Martin Allen's first stage play Red Saturday won the 1983 Samuel Beckett Award and played at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs. He was playwright in residence at Hampstead Theatre in 1985 where his second play Particular Friendships won the Thames Television Award for best stage play of that year. His original screenplay Song of Experience, directed by Stephen Frears, was shown at the 1985 London Film Festival and transmitted on BBC2 the following year. He wrote the screenplay for Paul Greengrass' debut feature Resurrected which won Interfilm and OCIC Awards at the 1989 Berlin Film Festival before being given a UK theatrical release.
He has been a writer for Coronation Street since 1991 and has written 369 episodes. (The ones listed below as "co-written" were actually two separate episodes by separate writers, transmitted as one for scheduling reasons). His original screenplay Touch And Go was directed by Tim Fywell for BBC 2 in 1998. He also wrote 9 episodes of the first 4 series of Bad Girls.
Episodes written by Martin Allen
1990s
1992 (10 episodes)
- Episode 3340 (3rd February 1992)
- Episode 3355 (9th March 1992)
- Episode 3388 (25th May 1992)
- Episode 3393 (5th June 1992)
- Episode 3419 (3rd August 1992)
- Episode 3427 (21st August 1992)
- Episode 3434 (7th September 1992)
- Episode 3453 (21st October 1992)
- Episode 3473 (7th December 1992)
- Episode 3479 (21st December 1992)
1993 (9 episodes)
- Episode 3497 (1st February 1993)
- Episode 3510 (3rd March 1993)
- Episode 3533 (26th April 1993)
- Episode 3542 (17th May 1993)
- Episode 3565 (9th July 1993)
- Episode 3591 (8th September 1993)
- Episode 3600 (29th September 1993)
- Episode 3609 (20th October 1993)
- Episode 3612 (27th October 1993)
1994 (9 episodes)
- Episode 3642 (5th January 1994)
- Episode 3675 (23rd March 1994)
- Episode 3683 (11th April 1994)
- Episode 3704 (27th May 1994)
- Episode 3726 (18th July 1994)
- Episode 3733 (3rd August 1994)
- Episode 3739 (17th August 1994)
- Episode 3757 (28th September 1994)
- Episode 3769 (26th October 1994)
1995 (11 episodes)
- Episode 3800 (4th January 1995)
- Episode 3806 (18th January 1995)
- Episode 3819 (17th February 1995)
- Episode 3820 (20th February 1995)
- Episode 3849 (28th April 1995)
- Episode 3884 (19th July 1995)
- Episode 3896 (16th August 1995)
- Episode 3910 (18th September 1995)
- Episode 3932 (8th November 1995)
- Episode 3942 (1st December 1995)
- Episode 3950 (20th December 1995)
1996 (8 episodes)
- Episode 3973 (12th February 1996)
- Episode 3999 (12th April 1996)
- Episode 4020 (31st May 1996)
- Episode 4040 (17th July 1996)
- Episode 4063 (9th September 1996)
- Episode 4088 (6th November 1996)
- Episode 4098 (27th November 1996)
- Episode 4117 (30th December 1996)
1997 (15 episodes)
- Episode 4134 (29th January 1997)
- Episode 4138 (5th February 1997)
- Episode 4159 (14th March 1997)
- Episode 4166 (26th March 1997)
- Episode 4188 (4th May 1997)
- Episode 4192 (11th May 1997)
- Episode 4207 (6th June 1997)
- Episode 4229 (14th July 1997)
- Episode 4251 (22nd August 1997)
- Episode 4270 (24th September 1997)
- Episode 4277 (6th October 1997)
- Episode 4283 (17th October 1997)
- Episode 4293 (3rd November 1997)
- Episode 4299 (14th November 1997)
- Episode 4324 (28th December 1997)
1998 (14 episodes)
- Episode 4335 (16th January 1998)
- Episode 4342 (28th January 1998)
- Episode 4375 (27th March 1998)
- Episode 4376 (29th March 1998)
- Episode 4385 (13th April 1998)
- Episode 4403 (15th May 1998)
- Episode 4413 (1st June 1998)
- Episode 4427 (26th June 1998)
- Episode 4443 (24th July 1998)
