Where to watch John McGrath in the UK
Find every John McGrath film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 16 September 2026.
Born in Birkenhead from Irish Catholic stock, John McGrath was a British playwright, screenwriter. producer, director and socialist who took up the cause of Scottish independence and the principles of a radical, popular theatre with the creation of the 7:84 theatre company alongside his wife, Elizabeth MacLennan, and brother-in-law, David MacLennan. His most famous plays are arguably The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil which was brought to television in 1974 by John Mackenzie for the Play for Today strand, and Events While Guarding The Bofors Gun which was made into the film The Bof…
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- Play for Today (1970) Director
- Screen Two (1985) Writer
- The Wednesday Play (1964) Director
- Z-Cars (1962) Director
- Robin Hood (1991) Writer
- Billion Dollar Brain (1967) Screenplay
- Border Warfare (1990) Director
- Five More (1966) Director
- Six (1964) Writer
- Double Bill (1969) Director
- The Reckoning (1970) Screenplay
- The Dressmaker (1988) Writer
- My Life in Pink (1997) Co-Producer
- The Virgin Soldiers (1969) Writer
- Aberdeen (2000) Co-Producer
- Carrington (1995) Producer
- Diary of a Young Man (1964) Writer
- Making Reel History (2006) as Self
- Mairi Mhor (1994) Writer
- The Long Roads (1993) Writer
- The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice (1980) Director
- The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (1974) Writer
- Blood Red Roses (1986) Director
- Orkney (1971) Writer
- The Diary of a Nobody (1964) Writer
- The Bofors Gun (1968) Writer
- The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something (1980) Director
- The Day of Ragnarok (1965) Director
- Half the Picture (1996) Writer
- The Bouncing Boy (1972) Writer
- Fade to Black Producer
- Ende der Vorstellung 24 Uhr (1970) Novel
- Shotgun (1966) Director
- Exit 19 (1966) Producer
- imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester (2023) as Self - interviewed guest
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Most-watched John McGrath films currently: Robin Hood (1991), Billion Dollar Brain (1967), Double Bill (1969), The Reckoning (1970), The Dressmaker (1988).
What TV shows has John McGrath appeared in?
Selected TV credits: Play for Today (1970), Screen Two (1985), The Wednesday Play (1964), Z-Cars (1962), Border Warfare (1990).
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