Jack Thorne

Jack Thorne FRSL (born 6 December 1978) is a British playwright, television writer, screenwriter, and producer. A massive fan of hard science fiction, he is best known for writing the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the films Wonder (2017), Enola Holmes (2020) and the latter's sequel (2022), and the television programme His Dark Materials (2019–2022). Between 2010 and 2015, Thorne co-wrote three mini-series – This Is England '86, This Is England '88, and This Is England '90 – with director Shane Meadows. Thorne's two 2025 mini-series, Toxic Town and Adolescence, were released on Netflix to widespread critical acclaim. He co-wrote the third instalment in the Tron film franchise, Tron: Ares, which will be released in October 2025. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Thorne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

TRON: Ares

A highly sophisticated Program called Ares is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind's first encounter with A.I. beings.

Release Date: 2025-10-08

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Adolescence

When a 13-year-old is accused of the murder of a classmate, his family, therapist and the detective in charge are all left asking: what really happened?

Release Date: 2025-03-13

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 587

Toxic Town

When dozens of babies in Corby are born with disabilities, their mothers embark on a battle to hold those responsible to account.

Release Date: 2025-02-27

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 27

Joy

A young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media and medical establishment, in their pursuit of the world’s first ‘test tube baby’, Louise Joy Brown.

Release Date: 2024-11-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 124

An Almost Christmas Story

A young owl meets a lost little girl in New York City. Together, they try to get home for Christmas.

Release Date: 2024-10-14

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Vote Count: 67

Equal Play

This beautiful and compelling documentary uncovers the transformative power of sport for disabled people, through the experiences of two British children who are striving to be included.

Release Date: 2024-07-09

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue

In 1964, Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under Sir John Gielgud’s exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel.

Release Date: 2024-03-21

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 4

Best Interests

Marnie has a life-threatening condition. The doctors believe it is in her best interests to be allowed to die, but her loving family disagree. And so begins a fight that will take them through every stage of a legal process, as they struggle to contemplate this huge decision. Who decides? And in whose best interests will it be?

Release Date: 2023-06-12

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 14

Enola Holmes 2

Now a detective-for-hire like her infamous brother, Enola Holmes takes on her first official case to find a missing girl, as the sparks of a dangerous conspiracy ignite a mystery that requires the help of friends — and Sherlock himself — to unravel.

Release Date: 2022-11-30

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 1511

The Swimmers

From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a risky voyage, putting their hearts and their swimming skills to heroic use.

Release Date: 2022-11-24

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 574

Am I Being Unreasonable?

Nic is lonely, stuck in her marriage, and the cat’s missing. She loves her son but wants more from life. When new mum Jen arrives in town, Nic’s life is lit up. But it comes at a cost.

Release Date: 2022-09-23

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 20

Then Barbara Met Alan

The untold disability civil-rights love story of two cabaret performers, Barbara and Alan, who met at a gig, fell in love, and became the driving force behind an unprecedented campaign of direct action that ultimately led to the passing of the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act.

Release Date: 2022-03-21

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 6

National Theatre Live: After Life

A group of strangers grapple with this impossible question as they find themselves in a bureaucratic waiting room between life and death. Encouraged by enigmatic officials, they must sift through their past lives to choose their forever. Adapted from Hirokazu Kore-eda's award-winning film, After Life is a surreal and powerfully human look at the way we view our lives, and a haunting meditation on what it is to live - and to die.

Release Date: 2021-11-25

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Help

Sarah seems to have found her calling working in a Liverpool care home where she has a special talent for connecting with the residents. Then, in March 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic hits.

Release Date: 2021-09-16

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 118

A Christmas Carol

Two visionary talents, playwright Jack Thorne and director Matthew Warchus, offer a magical new interpretation of Charles Dickens’ classic story. This timeless—and timely—tale of redemption welcomes theatergoers of all ages into an immersive experience that’s brimming with Christmas spirit, with dazzling staging, moving storytelling, and 12 of the most cherished Christmas carols, including “Joy to the World,” “Silent Night,” and “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear.”