- Episode 4458 (19th August 1998)
- Episode 4466 (2nd September 1998)
- Episode 4485 (5th October 1998)
- Episode 4501 (2nd November 1998)
- Episode 4532 (27th December 1998)
1999 (13 episodes)
- Episode 4542 (13th January 1999)
- Episode 4543 (15th January 1999)
- Episode 4566 (24th February 1999)
- Episode 4568 (28th February 1999)
- Episode 4581 (22nd March 1999)
- Episode 4596 (18th April 1999)
- Episode 4611 (14th May 1999)
- Episode 4623 (4th June 1999)
- Episode 4637 (28th June 1999)
- Episode 4655 (30th July 1999)
- Episode 4674 (1st September 1999)
- Episode 4692 (3rd October 1999)
- Episode 4710 (3rd November 1999)
2000s
2000 (13 episodes)
- Episode 4749 (9th January 2000)
- Episode 4778 (28th February 2000)
- Episode 4788 (17th March 2000)
- Episode 4797 (2nd April 2000)
- Episode 4806 (17th April 2000)
- Episode 4831 (31st May 2000)
- Episode 4846 (26th June 2000)
- Episode 4861 (23rd July 2000)
- Episode 4866 (31st July 2000)
- Episode 4874 (14th August 2000)
- Episode 4886 (4th September 2000)
- Episode 4925 (8th November 2000)
- Episode 4933 (22nd November 2000)
2001 (15 episodes)
- Episode 4966 (12th January 2001)
- Episode 4972 (22nd January 2001)
- Episode 4979 (4th February 2001)
- Episode 4990 (21st February 2001)
- Episode 5005 (19th March 2001)
- Episode 5016 (8th April 2001)
- Episode 5053 (11th June 2001)
- Episode 5066 (1st July 2001)
- Episode 5071 (9th July 2001)
- Episode 5080 (23rd July 2001)
- Episode 5105 (3rd September 2001)
- Episode 5154 (15th November 2001)
- Episode 5166 (2nd December 2001)
- Episode 5167 (3rd December 2001)
- Episode 5177 (19th December 2001)
2002 (15 episodes)
- Episode 5193 (11th January 2002)
- Episode 5207 (4th February 2002) (Co-written with Jayne Hollinson)
- Episode 5217 (19th February 2002)
- Episode 5231 (15th March 2002)
- Episode 5239 (29th March 2002)
- Episode 5253 (21st April 2002)
- Episode 5270 (20th May 2002)
- Episode 5278 (3rd June 2002)
- Episode 5306 (19th July 2002)
- Episode 5311 (29th July 2002)
- Episode 5341 (16th September 2002)
- Episode 5368 (27th October 2002)
- Episode 5369 (28th October 2002)
- Episode 5386 (22nd November 2002)
- Episode 5402 (18th December 2002)
2003 (15 episodes)
- Episode 5419 (13th January 2003)
- Episode 5428 (27th January 2003)
- Episode 5439 (12th February 2003)
- Episode 5467 (24th March 2003)
- Episode 5495 (2nd May 2003)
- Episode 5503 (12th May 2003)
- Episode 5516 (1st June 2003)
- Episode 5539 (7th July 2003)
- Episode 5540 (9th July 2003)
- Episode 5555 (4th August 2003)
- Episode 5580 (12th September 2003)
- Episode 5595 (3rd October 2003)
- Episode 5608 (20th October 2003)
- Episode 5621 (9th November 2003)
- Episode 5629 (19th November 2003)
2004 (15 episodes)
- Episode 5668 (12th January 2004)
- Episode 5692 (15th February 2004)
- Episode 5698 (23rd February 2004)
- Episode 5708 (8th March 2004)
- Episode 5735 (14th April 2004)
- Episode 5738 (19th April 2004)
- Episode 5784 (20th June 2004)
- Episode 5803 (18th July 2004)
- Episode 5822 (13th August 2004)
- Episode 5832 (27th August 2004)
- Episode 5850 (20th September 2004)
- Episode 5860 (4th October 2004)
- Episode 5883 (5th November 2004)
- Episode 5893 (19th November 2004)
- Episode 5913 (13th December 2004)
2005 (13 episodes)
- Episode 5992 (28th March 2005)
- Episode 6003 (15th April 2005)
- Episode 6024 (9th May 2005)
- Episode 6038 (30th May 2005)
- Episode 6055 (22nd June 2005)
- Episode 6082 (31st July 2005)
- Episode 6089 (8th August 2005)
- Episode 6111 (9th September 2005)
- Episode 6126 (26th September 2005)
- Episode 6141 (17th October 2005)
