Jeff Pope (Writing)
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Works
The Penguin Lessons
In 1976, as Argentina descends into violence and chaos, a world-weary English teacher regains his compassion for others thanks to an unlikely friendship with a penguin.
Release Date:2025-03-28
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant
The four-part drama series will tell the story of Cary Grant’s life, from his humble beginnings as Archie Leach in Bristol, England to the Hollywood leading man he became.
Release Date:2023-11-23
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Episode Count:4
Vote Count:12
The Reckoning
The life of Jimmy Savile, a man who, for decades, became one of the UK’s most influential celebrities, but in death has become one of the most reviled figures of modern history following revelations of extensive and horrific abuse.
Release Date:2023-10-09
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Episode Count:4
Vote Count:17
The Lost King
An amateur historian defies the academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III's remains, which were lost for over 500 years.
Release Date:2022-10-07
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:157
The Walk-In
Forced to flee the UK and go into hiding in the 1990’s when he became a mole from within the BNP, Matthew Collins returned to Britain to make a new life for himself. As Collins works with young white men in the fight against radicalisation.
Release Date:2022-10-03
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Episode Count:5
Vote Count:25
Four Lives
The true story of the courageous families of four young gay men who lost their lives to killer Stephen Port. Facing police failings, they fought for justice for their loved ones.
Release Date:2022-01-03
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:33
Isolation Stories
A series of four short dramas depicting life in lockdown. Each episode will be 15 minutes in duration and will reflect what families are going through after weeks of isolation. The series will be filmed observing the strict rules of lockdown with actors and their families filming the scenes themselves watched remotely by the directors. Each of the directors — Paul Whittington, Paul Andrew Williams, Louise Hooper and David Blair — will be watching footage via their mobile phones and giving advice to the actors and their family members about camera positioning, scene composition and lighting as they record the scenes.
Release Date:2020-05-04
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:4
Vote Count:2
A Confession
The story of how Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher deliberately breached police procedure and protocol to catch a killer, a decision that ultimately cost him his career and reputation.
Release Date:2019-09-02
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:6
Vote Count:64
Hatton Garden
The story of the audacious jewellery, gold and cash burglary at the heart of London's diamond district executed by an elderly gang of career criminals across the Easter Bank Holiday weekend in April 2015.
Release Date:2019-05-20
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Episode Count:4
Vote Count:13
Stan & Ollie
With their golden era long behind them, comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille and Ida – a formidable double act in their own right – the pair's love of performing, as well as for each other, endures as they secure their place in the hearts of their adoring public
Release Date:2018-12-28
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:1051
Little Boy Blue
Based on a true story, this four-part drama tells the story of the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones in Croxteth, Liverpool, in 2007. It explores Melanie’s and Steve’s ordeal, and tells of how Rhys’ murderer and associates were eventually brought to justice.
Release Date:2017-04-24
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Episode Count:4
Vote Count:34
The Moorside
A two-part drama about the search in 2008 for missing Yorkshire schoolgirl Shannon Matthews.
Release Date:2017-02-07
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:22
Cilla
Three-part biopic of the Liverpudlian songbird who would later find fame and fortune. It tells of her rocky road to fame and captures the essence of 1960s Liverpool.
Release Date:2014-09-15
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:10
The Widower
Over a thirteen year period, a seemingly mild‐mannered male nurse, Malcolm Webster, set about poisoning and murdering his first wife, attempting to do the same to his second wife and moving on to a further scheme to deceive his third fiancée.
Release Date:2014-03-17
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Vote Count:22
Lucan
Drama about infamous aristocrat Lord Lucan, who mysteriously disappeared in 1974 after being accused of murdering his children's nanny.
Release Date:2013-12-11
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:1
Lucan
Belgravia, London, November 7th, 1974. Sandra Rivett, nanny of the aristocratic Lucan family, is found beaten to death. Shortly thereafter, the prime suspect, John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, mysteriously disappears. When the manhunt begins, the subsequent scandal shakes the foundations of the British ruling class like never before.
