. E4 - Model
  5. E5 - Nuptials
  6. E6 - Holy Ground
 Supervising Producer
1998 Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 5
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  1. E1 - A Room With A View
  2. E2 - London Pride
  3. E9 - Love The One You're With
 Writer
1998 Unfinished Business - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
 Supervising Producer
1998 Unfinished Business - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
 Writer
1998 Birds Of A Feather - Series 8 Writer
1998 Birds Of A Feather - Series 8
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  1. E1 - Trouble And Strife
  2. E2 - The Essex Patient
  3. E3 - The Maids Of Ongar
  4. E4 - Baggage
  5. E5 - Can't Judge A Book
  6. E6 - Money
 Supervising Producer
1997 Birds Of A Feather - Series 7
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  1. E3 - Cheers
  2. E9 - Never The Twain
 Writer
1997 Birds Of A Feather - Series 7
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  1. E1 - Stand By Your Man
  2. E2 - Nearest And Dearest
  3. E3 - Cheers
  4. E4 - Relative Strangers
  5. E5 - Porridge
  6. E6 - Rising Damp
  7. E7 - Three Up, Two Down
  8. E8 - Are You Being Served?
  9. E9 - Never The Twain
  10. E10 - Three's Company
  11. Special - Reservoir Birds
 Supervising Producer
1997 Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 4
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  1. E1 - You're Driving Me Crazy
  2. E6 - How Long Has This Been Going On?
 Writer
1997 grown ups
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
 Executive Producer
1995 Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 3
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  1. Special - Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
  2. E2 - It Ain't Necessarily So
  3. E3 - One O'Clock Jump
 Writer
1995 Men Of The World - Series 2
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  1. E1 - The Dice Of Life
  2. E2 - The Girl I Love
  3. E3 - Walking Wounded
  4. E4 - Happy Birthday, Kendle
  5. E5 - A Stolen Kiss
  6. E6 - Farewell My Lovely
 Supervising Producer
1995 Shine On Harvey Moon Creator
1995 Shine On Harvey Moon - Series 5
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
  7. E7 - Episode Seven
  8. E8 - Episode Eight
  9. E9 - Episode Nine
  10. E10 - Episode Ten
  11. E11 - Episode Eleven
  12. E12 - Episode Twelve
 Supervising Producer
1995 Shine On Harvey Moon - Series 5
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E12 - Episode Twelve
 Writer
1995 Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Don't Get Around Much Anymore
  2. E2 - I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
  3. E7 - Would You Like To Swing On A Star
  4. E8 - Nice Work If You Can Get It
  5. E10 - Don't Fence Me In
 Writer
1994 The New Statesman - A. B'Stard Exposed
  1. A. B'Stard Exposed
 Writer
1994 Birds Of A Feather - Series 6
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  1. E1 - Not In My Back Yard
  2. E2 - Mrs. Robinson
  3. E3 - First Time Caller
  4. E4 - Compulsion
  5. E5 - All Day And All Of The Night
  6. E6 - Appreciation Society
  7. E7 - Moving
  8. E8 - Out
  9. E9 - In At The Deep End
  10. E10 - Business Is Business
  11. E11 - Puppy Love
  12. E12 - Still Waters Run Deep
  13. E13 - On The Glass
  14. Special - Christmas In Dreamland
 Supervising Producer
1994 Birds Of A Feather - Series 6
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  1. E1 - Not In My Back Yard