Release Date: 2020-12-12

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 6

CripTales

A life-changing moment is captured in six powerful, dramatic monologues. Written, directed and performed by disabled people and curated by Mat Fraser.

Release Date: 2020-11-02

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 1

Dirt Music

Georgie is slowly suffocating in a loveless marriage to fishing tycoon Jim Buckridge. Handsome poacher Lu is an irresistible symbol of the excitement she craves. A passionate affair follows that reveals the dark secrets in Lu’s past and forces him to take flight into the blistering heat of the outback. Georgie follows, determined to find him and bring him back.

Release Date: 2020-10-08

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 53

Enola Holmes

While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.

Release Date: 2020-09-23

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 6142

The Secret Garden

Mary Lennox is born in India to wealthy British parents who never wanted her. When her parents suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle. She meets her sickly cousin, and the two children find a wondrous secret garden lost in the grounds of Misselthwaite Manor.

Release Date: 2020-07-08

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 587

The Eddy

The owner of a Paris jazz club gets tangled up with dangerous criminals as he fights to protect his business, his band and his teenage daughter.

Release Date: 2020-05-08

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 8

Vote Count: 50

Radioactive

The story of Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie and her extraordinary scientific discoveries—through the prism of her marriage to husband Pierre—and the seismic and transformative effects their discovery of radium had on the 20th century.

Release Date: 2020-03-11

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 849

The Aeronauts

In 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren teams up with pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher to advance human knowledge of the weather and fly higher than anyone in history. While breaking records and advancing scientific discovery, their voyage to the very edge of existence helps the unlikely pair find their place in the world they have left far below them. But they face physical and emotional challenges in the thin air, as the ascent becomes a fight for survival.

Release Date: 2019-11-04

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Vote Count: 1123

His Dark Materials

Lyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Her search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children and turns into a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust. She is later joined on her journey by Will, a boy who possesses a knife that can cut windows between worlds. As she learns the truth about her parents and her prophesied destiny, the two young people are caught up in a war against celestial powers that ranges across many worlds.

Release Date: 2019-11-03

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 18

Vote Count: 1709

The Accident

Tragedy strikes the welsh town of Glyngolau when an accident on a construction site kills a group of trespassing children. Grief quickly turns to anger and the families cry for justice. But as the gears of justice slowly turn, challenging truths begin to emerge. It falls to the Council Leader’s wife, Polly, to hold the community together, all the while also caring for a daughter – the only survivor of the collapse. And as those in charge fail to deliver closure for the town, it’s up to her to lead them on the march for justice, no matter what the cost.

Release Date: 2019-10-24

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 29

The Virtues

Joseph falls into despair when his nine-year-old son Shea leaves for Australia with his ex Debbie. Suffering the hangover from hell, he walks away from his present life and boards a boat bound for Ireland to confront memories from his childhood.

Release Date: 2019-05-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 52

Kiri

A drama dealing with the abduction and murder of a young black girl, soon to be adopted by her white foster family, and the trail of lies, blame, guilt and notoriety which follow.

Release Date: 2018-01-10

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 24

Wonder

The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

Release Date: 2017-11-13

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 7956

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

A diverse anthology of ambitious, moving tales inspired by Philip K Dick's short stories.

Release Date: 2017-09-17

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 315

National Treasure

Paul Finchley is a bona fide "national treasure", one half of a popular, long-running comedy double act. The famous comedian's world is thrown into chaos when he is accused of historic sexual abuse.

Release Date: 2016-09-20

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 31

War Book

Government officials practice their response and decisions in a simulated escalation of nuclear threat.

Release Date: 2015-08-07

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 18

Don't Take My Baby

Factual drama which tells the story of a disabled couple's agonising struggle to keep their newborn baby. Based on real-life testimony, this emotional tale will call viewers' prejudices and beliefs about the disabled community and society as a whole into question, as we learn about a situation many disabled couples find themselves in as new parents. Can 21-year-old wheelchair user Anna and partially-sighted Tom provide the care and attention their daughter needs, or will social worker Belinda have to consider alternative care?

