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Tony Grounds is a writer born in 1957 in East London.

Described by The Independent (11.10.02) as 'the best TV writer of his generation', Tony Grounds has enjoyed great success across all four of Britain's main channels

He started writing for the theatre, winning the Verity Bargate Award for 'Made in Spain' which was subsequently performed in London and published by Methuen. It was then filmed for ITV and transmitted in their Screenplay slot.

There then followed stints on 'East Enders' and 'The Bill' before penning episode's of 'Chancer', starring Clive Owen.

Tony then created and wrote 'Gone to the Dogs' starring Jim Broadbent, Alison Steadman, Warren Clarke and Harry Enfield. Nominated for a Writers Guild Award, Tony followed this up with 'Gone to Seed' where Peter Cook made his final dramatic appearance. The series was nominated for a Royal Television Society Award.

The single film 'Our Boy' with Ray Winstone won Tony International Acclaim winning the Munich International Drama Award. An interview with both Tony Grounds and Ray Winstone on their work together can be found here; http://www.copperlily.com/AboutRayWinstone/timeout1.html

Tony then wrote the series 'The Ghostbusters of East Finchley' for BBC2 and 'First Sign of Madness' for ITV. The latter winning the WorldFest Charleston Gold Award.

Tony then wrote 'Sex and Chocolate' for Dawn French before writing the multi award winning and BAFTA nominated 'Births Marriages & Deaths', once again starring Ray Winstone.

Mel Gibson's Icon Films then commissioned Tony to write and direct 'The Martins' starring Lee Evans and Kathy Burke which was nominated for a Golden Hitchcock at the Dinard Film Festival.

Tony then teamed up with Academy Award Winning director, Joe Wright and penned the much lauded 'Bodily Harm' for Channel Four, where Tim Spall, George Cole, Leslie Manville and Annette Crosby picked up acting nominations. Described by The Daily Telegraph as 'an outstanding work of art depicting a nightmarishly apocalyptic vision of suburbia...' seems an accurate summation of the work.

Tony then wrote BBC1's 'Family Business' before teaming up with Ray Winstone once again for Channel Four's expose on corruption in the Premier League with 'All in the Game', which also featured The Wire's Idris Elber.

Tony then wrote one of BBC1's highly acclaimed 'Canterbury Tales' before his film 'When I'm 64' for BBC2 starring Alun Armstrong and Paul Freeman won the prestigious Prix Europa Award for the best drama on any channel across Europe.

There then followed two hugely successful single films for BBC1, 'A Class Apart' and 'The Dinner Party' which became the two most watched single films of the year.

Tony is Special Advisor for Save the Children and is currently training to run the London Marathon with Lee Evans. Tony is also an avid supporter of West Ham United and often refers to the East London club in his plays and works.

Information and donations for the cause;
http://original.justgiving.com/leeevansandtonygrounds/

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