User:Tomgstewart/Leslie Stewart

Leslie George Stewart (born 23 May 1949, Benghazi, Libya) - British based international writer and director. Leslie co-wrote the song "Mistletoe and Wine", which got Cliff Richard the 1988 Christmas number one. His TV script writing work includes Monarch of the Glen,  Holby City, Love Bytes, Down to Earth, Casualty, As If, Peak Practice, and the controversial 1987 film Two of Us for the BBC's SCENE series.

In 1976 Leslie Stewart co-wrote his first musical, Shoot Up at Elbow Creek. He also wrote The Little Match Girl, based on Hans Christian Andersen's short story, for the Richmond's Orange Tree Theatre, which contained the song "Mistletoe and Wine." HTV assistend in the production of the play for television in 1986. Two years later, he received an Ivor Novello award for the song, which Cliff Richard released it as a single.