Cast & creator
Willy Russell
Best known for The South Bank Show, Play for Today, Wogan
William Russell is an English dramatist, lyricist and composer. His best known works are Educating Rita, Shirley Valentine, Blood Brothers and Our Day Out.
Movies
21
film credits
Series
11
television credits
Career
9
1967–2015 · acting roles
Credit score
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (32)
Showing 32 of 32 credits
Series
★ 5.6
The South Bank Show
1978
Series
★ 6.6
Play for Today
Writer
1970
Series
★ 5.6
Wogan
Self
1982
Series
★ 7.0
ITV Playhouse
Writer
1967S
Series
Second City Firsts
Writer
1973
Series
★ 8.0
A Life on Screen
Self
2014
Series
The Story of Musicals
Self
2012A
Series
Artsnight
Self
2015
Series
★ 7.5
One Summer
Writer
1983Series
★ 7.5
One Summer
Creator
1983
Movie
★ 6.9
Educating Rita
Theatre Play
1983Movie
★ 6.9
Educating Rita
Screenplay
1983
Movie
★ 6.3
Shirley Valentine
Screenplay
1989Movie
★ 6.3
Shirley Valentine
Original Music Composer
1989
Movie
★ 4.0
A Time to Die
Screenplay
1982J
Series
★ 7.0
Julie Walters and Friends
1991
Movie
★ 7.1
Dancin' Thru the Dark
Sourface
1990Movie
★ 7.1
Dancin' Thru the Dark
Writer
1990Movie
★ 7.1
Dancin' Thru the Dark
Musical
1990
Movie
★ 8.4
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Self
2010
Movie
Julie Walters and Friends
1991Movie
Julie Walters and Friends
Writer
1991
Movie
Germans de sang
Original Story
1996
Movie
The Death of a Young Young Man
Writer
1975
Movie
Lies
Writer
1978
Movie
Break In
Writer
1975
Movie
The Daughters of Albion
Writer
1979
Movie
The Boy with the Transistor Radio
Writer
1980
Movie
★ 7.8
Our Day Out
Writer
1977
Movie
Terraces
Screenplay
1993
Movie
Färdknäpp
Theatre Play
1991
Movie
Blood Brothers
Writer
2014