Ben Richards | |
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Born | 1964 (age 59–60) England, UK |
Occupation | Novelist, screenwriter and television producer. |
Period | 1996–present |
Genre | Drama, adventure, science fiction |
Ben Richards (born 1964) is a British screenwriter and novelist. He was the lead writer on Spooks and is the writer/creator of Party Animals, Outcasts, COBRA and Showtrial. He also created The Tunnel from the Scandinavian original of “The Bridge” as well as adapting “ The Cuckoo’s Calling," the first in Robert Galbraith’s Strike series for BBC1. [1]
Before writing novels and TV dramas, he worked for three years as a housing officer in Newham and Islington, London. As a research student at UCL's Department of Geography [2] he spent a year investigating public housing in Chile and on his return to Britain began his first novel "to alleviate the boredom of analysing questionnaires" for his PhD thesis. [3] Richards was a lecturer at the University of Birmingham and at University College London, where he taught development studies, specialising in South America. [3] He is now a full-time writer.
His novels are Throwing the House out of the Window (1996), Don't Step on the Lines (1997), The Silver River (1999), A Sweetheart Deal (2001), The Mermaid and the Drunks (2004) and Confidence (2006). He also contributed to the New Puritans anthology of 2000.
As a screenwriter, Richards has written for the BBC ( Spooks and Party Animals), ITV ( The Fixer) and Channel 4 ( No Angels). He has also written for the British-French crime drama television series The Tunnel, an adaption of The Bridge (Danish-Swedish). [4]
Production | Notes | Broadcaster |
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Spooks | 16 episodes (2003–2006, 2008–2009) | BBC One |
No Angels | 3 episodes (2004–2005) | Channel 4 |
Party Animals | 6 episodes (2007) | BBC Two |
The Fixer | 9 episodes (2008–2009) | ITV |
Outcasts | 8 episodes (2011) | BBC One |
The Tunnel | 12 episodes (2013-2016) |
Sky Atlantic Canal+ |
Fortitude | "Episode #1.7" (2015) | Sky Atlantic |
Strike | 3 episodes (2017) | BBC One HBO |
Cobra | 18 episodes (2020-present) |
Sky One Altice Studio |
Showtrial | 5 episodes (2021-present) | BBC One |
The Diplomat | 6 episodes (2023) | Alibi |
Ben Richards | |
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Born | 1964 (age 59–60) England, UK |
Occupation | Novelist, screenwriter and television producer. |
Period | 1996–present |
Genre | Drama, adventure, science fiction |
Ben Richards (born 1964) is a British screenwriter and novelist. He was the lead writer on Spooks and is the writer/creator of Party Animals, Outcasts, COBRA and Showtrial. He also created The Tunnel from the Scandinavian original of “The Bridge” as well as adapting “ The Cuckoo’s Calling," the first in Robert Galbraith’s Strike series for BBC1. [1]
Before writing novels and TV dramas, he worked for three years as a housing officer in Newham and Islington, London. As a research student at UCL's Department of Geography [2] he spent a year investigating public housing in Chile and on his return to Britain began his first novel "to alleviate the boredom of analysing questionnaires" for his PhD thesis. [3] Richards was a lecturer at the University of Birmingham and at University College London, where he taught development studies, specialising in South America. [3] He is now a full-time writer.
His novels are Throwing the House out of the Window (1996), Don't Step on the Lines (1997), The Silver River (1999), A Sweetheart Deal (2001), The Mermaid and the Drunks (2004) and Confidence (2006). He also contributed to the New Puritans anthology of 2000.
As a screenwriter, Richards has written for the BBC ( Spooks and Party Animals), ITV ( The Fixer) and Channel 4 ( No Angels). He has also written for the British-French crime drama television series The Tunnel, an adaption of The Bridge (Danish-Swedish). [4]
Production | Notes | Broadcaster |
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Spooks | 16 episodes (2003–2006, 2008–2009) | BBC One |
No Angels | 3 episodes (2004–2005) | Channel 4 |
Party Animals | 6 episodes (2007) | BBC Two |
The Fixer | 9 episodes (2008–2009) | ITV |
Outcasts | 8 episodes (2011) | BBC One |
The Tunnel | 12 episodes (2013-2016) |
Sky Atlantic Canal+ |
Fortitude | "Episode #1.7" (2015) | Sky Atlantic |
Strike | 3 episodes (2017) | BBC One HBO |
Cobra | 18 episodes (2020-present) |
Sky One Altice Studio |
Showtrial | 5 episodes (2021-present) | BBC One |
The Diplomat | 6 episodes (2023) | Alibi |