Peter Harness (Writer)
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Works
Is Anybody There?
A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.
Release Date2009-04-17
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Cashier
Vote Count71
Doctor Who
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
Release Date2005-03-26
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count4
Vote Count3159
Constellation
When a fatal accident occurs on board the International Space Station, a lone astronaut makes the heroic journey back to Earth, only to discover key pieces of her life—including her young daughter—have changed.
Release Date2024-02-21
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count8
Vote Count294
Wallander
This drama follows Inspector Kurt Wallander – a middle-aged everyman – as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in the apparently sleepy backwaters in and around Ystad in Skane, southern Sweden. Based on the international best-selling books by Henning Mankell.
Release Date2008-11-30
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count3
Vote Count139
The War of the Worlds
In Edwardian England, George and his partner Amy attempt to defy society and start a life together as they face the escalating terror of an alien invasion, fighting for their lives against an enemy beyond their comprehension.
Release Date2019-11-17
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count3
Vote Count293
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
With magic long since lost to England, two men are destined to bring it back; the reclusive Mr. Norrell and daring novice Jonathan Strange. So begins a dangerous battle between two great minds.
Release Date2015-05-17
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count7
Vote Count162
McMafia
Alex Godman, the English-raised son of Russian mafia exiles, has spent his life trying to escape the shadow of their past, building his own legitimate business and forging a life with his girlfriend Rebecca. But when a murder forces his family's past to return to threaten them, Alex is drawn into the criminal underworld and must confront his values to protect those he loves.
Release Date2018-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count215
Case Histories
Case Histories is a British drama television series based on the Jackson Brodie detective novels by Kate Atkinson. It stars Jason Isaacs as Jackson Brodie.
Release Date2011-06-05
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count3
Vote Count38
1066: The Battle for Middle Earth
In this blend of historical drama and original source material, the story of this decisive year is remagined, not from the saddles of kings and conquerors, but through the eyes of the ordinary men who fought on their behalf.
Release Date2009-05-18
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count10
City of Vice
In the 1750s London’s perilous streets were run by armed gangs, corrupt night watchmen and thief takers. Then two Westminster magistrates, novelist Henry Fielding and his brother, John, obtained a grant from Parliament allowing them to bring some law and order to the crime-ridden boroughs of Central London.
Release Date2008-01-14
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count5
Vote Count2
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen is a 2009 television drama. It deals with Dr James Niven's attempts to deal with the 1918 flu pandemic in Manchester. Its screenplay was written by Peter Harness and it starred Bill Paterson as Niven, along with Mark Gatiss, Kenneth Cranham and Charlotte Riley. It was first broadcast on BBC Four on 5 August 2009.
Release Date2009-08-05
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count3
Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me
Candid and poignant drama about the comedian Frankie Howerd and the relationship with his long-term, long-suffering manager, and gay partner, Dennis Heymer. Despite his overtly camp persona, Howerd kept his companionship with Heymer under wraps for 35 years, until his death in 1992. Yet through career disaster, social stigma, illegality, numerous infidelities and Howerd's own deep-seated issues about his homosexuality, their love endured.
Release Date2008-04-08
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count2
A View from a Hill
On holiday, a young man borrows a pair of binoculars when his own are broken. But they seem somehow bewitched, showing things that could only be seen with dead men's eyes... visions from the past. And using them could lead to a sinister rendezvous on Gallow's Hill.
Release Date2005-12-24
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count12
Heist
In 1303, a ragtag bunch of crooks and ne'er-do-wells plot to take revenge on Edward I, the King of England.
Release Date2008-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count3
The People v Gary McKinnon
Using the moniker 'Solo', Gary McKinnon broke into 97 US military and NASA computers from London over the course of 13 months, causing outages and deleting files. He also posted a criticism of the military's security on their website.
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter