TV credits
SCOTTISH TELEVISION:
TAGGART
2008 The world’s longest crime series; 1995 Nominated Best TV Writer for ‘Black Orchid’ BAFTA Scotland 1993 Writers’ Guild Award; 1991 Best Drama Series Award BAFTA Scotland
Glenn created this highly successful crime series, critically acclaimed and immensely popular
BBC:
DALZIEL AND PASCOE
Episode for 2005 series
ANGELS
CALL ME MISTER
YORKSHIRE TELEVISION:
DR CRIPPEN
2004 commission for 2 x 90′ true crime drama
BRIDES IN THE BATH
Drama about George Joseph Smith, the Brides in the Bath murderer, set during WWI
Screened December 2003, starring Martin Kemp and directed by Harry Bradbeer
A IS FOR ACID
120′ film about John George Haigh, the acid bath murderer. Transmitted September 2002, directed by Harry Bradbeer and starring Martin Clunes
THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF WILLIAM PALMER
Glenn’s 2 x 90′ crime drama based on the life of William Palmer, the notorious Staffordshire poisoner who was hanged in 1856
CHILLER SERIES
Toby and Spellbinde
ECOSSE FILMS
SAVAGE TIDE
Television adaptation of his own crime novel (2004)
GRANADA TELEVISION:
TO KIDNAP A PRINCESS
Major drama-doc
CROWN COURT
There was an Old Woman & Ignorance in the Field
IN SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES
The Jewel and the Magpie
TRUE CRIMES
The Kidnap of Mrs Muriel McKay
FINAL SENTENCE
Pilot episode for a drama series devised with Martyn Auty
Theatre credits
THE GOOD SCOUT
Above the Stag, London and The Space at Edinburgh Festival
Inspired by true events. In the 1930s, by invitation of Lord Baden-Powell, parties of Hitler Youth descended on England to join British boy scouts on cycling and camping holidays. There was hope that they would learn from one another. MI5 worried that the German boys might not only be cyclists but “spyclists”. In the small town of Bassington, rover scouts Will and Jacob play host to Hitlerjugend from the Black Forest. Their lives are destined never to be the same again.
This was a sell out at Edinburgh, garnering several awards and earning five star reviews. It then transferred to London.
KIDS PLAY
The Drayton Arms, London and The Space at Edinburgh Festival
Selling out at Edinburgh, earning five star reviews and the famous Bobby Award for Best Show, this play about the strange things a lonely boy will do for love is Glenn’s latest success.
LORD DISMISS US
The first adaptation of Michael Campbell’s wickedly funny 1967 novel, Lord Dismiss Us tells the story of a homophobic new headmaster and his devoutly religious wife who bring a reign of terror to a boys’ boarding school, with hilarious and tragic consequences
Lord Dismiss Us showcased at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the partial legalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales. It also won the famous Bobby Award for Best Show,.
SANDEL
Based on the novel by Angus Stewart, written and adapted by Glenn, produced by Boys Of The Empire Productions
Performed Aug 2013 at theSpace @ Surgeon’s Hall as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Performed at the Above The Stag Theatre in London in summer 2014
KILLERS
Written by Glenn Chandler, directed by Liam Rudden, produced by Boys of the Empire Productions / The Assembly Rooms
Performed Aug 2013 at the Assembly Rooms as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Previously performed at Brighton Fringe Festival 2013, the Old Police Cells Museum
THE CUSTARD BOYS
Glenn’s adaptation of John Rae’s 1960 novel THE CUSTARD BOYS, which is set in Norfolk during the Second World War and premiered at the Tabard Theatre on 10th April 2012 for a five week run.
Compared after its publication in 1960 to LORD OF THE FLIES, the book has been filmed twice, once as REACH FOR GLORY in the 1960s, but this is the first time it has been adapted for the theatre.
CLEVELAND STREET THE MUSICAL
Sell-out five-week run at the Above The Stag Theatre, 2011
SCOUTS IN BONDAGE
Follow-up to the sell-out success, BOYS OF THE EMPIRE
9 week run at the King’s Head Theatre
THE BEST OF TIMES
Rehearsed reading at Tristan Bates Theatre, Julian Glover, Hannah Gordon and Howell Evans, 2009
THE BOYS OF THE EMPIRE
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, King’s Head Theatre, London, 2008
A PRIVATE
Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Scotland
BIKER’S KNOLL
Soho Poly, London
A TREAT
Soho Poly, London
Directed by Brian Croucher (Also presented at Brighton Actors’ Workshop)
MOONLIGHT ACROSS THE HEATHER
Directed by Brian Croucher
A CURSE
Directed by Brian Croucher (Also produced in Holland)
ON THE GAME
Little Theatre Club