  2. E4 - Compulsion
  3. Special - Christmas In Dreamland
 Writer
1994 Men Of The World - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Match Of The Day
  2. E2 - The Assessment
  3. E3 - Lost In France
  4. E4 - The Big Fight
  5. E5 - Team Table
  6. E6 - The Runaway
 Producer
1994 Love Hurts - Series 3 Writer
1993 Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Rites Of Passage
  2. E2 - Fools Rush In
  3. E3 - Is Your Journey Really Necessary?
  4. E4 - The More I See You
  5. E5 - I Get Along Without You Very Well
  6. E6 - In The Mood
 Writer
1993 Get Back - Series 2
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  1. E2 - Can't Buy Me Love
 Writer
1993 Birds Of A Feather - Series 5
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  1. E11 - An Inspector Stays
 Writer
1993 Birds Of A Feather - Series 5
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  1. E1 - High Fidelity
  2. E2 - Bang
  3. E3 - Non Starter
  4. E4 - Absent Friends
  5. E5 - Suspicious Minds
  6. E6 - Dead Loss
  7. E7 - A Brush With The Law
  8. E8 - Mind Over Matter
  9. E9 - East Side Story
  10. E10 - Find The Lady
  11. E11 - An Inspector Stays
  12. E12 - All Gone Pear Shaped
  13. E13 - The Beautiful Game
  14. Special - It Happened In Hollywood
 Supervising Producer
1993 Love Hurts - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Strictly Business
  2. E9 - For a Few Dollars More
 Writer
1992 Nightingales - Series 2
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  1. Special - Silent Night
  2. E1 - Trouble In Mind
  3. E2 - Crime And Punishment
  4. E3 - All At Sea
  5. E4 - Reach For The Sky
  6. E5 - King Lear II
  7. E6 - Someone To Watch Over Me
 Executive Producer
1992 The New Statesman - Series 4
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  1. E1 - Back From The Mort
  2. E2 - H*A*S*H
  3. E3 - Speaking In Tongues
  4. E4 - Heil And Farewell
  5. E5 - A Bigger Splash
  6. E6 - The Irresistible Rise Of Alan B'Stard
 Writer
1992 Get Back Creator
1992 Get Back - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Help!
  2. E2 - We Can Work It Out
  3. E7 - You Never Give Me Your Money
 Writer
1992 Birds Of A Feather - Series 4
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  1. E6 - Nine And A Half Days
  2. Special - The Chigwell Connection
 Writer
1992 Birds Of A Feather - Series 4
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  1. E1 - Breadwinner
  2. E2 - Food For Thought
  3. E3 - Commitments
  4. E4 - Wipe That Smile Off Your Tape
  5. E5 - Caring
  6. E6 - Nine And A Half Days
  7. E7 - Belongings
  8. E8 - Hungry For Love
  9. E9 - Time And Tides
  10. E10 - Sisters Are Doing It...
  11. E11 - The Front
  12. E12 - Okey-Cokey-Karaoke
  13. E13 - Loyalty
  14. Special - The Chigwell Connection
 Supervising Producer
1992 Love Hurts Creator
1992 Love Hurts - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Crawling from the Wreckage
  2. E2 - Take It to the Limit
 Writer
1991 So You Think You've Got Troubles Creator
1991 So You Think You've Got Troubles
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  1. E1 - Old Dog, New Tricks
  2. E2 - Someone To Watch Over Me
  3. E3 - Safe As Houses
  4. E4 - South Of The Border
  5. E5 - Getting It Off Your Chest
  6. E6 - Life In The Fast Lane
 Writer
1991 Birds Of A Feather - Series 3
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  1. E1 - Keeping Up Appearances
  2. E8 - Poetic Justice
 Writer
1991 Birds Of A Feather - Series 3
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  1. E1 - Keeping Up Appearances
  2. E2 - Tinker, Tailor...
  3. E3 - Baby Come Back
  4. E4 - Just Family
  5. E5 - Confidence
  6. E6 - The Lost Weekend
  7. E7 - History
  8. E8 - Poetic Justice
  9. E9 - Favour Of The Month
  10. E10 - Cuckoo
  11. E11 - Schooling
  12. E12 - Business
  13. Special - We'll Always Have Majorca
 Supervising Producer
1991 The New Statesman - Series 3
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  1. E1 - Labour Of Love
  2. E2 - The Party's Over
  3. E3 - Let Them Sniff Cake
  4. E4 - Keeping Mum
  5. E5 - Natural Selection
  6. E6 - Profit Of Boom
 Writer
1990 Birds Of A Feather - Series 2
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  1. E2 - Sweet Smell Of Success
