# Nick Perry (writer)

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British playwright and screenwriter

For other people named Nick Perry, see [Nick Perry (disambiguation)](/source/Nick_Perry_(disambiguation)).

**Nick Perry** is a British playwright and screenwriter. He is a graduate of the [University of Hull](/source/University_of_Hull) and the [National Film and Television School](/source/National_Film_and_Television_School). His first play *Arrivederci Millwall* was produced by The Combination at The Albany Empire, Deptford in 1985 and jointly won the [Samuel Beckett Award](/source/Samuel_Beckett_Award). *Smallholdings* was first performed at the [King's Head Theatre](/source/King's_Head_Theatre) in 1986 and *The Vinegar Fly* at the [Soho Poly](/source/Soho_Theatre#Soho_Poly_period) in 1988. *Near Cricket St Thomas, 1919* was directed by [Alan Ayckbourn](/source/Alan_Ayckbourn) at the [Stephen Joseph Theatre](/source/Stephen_Joseph_Theatre), Scarborough in 1997. *An Illustrated Talk* was performed at the [New Theatre](/source/New_Theatre_(Newtown)), Sydney as part of the 2008 [Short and Sweet](/source/Short_and_Sweet_(festival)) festival.

Perry's first radio play *[The Loop](/source/Toby_Swift#The_Loop)* was broadcast on [BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4) in November 2009 and won a [Sony Radio Academy](/source/Sony_Radio_Academy_Awards) bronze award.[1] [Andrew Scott](/source/Andrew_Scott_(actor)) was named Best Supporting Actor at the inaugural BBC Audio Drama awards in 2012 for his performance in Perry's radio play, *Referee*.[2][3] In 2022, *London Particular* was shortlisted for the Best Original Series or Serial award.[4]

## Filmography

- [Arrivederci Millwall](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arrivederci_Millwall&action=edit&redlink=1) (1990)

- [Tube Tales](/source/Tube_Tales) (1999) - segment "Steal Away"

- [The Escapist](/source/The_Escapist_(2002_film)) (2002)

## Plays

- Mamma (1982)

- Kind (1983)

- [Arrivederci Millwall](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arrivederci_Millwall&action=edit&redlink=1) (1985)

- Smallholdings (1986)

- The Vinegar Fly (1988)

- Near Cricket St Thomas, 1919 (1997)

- An Illustrated Talk (2008)

- [Moll Flanders](/source/Moll_Flanders) (2018)

## Television

- [Rockliffe's Babies](/source/Rockliffe's_Babies) (2 episodes)

- [Tales of Sherwood Forest](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tales_of_Sherwood_Forest&action=edit&redlink=1) (1987)

- Clubland (1991)

- [Horizon](/source/Horizon_(British_TV_series)) (1992) - "Hitler's Bomb" episode

- [Nuclear Secrets](/source/Nuclear_Secrets) (2007) - "Superbomb" episode

## Radio

- [The Loop](/source/Toby_Swift#The_Loop) (2009)

- [Planet B](/source/Planet_B) (2011) - episode "Doing Time"

- Referee (2011)

- [Jack's Return Home](/source/Jack's_Return_Home) (2012)

- London Bridge (2013)

- [He Died With His Eyes Open](/source/Derek_Raymond#Black_novels) (2013)

- November Dead List - series one (2014)

- [The Shootist](/source/Glendon_Swarthout) (2014)

- The Transfer (2015)

- November Dead List - series two (2016)

- [Moll Flanders](/source/Moll_Flanders) (2016)

- [The Confidential Agent](/source/The_Confidential_Agent) (2016)

- Death At The Airport: The Plot Against Kim Jong-nam (with [Paul French](/source/Paul_French_(author)), 2017)

- [The Battle of San Pietro](/source/The_Battle_of_San_Pietro) (2019)

- [Journey Into Fear](/source/Journey_into_Fear_(novel)) (2019)

- [Epitaph For A Spy](/source/Eric_Ambler) (2019)

- Babelsberg Babylon (2020)

- London Particular - series 1 (2020)

- Fake Psychic (with Vicky Baker, 2022)

- Exit Game (with Alex Millar, 2022)

- London Particular - series 2 (2023)

- [Stormy Applause](/source/Borodin_Quartet) (2025)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Sony Radio Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Drama"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100413215621/http://www.radioawards.org/winners/?awid=215&awname=Best+Drama&year=2010). Archived from [the original](http://www.radioawards.org/winners/?awid=215&awname=Best+Drama&year=2010) on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [The winners of the first BBC Audio Drama Awards](https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Fradio%2F2012%2F01%2Fthe_winners_of_the_first_bbc_a.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [The winners of the first BBC Audio Drama Awards](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2h5vd2mcWjMYM4PKvBFRpPT/2012-winners)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [BBC Audio Drama Awards 2022 The Finalists](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/21prGhRZnBc5dmHtwWYJCWx/audio-drama-awards-2022-the-finalists)

- *Arrivederci Millwall and Smallholdings* by Nick Perry. Faber and Faber, 1987. ([ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0571147748](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0571147748))

## External links

- [Nick Perry](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675234/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [doollee.com page](http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsP/perry-nick.html)

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