Release Date: 2015-07-20

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 2

A Long Way Down

Four lost souls—a disgraced TV presenter, a foul-mouthed teen, an isolated single mother, and a solipsistic muso—decide to end their lives on the same night, New Year's Eve. When this disillusioned quartet of strangers meet unintentionally at the same suicide hotspot, a London high-rise with the well-earned nickname Topper's Tower, they mutually agree to call off their plans for six weeks, forming an unconventional, dysfunctional family. They become media sensations as the Topper House Four and search together for the reasons to keep on living.

Release Date: 2014-03-20

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 888

Jonah

Mbwana and his best friend Juma are two young men with big dreams. These dreams become reality when they photograph a gigantic fish leaping out of the sea and their small town blossoms into a tourist hot-spot as a result. But for Mbwana, the reality isn't what he dreamed – and when he meets the fish again, both of them forgotten, ruined and old, he decides only one of them can survive. Jonah is a big fish story about the old and the new, and the links and the distances between them. A visual feast, shot though with humour and warmth, it tells an old story in a completely new way.

Release Date: 2013-01-16

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 20

The Alchemist

An adaptation of the classic novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that was first published in 1988.

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

The Scouting Book for Boys

Thomas Turgoose (This Is England) stars as David, a young boy who lives a carefree life on a coastal caravan park with his best friend Emily (Holliday Grainger). When David learns that Emily is being forced to move away, he helps her hide out in a remote cave on the beach. But as David watches the police close in on his missing friend, their innocent secret takes on a life of its own. When the real reason Emily wants to escape comes to light, David's world is shattered. Swept up in a situation out of his control, and with his feelings for his best friend growing stranger by the day, David is forced to take action.

Release Date: 2010-03-19

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 21

Sovereign

In the wake of a fractured marriage, a man goes to find his wife and the entire crew of a space station who have gone missing. As he explores the ship, he discovers the truth about their disappearance and is forced to confront his own role in losing her.

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

A man attending a funeral in his hometown comes face-to-face with his past when he is confronted with memories of mistrust, adultery, abuse, and a fantastical journey that couldn't possibly be real. It couldn't possibly be real, but the memory of a mysterious girl named Lettie Hempstock ties each bizarre childhood occurrence to the last.

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

The story will follow a medium who convinces her husband to kidnap a child so she can help the police solve the crime and achieve renown for her abilities. When her true intentions come to light, however, her husband realizes the plan threatens to consume them both.

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Enola Holmes 3

Details TBA. Described as being a little darker and skewing a little older than the previous two installments.

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

The Last Panthers

The six-part series opens with a daring diamond heist before quickly delving into the dark heart of Europe where a shadowy alliance of gangsters and 'banksters' now rules. Naomi is the British loss adjustor charged with recovering the stolen diamonds whatever the cost. Also in pursuit is French-Algerian policeman Khalil.

Release Date: 2015-11-12

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 21

This Is England '90

Shaun, Harvey, Gadget, Trev and Kelly hit up the nightlife of raves and ecstasy. Woody and Lol are happy, living together with their kids and Combo is still in prison. But things slowly change. This is the year 1990 and This is England.

Release Date: 2015-09-13

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Carrotbum

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 86

Glue

Overton is a small, countryside village where farming is its bread and butter and race horses are its beating heart. When the body of a local resident is found under a tractor, destructive forces are unleashed and the entire community is forced to watch their secrets exposed... chilling secrets that will change their particular way of life forever.

Release Date: 2014-09-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 23

How I Live Now

An American girl, sent to the English countryside to stay with relatives, finds love and purpose while fighting for her survival as war envelops the world around her.

