Colin Bateman (Writer)

Murphy's Law

Detective Sergeant Tommy Murphy is a maverick cop with a dark past. After failing a psychiatric assessment, he is given one last chance by his boss and given a dangerous undercover assignment. Murphy is a loner with little to lose and deals with everything on his own terms. This time around, however, Murphy has an ally in Detective Inspector Annie Guthrie.

Release Date2001-09-24

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count16

Rebus

Detective series set in and around Edinburgh, Scotland. Inspector John Rebus, whose methods earn him the wrath of his superiors, does not hesitate to circumvent the law to enforce it.

Release Date2000-04-26

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count19

Dead and Buried

Outside the supermarket with her young son, Cathy encounters Michael - the man convicted of the brutal murder of her brother, 20 years earlier. Ignoring the advice of her best friend, Cathy takes to social media, uncovering the successful career and family life Michael has forged for himself since early release from prison, while she grieved for her brother.

Release Date2024-09-02

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count4

Vote Count7

Scúp

Set in a struggling Irish language newspaper in Belfast, the series is built around the character of Rob Cullan. a journalist who has left a high flying job in an English newspaper under a cloud. He is persuaded to return to the community he grew up in by the wily newspaper proprietor Diarmuid Black to help rescue his ailing publication.

Release Date2013-02-27

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count14

Driven

FBI informant Jim Hoffman lures troubled automobile magnate John DeLorean to an undercover sting for cocaine trafficking.

Release Date2019-08-15

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count230

The Journey

Firebrand Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness, two implacable enemies in Northern Ireland, are forced to take a short journey together in which they will take the biggest leap of faith and change the course of history.

Release Date2017-03-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count56

Watermelon

A tangled web of deciet pitches three lovers together with the added proposition of a baby.

Release Date2003-04-16

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count6

Wild About Harry

A sleazy chef is forced to face the truth about the man he has become and realizes that he has the chance to begin again.

Release Date2000-12-31

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count15

Divorcing Jack

He's Irish, he's ageing, he drinks, is a touch cynical and when he has time writes a newspaper column. On the eve of the country's first election as an independent state, Dan Starkey's life is about to change after he finds the young woman he has just made love to dead and his only ally is a nun

Release Date1998-10-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count25

Unhappy Endings

A woman is drawn in by a mysterious stranger she meets at a bar, fascinated by what could be his intriguing story - or sinister warning.

Release Date2016-02-02

DepartmentWriting

JobShort Story

Dead Man's Girl

When small-town newspaper journalist Kevin learns of his predecessor's horrific death, he's surprised to find the cops aren't investigating the murder. Helped by the dead man's attractive girlfriend, Kevin starts digging for information -- and soon finds himself caught up in a world he never imagined.

Release Date1998-05-18

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter