Alma Cullen (10 May 1938 - 7 August 2021) was a screenwriter and playwright, creating scripts for well-known British television dramas Inspector Morse and A Touch of Frost.
Another STV drama, Northern Lights, was set during an Edinburgh Festival starring Judy Parfitt and Rik Mayall, and was shortlisted for an Emmy.
[3] Isla Blair also starred in the STV legal drama series, The Advocates, based in Edinburgh, and she is quoted as saying "[Cullen] is the only writer on television whose dialogues I have never wanted to change.
"[2] In the late 1980s and 1990s, Cullen collaborated with author Colin Dexter on four episodes of Inspector Morse,[2] sharing the Writers' Guild award for best original drama in both 1991 and 1992.
[1] In 1996, she wrote the script for an episode of A Touch of Frost, starring David Jason, who later went to win best actor award in 2000 for his role in Cullen's TV film All the King's Men.