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 Count161

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 Count214

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

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

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

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

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