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Laurence Marks (born 8 December 1948) is a British sitcom writer and one half of writing duo Marks & Gran, his collaborator being Maurice Gran. ==Biography == Marks attended Holloway Comprehensive School (formerly Holloway County Grammar School until 1955).〔(Marks and Gran at Camden New Journal ). Retrieved 29 January 2015〕〔(Laurence Marks at Old Candenians ). Retrieved 31 January 2015〕 Prior to becoming a sitcom writer he was a reporter for a local weekly paper, the ''Tottenham Weekly Herald'' and, according to information he provided to ''Who's Who'', he was also briefly a staff writer for The Sunday Times in the mid- to late 1970s.〔Who's Who 2008, A & C Black, ISBN 0-7136-8555-7〕 Following a chance encounter with comedy writer Barry Took, he and childhood friend Maurice Gran got an opportunity to write a radio show for comedian Frankie Howerd, which led to their becoming full time comedy writers.〔(Camden New Journal, 10 May 2007. ) Retrieved 10 February 2009〕 Marks subsequently wrote with Gran the TV comedy-drama ''Shine on Harvey Moon'' (1982–85, 1995) and the popular sitcoms, ''The New Statesman'' (1987–92), ''Birds of a Feather'' (1989–98,2014) and ''Goodnight Sweetheart'' (1993–99). They are also the authors of ''Prudence at Number 10'', a fictional diary written as though by a P.A. of UK prime minister Gordon Brown. Their theatre works include Dreamboats and Petticoats, Save The Last Dance For Me and Dreamboats and Miniskirts.()() Marks is an Arsenal fan and wrote the book "A Fan For All Seasons" (1999), a diary of his life as a writer and an Arsenal supporter. His father was one of over 43 people who died in the Moorgate tube crash of 1975. In 2006 Marks made a documentary for Channel 4 about his father and the crash. At the time of the crash, Marks was a freelance writer and in the documentary he stated that he had spent a year investigating the crash for freelance reports that appeared in ''The Sunday Times''. Rejecting the verdict of accidental death by the coroner's jury and the official in-depth report, Marks advocated his theory that the driver of the train had committed suicide by deliberately crashing the train.〔(Me, My Dad and Moorgate, 2006, programme details, BFI. ) Retrieved 10 February 2009〕〔(TV review, The Guardian, 5 June 2006. ) Retrieved 10 February 2009〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Laurence Marks (British writer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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