Alan Pollock

{{short description|British author, playwright, and scriptwriter}}

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| alma_mater = St John's College, Oxford

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University of Gloucestershire
University of Warwick

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| notable_works = The Bill (2007)
One Night in November (2008){{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/mar/13/theatre | title=Review: One Night in November | newspaper=The Guardian | first=Michael | last=Billington | author-link=Michael Billington (critic) | date=13 March 2008 | access-date=2 May 2025 }}{{cite web| url=https://www.belgrade.co.uk/stories/interview-alan-pollock-on-one-night-in-november/ | title=Interview: Alan Pollock on One Night in November | publisher=Belgrade Theatre | first=Michael | last=Davies | date=5 November 2020 | access-date=1 May 2025 }}

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| awards = Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award (2008){{cite web| url=https://writersguild.org.uk/writers-guild-awards-2008/ | title=Writers' Guild Awards 2008 | publisher=Writers' Guild of Great Britain | location=UK | date=2008 | access-date=2 May 2025 }}

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Alan Pollock is a British author, playwright, and scriptwriter.{{imdb name|nm0689626}}.{{cite web| url=https://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsP/pollock-alan.php | title=Alan Pollock | website=doollee.com | publisher=The Playwrights Database | access-date=1 May 2025 }}

Pollock was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in French Language and Literature from St John's College, University of Oxford in 1984.{{cite web| title=Alumni Bookshelf – Drama, TV & Film | url=https://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/alumni/sjc-online/alumni-bookshelf/ | publisher=St John's College, Oxford | location=UK | access-date=1 June 2025 }}

His plays include:

All Tomorrow's Parties{{cite web| url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/234408/alan-pollock | title=About Alan Pollock | publisher=Penguin | location=UK | access-date=1 May 2025 }}
The Allesley Silas, based on the novel Silas Marner by George Eliot{{cite web| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7JZhmXxGN8 | title=Alan Pollock on The Allesley Silas | publisher=Belgrade Theatre | website=YouTube | date=11 May 2022 | access-date=1 May 2025 }}
The Bear who went to War, the story of Wojtek, a bear who fought in the Second World War{{cite web| url=https://www.whatsonlive.co.uk/birmingham/news/bearly-believable/59608 | title=Bearly believable | date=23 September 2024 | work=Birmingham What's On | location=UK | access-date=1 May 2025 }}
Godiva Rocks, a musical
One Night in November, about the Coventry Blitz, originally starring Daniel Brocklebank and Joanna Christie{{cite web| url=https://www.guildburys.com/alan-pollock-attends-the-guildbury-production-of-his-play/ | title=Alan Pollock attends the Guildbury production of his play | publisher=Guildburys Theatre Company | date=19 November 2017 | access-date=1 May 2025 }}
Pigs
Too Much Pressure
Treasure Island, based on the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson{{cite web| url=https://barntheatre.org.uk/treasure-island | title=20 Nov – 06 Jan: Treasure Island | date=28 September 2018 | publisher=Barn Theatre | location=Cirencester, UK | access-date=1 May 2025 }}

Pollock's television writing credits include:

Always and Everyone (2002) – 1 episode
Attachments (2020) – 1 episode
The Bill (1984–2010) – 6 episodes
Black Cab – 1 episode
The Death of Daniel – thriller
Peter Pan (2020) – television special

Radio plays by Pollock include Philip and Sydney (2010), about the poet Philip Larkin,{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01lls1n | title=Alan Pollock – Philip and Sydney | date=28 September 2018 | work=Radio 4 | publisher=BBC | location=UK | access-date=1 May 2025 }} with an associated book, and Every Duchess in England (2013), both broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

Pollock's publications include the children's picture book The Bear who went to War, associated with his play of the same name,{{cite web| url=https://www.belgrade.co.uk/stories/storytime-the-bear-who-went-to-war/ | title=Storytime: The Bear Who Went to War | date=12 May 2020 | publisher=Belgrade Theatre | location=UK | access-date=1 May 2025 }}{{cite web| url=https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/playwright-alan-pollock-pens-picture-book-about-ww2-bear-869256 | title=Playwright Alan Pollock pens picture book about WW2 bear | date=28 September 2018 | first=Charlotte | last=Eyre | publisher=The Bookseller | location=UK | access-date=1 May 2025 }}{{cite web| url=https://www.oldbarnbooks.com/pages/alan-pollock | title=Alan Pollock | publisher=Old Barn Books | access-date=1 May 2025 }}

He contributed to the television drama series The Bill, leading to a Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award in 2008 for series 23 (2007).{{cite web| url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0689626/awards/ | title=Alan Pollock: Awards | website=IMDb | access-date=1 May 2025 }}

Pollock has taught creative writing at the University of Gloucestershire and the University of Warwick.{{cite web| url=https://www.invisiblegrail.com/about/alan-pollock/ | title=About Alan Pollock | website=InvisibleGrail | access-date=1 May 2025 }} He established a Master of Arts course on Creative Writing at Coventry University. He also gives master classes on playwriting.{{cite web| url=https://thebirminghampress.com/2013/10/coventry-children-receive-lessons-from-an-expert/ | title=Coventry children receive lessons from an expert | date=2 October 2013 | work=Radio 4 | publisher=BBC | location=UK | access-date=1 May 2025 }}