Release Date:2013-12-11
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:13
Philomena
A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
Release Date:2013-11-01
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:1614
Visitors
From the director of KOYAANISQATSI, an astonishing film that documents the drama of how we both live and witness what we experience. Shot in rich black and white Godfrey Reggio's latest film finds the full spectrum of emotion in human faces, gorgeous landscapes and even the behavior of an especially expressive gorilla.
Release Date:2013-09-08
Character:Featured Human
Vote Count:29
The Security Men
A group of night security guards working at the fictional Whittington shopping centre in Greater Manchester must create an elaborate scheme to hide a robbery that has taken place on their watch.
Release Date:2013-04-12
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Mrs Biggs
The true story of Charmian Biggs (née Powell), the rebellious product of a strict 1950s upbringing, and her whirlwind romance with Ronald Biggs leading to a descent into crime, most infamously 1963's Great Train Robbery.
Release Date:2012-09-05
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:6
Appropriate Adult
The extraordinary story of Gloucester housewife Janet Leach who played a key role in the uncovering of the crimes of Fred and Rosemary West.
Release Date:2011-09-04
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:44
Come Rain Come Shine
David Jason stars as cockney ex-docker Don Mitchell in this emotional drama. Don is incredibly proud of his son David’s affluent lifestyle. The cars, the detached house and private schooling for the children were things Don could only dream about as a young man. His wife Dora, on the other hand, has doubts about her son’s financial affairs. When David’s life starts to unravel under a mountain of debt, family bonds are tested to the limit.
Release Date:2010-12-20
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:2
Mo
A docudrama about the life of the former UK Secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam.
Release Date:2010-01-31
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:9
The Fattest Man in Britain
Georgie Godwin is the fattest man in Britain. A tourist attraction, thanks to greedy 'agent, cabbie Morris. Devoted neighbour Janice is Georgie's only other regular outside contact until he meets Amy, a pregnant teenager fleeing a violent boyfriend ,whom he takes in as a lodger. Amy tries to help Georgie change his lifestyle, but Morris is more than keen to stop her ruining his tourist attraction.
Release Date:2009-12-20
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:12
Clash of the Santas
Christmas sequel to hit comedies, City Lights and Northern Lights. Follow the ups-and-downs of bickering best friends Colin and Howie at the World Santa Championships.
Release Date:2008-12-21
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:2
Joanne Lees: Murder In The Outback
After surviving the terrifying outback abduction of her boyfriend, Joanne Lees became the victim of a relentless trial by media across two continents. With no body to speak of, reported 'sightings' of Peter, and revelations Joanne had cheated on her boyfriend, the public and media in both Britain and Australia refused to accept Joanne's innocence on face value. This is the story of one young woman's courage in the face of one of the most mysterious crimes in Australian history.
Release Date:2007-03-18
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:8
See No Evil: The Moors Murders
See No Evil: The Moors Murders is a British two-part television serial directed by Christopher Menaul. It was produced by Granada Television and broadcast on ITV during May 2006. It tells the story of the Moors Murders, which were committed during the 1960s by Myra Hindley and Ian Brady, from the view of Hindley's sister Maureen Smith and her husband David.
Release Date:2006-05-14
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:37
Northern Lights
Northern Lights is a 2006 comedy-drama. It is a spin-off of the 2004 Christmas special Christmas Lights. A sequel, City Lights, was broadcast in 2007. Also a Christmas special, Clash of the Santas, was broadcast in December 2008. It featured Colin and Howie taking a trip to Lithuania to represent the United Kingdom in a Santa convention. The main problem with this is that miserable Howie is picked as Santa, while true Christmas believer Colin is relegated to the role of cheerleading elf.
Release Date:2006-01-16
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Episode Count:12
Vote Count:1
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Following in his father's footsteps, Albert Pierrepoint becomes one of Britain's most prolific executioners, hiding his identity as a grocery deliveryman. But when his ambition to be the best inadvertently exposes his gruesome secret, he becomes a minor celebrity & faces a public outcry against the practice of hanging. Based on true events.
Release Date:2005-12-07
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:77
Dirty Filthy Love
A man's life falls apart as a result of his affliction with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Tourette's Syndrome in this touching and funny tale.