  2. E11 - Love On The Run
  3. Special - Falling In Love Again
 Writer
1990 The New Statesman - Who Shot Alan B'Stard?
  1. Who Shot Alan B'Stard?
 Writer
1989 Snakes And Ladders
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
  7. E7 - Episode Seven
 Writer
1989 Birds Of A Feather - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Nicked
  2. E2 - Just Visiting
  3. E3 - Shift
  4. E4 - Women's Troubles
  5. E5 - Cheat
  6. E6 - Substitute
  7. Special - Sailing
 Writer
1989 The New Statesman - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Fatal Extraction
  2. E2 - Live From Westminster
  3. E3 - A Wapping Conspiracy
  4. E4 - The Haltemprice Bunker
  5. E5 - California Here I Come
  6. E6 - May The Best Man Win
  7. E7 - Piers Of The Realm
 Writer
1987 The New Statesman Creator
1987 The New Statesman - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Happiness Is A Warm Gun
  2. E2 - Passport To Freedom
  3. E3 - Sex Is Wrong
  4. E4 - Waste Not, Want Not
  5. E5 - Friends Of St. James
  6. E6 - Three Line Whipping
  7. E7 - Baa Baa Black Sheep
  8. Special - Alan B'Stard Closes Down The BBC
 Writer
1985 Shine On Harvey Moon - Series 4
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  1. E2 - Anything Goes....
  2. E3 - Mud Sticks....
  3. E4 - Love Is Blind
  4. E5 - Lover, Come Back To Me
  5. E6 - All Or Nothing At All
  6. E7 - We're In The Money
 Script Editor
1985 Shine On Harvey Moon Creator
1985 Shine On Harvey Moon - Series 4
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  1. E1 - Kind Hearts And Coronets
  2. E8 - Love And Marriage
 Writer
1985 Roll Over Beethoven Writer
1985 Roll Over Beethoven Writer
1984 Shine On Harvey Moon Creator
1984 Shine On Harvey Moon - Series 3
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  1. E1 - Goodnight Sweetheart
  2. E2 - Pick Yourself Up, Dust Yourself Down And...
  3. E3 - Sisters And Brothers
  4. E4 - I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair
  5. E5 - Sentimental Journey
  6. E6 - Goodnight Vienna
  7. E7 - Baby It's Cold Outside
  8. E8 - Fools Rush In
  9. E9 - Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year
 Writer
1982 Shine On Harvey Moon Creator
1982 Shine On Harvey Moon - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Getting Results
  2. E2 - A Deal With The Devil
  3. E3 - In Sickness And In Health
  4. E4 - A Party Line
  5. E5 - The Course Of True Love
  6. E6 - Safe As Houses
 Writer
1982 Holding The Fort - Series 3
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  1. E1 - Feeling The Pinch
  2. E2 - All Boys Together
  3. E3 - A Place In The Sun
  4. E4 - Under Pressure
  5. E5 - One Careful Owner
  6. E6 - Otherwise Engaged
  7. E7 - News From The Front
 Writer
1982 Shine On Harvey Moon - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Hail The Conquering Hero
  2. E2 - Getting To Know You
  3. E3 - Who's Afraid Of Virginia Flake?
  4. E4 - Sweet F.A.
  5. E5 - The Rough With The Smooth
  6. E6 - A Christmas Truce
 Writer
1982 Shine On Harvey Moon Creator
1981 Roots
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  1. E5 - Doctor? - No!
 Writer
1981 Holding The Fort - Series 2
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  1. E1 - New Blood
  2. E2 - Famous First Words
  3. E3 - Over And Out
  4. E4 - Under A Cloud
  5. E5 - Lock, Stock And Barrel
  6. E6 - A Sense Of Duty
 Writer
1980 Holding The Fort - Series 1
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  1. E1 - In Safe Hands
  2. E2 - Jumping The Gun
  3. E3 - Come To The Aid Of The Party
  4. E4 - Twelve Good Men And Pooh
  5. E5 - After The Ball
  6. E6 - Against The Grain
  7. E7 - Over A Barrel
 Writer
1978 The Frankie Howerd Variety Show - Series 1
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  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E5 - Episode Five
  3. E6 - Episode Six
 Writer

Non-comedy TV and film credits may be found here:
Laurence Marks on IMDb

Born
Wednesday 8th December 1948 (75 years-old)
Nationality
English
BAFTA Television Awards 1993
Best Comedy (Nominee)
Writers Award (Winner)
BAFTA Television Awards 1991
Best Comedy (Winner)
BAFTA Television Awards 1990
Best Comedy (Nominee)
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