Ashley Pharoah is a British screenwriter and television producer. He is best known as the co-creator/writer of the successful drama series Life on Mars, which began on BBC One in 2006, and creator/writer of the family drama Wild at Heart, which aired on ITV1 from 2006 until 2012.
The documentary about the making of the critically acclaimed British TV sequel series to the show Life on Mars, featuring behind the scenes interviews with the cast and crew, ahead of the final season.
Release Date2009-05-06
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A documentary about the conclusion of Life on Mars
Release Date2007-04-16
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Silent Witness is a British crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes.
Release Date1996-02-21
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count4
Vote Count97
Closet witch Diana Bishop and centuries-old vampire Matthew Clairmont are drawn into a deadly mystery and forbidden romance when a magical book shows up in an Oxford library.
Release Date2018-09-14
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count8
Vote Count759
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
Release Date1986-09-06
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count82
A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings.
Release Date2004-02-24
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count168
A detective chief inspector from 2006 is investigating a serial killer when he is knocked over by a speeding car. Waking up, he finds himself mysteriously transported back in time to 1973. Initially struggling to come to terms with his situation, he has to come to terms with the old-fashioned technology and attitude of the day, while figuring out how he came to be trapped in the past.
Release Date2006-01-09
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count284
Following an outrageous bet, Fogg and his valet, Passepartout, take on the legendary journey of circumnavigating the globe in just 80 days, swiftly joined by aspiring journalist Abigail Fix, who seizes the chance to report on this extraordinary story.
Release Date2021-12-05
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count6
Vote Count157
Somerset 1894. When a pioneering Victorian psychologist brings his vivacious young wife to live on his family's estate, he is confronted by one disturbing case after another. Are these strange events linked merely by coincidence, or is there something more sinister - more supernatural - going on at Shepzoy?
Release Date2016-06-28
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count6
Vote Count54
Where the Heart Is is a British television family drama series set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Skelthwaite. It focuses on the professional and personal lives of the district nurses who work in the town.
Release Date1997-04-06
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count6
Vote Count2
Crime drama series featuring Life On Mars' DCI Gene Hunt. After being shot in 2008, DI Alex Drake lands in 1981, where she finds herself in familiar company.
Release Date2008-02-07
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count6
Vote Count104
After a car crash, police detective Sam Tyler mysteriously finds himself transported back to 1973 and still working as a detective.
Release Date2008-10-09
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count93
The Trevanion family decide to make a fresh start and emigrate to South Africa to set up an animal reserve.
Release Date2006-01-29
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count13
Bonekickers was a BBC drama about a team of archaeologists, set at the fictional Wessex University. It made its début on 8 July 2008 and ran for one series. It was written by Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes creators Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah. It was produced by Michele Buck and Damien Timmer of Mammoth Screen Ltd and co-produced with Monastic Productions. Archaeologist and Bristol University academic Mark Horton acted as the series' archaeological consultant. Adrian Lester has described the programme as "CSI meets Indiana Jones [...] There's an element of the crime procedural show, there's science, conspiracy theories – and there's a big underlying mystery that goes through the whole six-episode series." Much of the series was filmed in the City of Bath, Somerset, with locations including the University of Bath campus. Additional locations included Brean Down Fort and Kings Weston House, Chavenage House for episodes 5 & 6 and Sheldon Manor. On 21 November 2008 Broadcast magazine revealed the show would not be returning for a second series.
Release Date2008-07-08
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count11
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 Count2
Vote Count37
La Chica de Ayer is a Spanish television series which first aired on the channel Antena 3 between 26 April and 14 June 2009. A detective show, it was based on the British series Life on Mars which featured a policeman suddenly transported back to 1973. The Spanish version of the show was set four years later, in 1977, and took its name from the Spanish song "La Chica de Ayer" by Nacha Pop in a similar manner to the British version which was named after the David Bowie song "Life on Mars". It featured Ernesto Alterio in the role of Samuel Santos, a modern-day police officer who finds himself in 1977 post-Franco Spain under the command of Quin Gallardo, a tough old-school policeman contemptuous of his modern methods.
Release Date2009-04-26
DepartmentWriting
JobOriginal Series Creator
Episode Count8
Vote Count2
Two angels are sent to Earth in the guise of lawyers in order to help humankind.
Release Date2012-01-05
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count8
Three brothers run a discount warehouse in Nottingham, England. They struggle to keep the business afloat. The eldest brother tries to run the business with a steady sense while one of the younger brothers is constantly looking for a get rich quick approach which invariably leads to arguments.
Release Date2002-07-02
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count6
Set in a rustic English village in the mid 19th century, Under The Greenwood Tree tells the story of a poor young man who falls for a middle-class schoolteacher and attempts to win her over.
Release Date2005-12-26
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count27
The determined new headmaster of an English prep school attempts to reform the frequently unruly students, who are tormented by a ruthless bully.
Release Date2005-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count15
This film was made entirely in Ghana and consists of documentary scenes and a fictitious story about a British engineer who wants to import microchips to Africa. But the reaction of the blacks to his plans to build a fully automatic plastic furniture factory surprises him. His faith in technocracy stands opposed to what they know about the environment. When the conflict has reached its climax, a spell is cast upon him... finally, he gives up... but his attitude toward Africa has changed for the better.
Release Date1984-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Lucy discovers the body of a Second World War pilot in the village pond.
Release Date1988-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
