Matthew Hall

Matthew Hall is a novelist and a screenwriter living on the England / Wales border.

Works

Coroner

Jenny Cooper investigates unexplained or sudden deaths in the city of Toronto. Fierce and quick-witted, Jenny is a newly-widowed single mother with secrets of her own to unearth.

Release Date2019-01-07

DepartmentWriting

JobBook

Episode Count38

Vote Count233

Dalziel & Pascoe

British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton. The unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-china-shop-copper Detective Superintendent Andrew Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his more sensitive and university educated sidekick Detective Sargent, later Detective Inspector, Peter Pascoe is always on hand to solve the classic murder mystery, while maintaining a down to earth wit and humour.

Release Date1996-03-16

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count27

Kavanagh Q.C.

John Thaw dons the silks as barrister James Kavanagh Q.C., one of the most highly respected criminal advocates in London, commanding admiration from colleagues and opponents alike. However, all this has come at a price as his dedication to work has taken its toll on his private life… Going beyond traditional courtroom dramas, “Kavanagh Q.C.” uncovers the pressures of legal battles and the problems of defining the truth, providing a compelling representation of the euphoric ups and costly downs of success and failure in the legal world.

Release Date1995-01-03

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count9

Blue Murder

Blue Murder is a British crime drama television series based in Manchester. Shown on ITV from 2003 until 2009 when it was cancelled by the network, it starred Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis.

Release Date2003-05-18

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count13

HIDE

The story of a woman who, after her husband disappears one day, tracks down the secret behind his disappearance and encounters a large truth that is too much to handle.

Release Date2024-03-23

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Episode Count12

Vote Count8

Keeping Faith

Faith, a small-town Welsh lawyer, is forced to cut short her extended maternity leave when her husband and business partner, Evan, goes missing. As the truth of his actions surface, Faith must fight to protect her family and her sanity.

Release Date2017-11-05

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count20

Vote Count36

Life Support

Life Support

Life Support is a 1999 British medical drama series aired across six episodes on BBC Scotland. Katherine Doone works as a clinical ethicist at Glasgow's Caledonian hospital. Her job is to make the big decisions about what's best for the patient's long-term treatment.

Release Date1999-07-19

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Wing and a Prayer

An inside, behind-the-scenes look at the practice of law, and the lawyers whose lives are caught up in their work with each other.

Release Date1997-09-22

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count1

Loving You

Chloe, a divorced schoolteacher, falls in love with educational psychologist Dan, only to be left heartbroken when the police arrest Dan on suspicion of sexually abusing a six-year-old that he has been assessing. Chloe is forced to confront the possibility that Dan may have also sexually abused her two daughters, Alice and Lucy.

Release Date2003-02-24

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay