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British journalist and filmmaker

Gwyneth Hughes is a British documentary director and screenwriter who works mainly in television.

Early life

She is a former newspaper journalist from the north of England.

Career

Her credits include the crime drama Five Days, Cherished, a film about the wrongful conviction of Angela Cannings, an adaptation of Charles Dickens's unfinished work The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and The Girl, which explores an alleged obsession Alfred Hitchcock had with the actress Tippi Hedren. Her work on Five Days earned her a nomination at the 2008 Golden Globe Awards. In 2013, she wrote Remember Me, a television drama serial that debuted on the BBC in November 2014.

In 2018, Hughes executive-produced and adapted William Makepeace Thackeray's novel Vanity Fair into a seven-part television mini-series for ITV and Amazon Studios. Hughes wrote the true crime miniseries Honour in 2020, for ITV, Hughes adapted Henry Fielding's novel Tom Jones into a miniseries broadcast on PBS in 2023.

In January 2024, ITV broadcast Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Hughes' four-part series about the British Post Office scandal, a miscarriage of justice in which hundreds of sub-postmasters were wrongly prosecuted.

Television

Year Title Writer Executive
Producer 		Creator Notes
1996–1997 The Bill Yes No No 3 episodes
1997 Dangerfield Yes No No 1 episode
1998 Silent Witness Yes No No 2 episodes
2000 The Mrs Bradley Mysteries Yes No No 1 episode
2000 Sleeper Yes No Yes
2002 Blood Strangers Yes No Yes
2003 Peter in Paradise Yes No Yes TV Movie
2005 Cherished Yes No Yes TV Movie
2005 Beneath the Skin Yes No Yes TV Movie
2006 Mysterious Creatures Yes No Yes TV Movie
2007 Miss Austen Regrets Yes No Yes TV Movie
2009 Hunter No No Yes
2009 U Be Dead Yes Yes Yes TV Movie
2007-2010 Five Days Yes No Yes
2012 The Mystery of Edwin Drood Yes No Yes
2012 The Girl Yes No Yes TV Movie
2013 Talking to the Dead Yes No Yes
2013 Remember Me Yes Yes Yes
2016 Dark Angel Yes Yes Yes
2018 Vanity Fair Yes Yes Yes
2018 Doing Money Yes No Yes TV Movie
2020 Honour Yes Yes Yes
2021 Three Families Yes Yes Yes
2023 Tom Jones Yes Yes Yes
2024 Mr Bates vs The Post Office Yes Yes Yes

References

  1. "The Girl". BBC Media Centre. BBC. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  2. "Miss Austen Regrets: Writer Gwyneth Hughes". BBC Press Office. BBC. 29 February 2008. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  3. Grater, Tom (9 September 2021). "Solly McLeod & Sophie Wilde Starring In 'Tom Jones' Reimagining For Masterpiece, Mammoth Screen & ITV". Deadline.
  4. Rice, Lynette (28 December 2022). "PBS Reveals 2023 Debut Dates: When To See 'All Creatures Great And Small,' 'Vienna Blood,' 'Tom Jones' And More". Deadline.

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