Release Date: 2013-09-10

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 885

Sinbad

Sinbad accidentally kills the son of the powerful Lord Akbari in a fist fight. As recompense for the blood debt, Sinbad's brother is killed in front of his eyes. Sinbad escapes, but his grandmother uses a magic talisman to curse him for the death of his brother. The curse prevents Sinbad from staying on land for more than one day; if he tarries the talisman will choke him to death. This prohibition against remaining on land leads to a life of adventure at sea that holds many wonders. Sinbad is unaware that he is still being hunted by Lord Akbari, who does not consider Sinbad's brother's death as sufficient payment of the blood debt.

Release Date: 2012-07-08

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 34

This Is England '88

Set during Christmas 1988, Lol is haunted by the devastating events that took place two and a half years before. She and Woody both find themselves struggling to cope with their lives without each other after he leaves the gang. Lol is carrying the burden of her guilt, whilst Woody is trying to build a domestic life with a new girlfriend and a potential promotion at work. Shaun has started drama college and, although still in a relationship with Smell, he has grown close to a girl performing in his Christmas play.

Release Date: 2011-12-13

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 98

The Fades

Seventeen-year old Paul can see the spirits of the dead. When one of these restless spirits crosses back into the living world, he is forced into a fight to prevent the apocalypse.

Release Date: 2011-09-21

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 80

The Swarm

An unknown swarm of creatures visit a quiet street in North London. The residents managed to capture the footage on their mobile phones. This film is the footage that was found.

Release Date: 2011-08-05

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Skins

A wild ride through the lives of a group of high school friends stumbling through the mine field of adolescence... and stepping on most of the mines as they go.

Release Date: 2011-01-17

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 44

This Is England '86

It's 1986 - the year Maradona ends England's World Cup dreams in Mexico; the year Top Gun is the highest grossing film; the year over 3.4 million Brits are unemployed and the year Shaun is leaving school.

Release Date: 2010-09-07

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character:

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 124

Skins

Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol.

Release Date: 2007-01-25

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 5

Vote Count: 1275

A Supermarket Love Song

A teenage girl on community service takes an old man to the supermarket.

Release Date: 2006-03-01

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

The Mascot

Release Date: 2005-03-01

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Lord of the Flies

The story of a group of young schoolchildren who find themselves stranded on a tropical island with no adults, following a deadly plane crash. In an attempt to remain civil, the boys organize themselves, led by Ralph and supported by the group's intellectual, Piggy. But Jack, who is in charge of signal fire duty, is more interested in hunting and vying for leadership and soon begins to draw other boys away from the order of the group and, ultimately, from hope to tragedy.

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 4

The Hack

The series examines two real life stories, the work of Nick Davies, a journalist who uncovered evidence of phone hacking at the News of the World, as well as the investigation into the murder of Daniel Morgan, a private investigator.

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Episode Count: 1

Falling

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Episode Count: 1

Cast Offs

Cast Offs is a BAFTA-nominated dramedy mockumentary that follows a group of six disabled people sent to a remote British Island for a fictional reality show. The series is made up of six episodes, with each episode concentrating on one of the six characters. It follows each character for the year leading up to them being dropped off on the island and also the happenings on the island when they are left to fend for themselves.

Release Date: 2009-11-24

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 2

Shameless

The story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by their wits - and humor - on a rough Manchester council estate. Whilst they won't admit it, they need help and find it in Steve, a young middle class lad who falls for Fiona, the oldest sibling, and increasingly finds himself drawn to this unconventional and unique family. Anarchic family life seen through the eyes of an exceptionally bright fifteen year old, who struggles to come of age in the context of his belligerent father, closeted brother, psychotic sister and internet porn star neighbors.

Release Date: 2004-01-13

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 136

Coming Up

Coming Up is a British Channel 4 television series of films made for television by new directors and writers. The first series was in 2006, and each year's series comprises seven or eight films. Series 6 was shown from July to September 2011. A reviewer in The Independent wrote: "Thank goodness for Coming Up ... it's a genuinely interesting display of possibilities".

Release Date: 2003-08-20

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Question Time

This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience.

Release Date: 1979-09-25

Character: Self - Panellist

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 12