- Episode 6153 (4th November 2005)
- Episode 6162 (16th November 2005)
- Episode 6184 (14th December 2005)
2006 (14 episodes)
- Episode 6216 (29th January 2006)
- Episode 6223 (6th February 2006)
- Episode 6253 (20th March 2006)
- Episode 6276 (23rd April 2006)
- Episode 6290 (14th May 2006) (Co-written with Chris Fewtrell)
- Episode 6311 (11th June 2006)
- Episode 6329 (3rd July 2006)
- Episode 6344 (26th July 2006)
- Episode 6367 (28th August 2006)
- Episode 6368 (28th August 2006)
- Episode 6390 (29th September 2006)
- Episode 6411 (27th October 2006)
- Episode 6433 (26th November 2006)
- Episode 6448 (15th December 2006)
2007 (15 episodes)
- Episode 6483 (2nd February 2007)
- Episode 6492 (14th February 2007)
- Episode 6509 (11th March 2007)
- Episode 6533 (13th April 2007)
- Episode 6557 (16th May 2007)
- Episode 6574 (11th June 2007)
- Episode 6582 (22nd June 2007)
- Episode 6598 (15th July 2007)
- Episode 6627 (24th August 2007)
- Episode 6652 (30th September 2007) (Co-written with Catherine Hayes)
- Episode 6663 (12th October 2007)
- Episode 6683 (11th November 2007)
- Episode 6689 (19th November 2007)
- Episode 6690 (19th November 2007)
- Episode 6717 (26th December 2007)
2008 (13 episodes)
- Episode 6737 (23rd January 2008)
- Episode 6757 (20th February 2008)
- Episode 6802 (23rd April 2008)
- Episode 6832 (4th June 2008)
- Episode 6853 (4th July 2008)
- Episode 6872 (1st August 2008)
- Episode 6873 (1st August 2008)
- Episode 6884 (18th August 2008)
- Episode 6915 (29th September 2008)
- Episode 6934 (27th October 2008)
- Episode 6946 (12th November 2008)
- Episode 6954 (24th November 2008)
- Episode 6969 (17th December 2008)
2009 (13 episodes)
- Episode 7003 (2nd February 2009)
- Episode 7019 (23rd February 2009)
- Episode 7054 (13th April 2009)
- Episode 7070 (6th May 2009)
- Episode 7086 (28th May 2009)
- Episode 7096 (12th June 2009)
- Episode 7126 (24th July 2009)
- Episode 7131 (31st July 2009)
- Episode 7158 (10th September 2009)
- Episode 7163 (17th September 2009)
- Episode 7189 (22nd October 2009)
- Episode 7221 (2nd December 2009)
- Episode 7227 (11th December 2009)
2010s
2010 (16 episodes)
- Episode 7252 (15th January 2010)
- Episode 7253 (15th January 2010)
- Episode 7271 (11th February 2010)
- Episode 7291 (11th March 2010)
- Episode 7301 (25th March 2010)
- Episode 7319 (16th April 2010)
- Episode 7331 (3rd May 2010)
- Episode 7351 (31st May 2010)
- Episode 7383 (19th July 2010)
- Episode 7384 (19th July 2010)
- Episode 7395 (5th August 2010)
- Episode 7417 (5th September 2010) (Co-written with Chris Fewtrell)
- Episode 7442 (8th October 2010)
- Episode 7463 (8th November 2010)
- Episode 7472 (19th November 2010)
- Episode 7486 (8th December 2010)
2011 (16 episodes)
- Episode 7506 (3rd January 2011)
- Episode 7525 (31st January 2011)
- Episode 7533 (11th February 2011)
- Episode 7560 (21st March 2011)
- Episode 7592 (2nd May 2011)
- Episode 7610 (27th May 2011)
- Episode 7620 (9th June 2011)
- Episode 7641 (8th July 2011)
- Episode 7650 (21st July 2011)
- Episode 7667 (12th August 2011)
- Episode 7681 (2nd September 2011)
- Episode 7697 (22nd September 2011)
- Episode 7716 (17th October 2011)
- Episode 7733 (10th November 2011)
- Episode 7743 (24th November 2011)
- Episode 7762 (22nd December 2011)
2012 (16 episodes)
- Episode 7775 (9th January 2012)
- Episode 7814 (2nd March 2012)
- Episode 7828 (23rd March 2012)
- Episode 7829 (23rd March 2012)
- Episode 7857 (3rd May 2012)
- Episode 7872 (21st May 2012)
- Episode 7877 (28th May 2012)
- Episode 7897 (4th July 2012)
- Episode 7919 (27th July 2012) (Co-written with Ellen Taylor)