Release Date:2005-05-24
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:25
Planespotting
Television drama based on a true story about a group of planespotters wrongly accused of being spies. 14 planespotters are arrested for behaving 'suspiciously' at an air base in Greece and are accused of being spies because of the telescopes, radio scanners and aircraft serial numbers they have in their possession. They plead their innocence but the farce turns into a nightmare when the group are held in squalid Greek prisons.
Release Date:2005-02-20
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:1
Christmas Lights
Robson Green and Mark Benton co-star in Christmas Lights, a one-off comedy drama for ITV1 centred on two lifelong friends who have always competed with each other. The festive season brings on new challenges and takes their rivalry to extremes resulting in the two friends forgetting what Christmas is really about. Can anything bring them to their senses?
Release Date:2004-12-20
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:8
Wall of Silence
The tale of a gang killing near a south-east London council estate.
Release Date:2004-01-12
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:5
Hot Money
Three women, Bridget, Liz and Jackie, embark on a plan to steal thousands of pounds of banknotes that were due to be destroyed at the Bank of England's incinerating plant in Essex. Fictionalised account of a real-life case.
Release Date:2001-12-12
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:3
My Beautiful Son
Drama - A NYC psychiatrist is diagnosed with leukemia - and when he finds out he was adopted, he travels to England in search of his birth mother and some answers. - Paul Reiser, Amber Sealey, Lachele Carl
Release Date:2001-01-01
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Essex Boys
Billy has just scored an entry-level position with the local crime cartel. His first job is to mind Jason, a newly released thug with a vicious temper. Jason thinks it's his job to teach Billy about crime, drugs and women. Little does he know that Billy has his eyes on Jason's own wife, Lisa. When an ecstasy deal goes bad, Jason vows revenge on the boss, while Billy looks to take out Jason. Before long, bodies start turning up
Release Date:2000-07-14
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:61
The Place of the Dead
It was one of the last unexplored places on Earth; a terrifyingly deep gully in the heart of the Borneo jungle. It was the ultimate challenge – to climb down into it and explore what the locals call, "The Place of the Dead." Based on a true story that made headlines around the world, this adventure drama is the tale of men pushed to their limits and beyond, battling against forces that they could not comprehend.
Release Date:1997-01-18
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:3
The One That Got Away
The existence of the anti-Iraq coalition was threatened when Saddam targetted Israel. In order to keep Israel out of the war, and the coalition together the Scuds had to be stopped. SAS patrol Bravo Two Zero, under the command of Sgt. Andy McNab was tasked to destroy these weapons. Three of the SAS troopers were killed and four captured: Only one escaped - Cpl. Chris Ryan.
Release Date:1996-02-18
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:5
Open Fire
Based on real events from 1983; DC Peter Finch is awarded a medal for the courage he showed in arresting a dangerous criminal. Meanwhile transvestite David Martin is released once again from prison - he's provocative and aggressive and, when he's caught again during a burglary, he shoots one of the police officers, leading to a nation wide manhunt. Innocent filmmaker Steven Waldorf is subsequently shot as a suspect by Finch, provoking a national scandal that rocks the police force.
Release Date:1994-11-12
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:1
The Magician
For more than a year in the early 1980s, police at Scotland Yard watched the build-up of a potentially massive threat to the stability of British society – a flood of the most perfect counterfeit currency ever produced. Unchecked, the tide of fake money could have destabilized the economy, the Bank of England and even the Government.
Release Date:1993-01-01
Department:Crew
Job:Script
Vote Count:1
A Question of Identity
Erwin van Haarlem is a man of mystery. Living in London in 1986 and ostensibly a Dutch art dealer, he is in fact spying for Czechoslovakia with a mission to track down supporters of the dissident group, Chapter 77.
Release Date:1992-11-13
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
The Players
1847 New York, where Edwin Forrest holds the undisputed title as the country’s top Shakespearean actor. Playing magnificently to a sold out, raucous crowd every night, Edwin is ‘The Star.'” But when critically celebrated English thespian William MacCready arrives from London to perform his sophisticated Hamlet, Edwin’s title is thrown into jeopardy. Each man wants what the other has, and the rivalry between them starts a hilarious and unforgettable battle of egos.
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
Set immediately after the London bombings in 2005, the series will focus on the manhunt for a group of would-be terrorists and the tragic killing of the innocent Brazillian, after he was mistaken as a suspect.
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:1