Colin Free (1 September 1925–26 May 1996) was an Australian writer best known for his work in TV. Colin Free was born on 1 September 1925 in Sydney, Australia. He died on 26 May 1996 in Goulburn, Australia. He wrote for the theatre, notably Hamlet in shadow – Sydney in 1954. Free wrote scripts for the BBC and the ABC, as well as for radio.