- Episode 7949 (9th September 2012) (Co-written with Carmel Morgan)
- Episode 7965 (28th September 2012)
- Episode 7981 (24th October 2012)
- Episode 8003 (23rd November 2012)
- Episode 8004 (26th November 2012)
- Episode 8027 (26th December 2012)
- Episode 8028 (28th December 2012)
2013 (15 episodes)
- Episode 8034 (7th January 2013)
- Episode 8057 (8th February 2013)
- Episode 8073 (1st March 2013)
- Episode 8081 (13th March 2013)
- Episode 8141 (5th June 2013)
- Episode 8150 (17th June 2013)
- Episode 8172 (19th July 2013)
- Episode 8173 (19th July 2013)
- Episode 8186 (7th August 2013)
- Episode 8207 (8th September 2013) (Co-written with Joe Turner)
- Episode 8211 (11th September 2013)
- Episode 8235 (14th October 2013)
- Episode 8256 (13th November 2013)
- Episode 8276 (11th December 2013)
- Episode 8281 (18th December 2013)
2014 (13 episodes)
- Episode 8298 (10th January 2014)
- Episode 8319 (10th February 2014)
- Episode 8351 (26th March 2014)
- Episode 8360 (7th April 2014)
- Episode 8380 (5th May 2014)
- Episode 8391 (21st May 2014)
- Episode 8422 (10th July 2014)
- Episode 8442 (6th August 2014)
- Episode 8446 (11th August 2014)
- Episode 8464 (5th September 2014)
- Episode 8474 (22nd September 2014)
- Episode 8496 (22nd October 2014)
- Episode 8524 (1st December 2014)
2015 (15 episodes)
- Episode 8548 (5th January 2015)
- Episode 8571 (6th February 2015)
- Episode 8594 (11th March 2015)
- Episode 8608 (1st April 2015)
- Episode 8618 (15th April 2015)
- Episode 8631 (4th May 2015)
- Episode 8653 (3rd June 2015)
- Episode 8663 (17th June 2015)
- Episode 8679 (9th July 2015)
- Episode 8712 (20th August 2015)
- Episode 8735 (14th September 2015)
- Episode 8748 (7th October 2015)
- Episode 8771 (11th November 2015)
- Episode 8786 (4th December 2015)
- Episode 8787 (4th December 2015)
2016 (15 episodes)
- Episode 8811 (6th January 2016)
- Episode 8824 (25th January 2016)
- Episode 8845 (22nd February 2016)
- Episode 8870 (28th March 2016)
- Episode 8876 (6th April 2016)
- Episode 8917 (1st June 2016)
- Episode 8932 (29th June 2016)
- Episode 8937 (4th July 2016)
- Episode 8955 (27th July 2016)
- Episode 8993 (19th September 2016)
- Episode 9007 (7th October 2016)
- Episode 9019 (24th October 2016)
- Episode 9033 (14th November 2016)
- Episode 9058 (16th December 2016)
- Episode 9067 (30th December 2016)
2017 (12 episodes)
- Episode 9099 (13th February 2017)
- Episode 9100 (13th February 2017)
- Episode 9131 (29th March 2017)
- Episode 9136 (5th April 2017)
- Episode 9158 (5th May 2017)
- Episode 9194 (26th June 2017)
- Episode 9210 (17th July 2017)
- Episode 9232 (18th August 2017)
- Episode 9261 (29th September 2017)
- Episode 9278 (18th October 2017)
- Episode 9299 (15th November 2017)
- Episode 9331 (20th December 2017)
2018 (12 episodes)
- Episode 9350 (10th January 2018)
- Episode 9374 (7th February 2018)
- Episode 9399 (9th March 2018)
- Episode 9430 (13th April 2018)
- Episode 9461 (21st May 2018) (Co-written with Mark Wadlow)
- Episode 9478 (11th June 2018)
- Episode 9504 (10th July 2018) (Co-written with Ella Greenhill)
- Episode 9531 (10th August 2018)
- Episode 9548 (31st August 2018)
- Episode 9579 (5th October 2018)
- Episode 9623 (26th November 2018)
- Episode 9650 (26th December 2018)
2019 (7 episodes)
- Episode 9680 (30th January 2019)
- Episode 9711 (7th March 2019)
- Episode 9730 (31st March 2019) (Co-written with Steven Fay)
- Episode 9785 (3rd June 2019)
- Episode 9789 (7th June 2019) (Co-written with Julie Jones)
- Episode 9828 (22nd July 2019)
- Episode 9860 (28th August 2019)