writing credits (incomplete) Alison BBC TV screenplay EastEnders. BBC TV soap. Regular contributor since 1987. Writer/storyliner. The Bill. (Series 4 episode 17 Runaround) Holby City. Lead core writer, storyliner, producer. Pieces of a Silver Lining. BBC Afternoon Theatre with Martin Jameson Safe. Bafta winner. Best Single Drama. see External links below Teaching Matthew BBC TV script writer and actorThe Broker's Man. Creator and writer. (with Tim O'Mara).The Firm. Screen Two. Writer (as Al Hunter)Alive and Kicking. Film shown in series 3 of BBC drama anthology 'Screen One'. Death On 27 April 2007 Al Hunter Ashton died of heart failure in his home in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Episode eight of series five of the New Tricks TV series, titled "Mad Dogs", was dedicated to his memory. AwardsSafe'' (1993), a harrowing tale of homelessness. Won the 1994 Bafta TV Award as Best Single Drama. Al Ashton, writer. Filmography External links Safe (1993) at Screenonline BBC Comedy Guide Notes 1957 births 2007 deaths English male film actors English soap opera writers English male television actors British male television writers 20th-century English screenwriters