Peter Moffat

Writing

Peter Moffat

Born June 2, 1962 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (age 64)

Alexander Peter Moffat (born 2 June 1962) is a British playwright and screenwriter.

Known For

ScoopScoop · 2024
Scoop
6.32024
MovieDramaTV Movie
Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization gives an insider account of how the women of Newsnight secured Prince Andrew's infamous interview.
Einstein and EddingtonEinstein and Eddington · 2008
Einstein and Eddington
6.82008
MovieHistoryDrama
Brilliant physicist Albert Einstein, and English scientist Arthur Eddington form an unlikely friendship during World War I, which leads to the creation of the relativity theory.
HawkingHawking · 2004
Hawking
7.12004
MovieDramaTV Movie
The story of Professor Stephen Hawking's early years. It is 1963, and our young cosmologist celebrates his 21st birthday. At the party is a new friend, Jane Wilde - there is a strong attraction between the two. Jane is intrigued by Stephen's talk of stars and the Universe. But she realises that there is something very wrong when Stephen suddenly finds that he is unable to stand up.
ShakespeaRe-Told: MacbethShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth · 2005
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
7.72005
MovieCrimeDrama
A chef and his restaurant-hostess wife resort to murder to take ownership of a high-class Glaswegian restaurant.
SilkSilk · 2011
Silk
7.52011
SeriesDrama
Passionate defence barrister Martha Costello faces challenging cases and surprising clients, which test her faith in the criminal justice system. Gifted colleague Clive Reader is called to the bar with her. They work hard with pupils, Nick Slade and Niamh Cranitch, but ultimately only one can eventually be taken on as a member of chambers.
The Night OfThe Night Of · 2016
The Night Of
8.02016
SeriesCrimeDrama
After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.
Your HonorYour Honor · 2020
Your Honor
8.12020
SeriesDramaCrime
New Orleans judge Michael Desiato is forced to confront his own deepest convictions when his son is involved in a hit and run that embroils an organized crime family.
The VillageThe Village · 2013
The Village
7.22013
SeriesDrama
The Village is a BBC television drama created and written by Peter Moffat. Consisting of two six-episode series—the project intended as a 42-hour televised epic—the first series covers 1914 to 1920; the second continued the story into the 1920s. However, it was not commissioned for a third series. An epic drama charting the turbulent times experienced by one English village throughout the 20th century; births, deaths, political events and rebellions are among the events that occur during the time. Bert Middleton lives across the entire 100-year period, and his story from boyhood to old age forms the crux of the story, seen via flashbacks as Bert is interviewed in the present day by a documentarian working on a project about the second eldest man in the United Kingdom and his village.

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The VillageThe Village · 2013
The Village
7.22013
SeriesDrama
The Village is a BBC television drama created and written by Peter Moffat. Consisting of two six-episode series—the project intended as a 42-hour televised epic—the first series covers 1914 to 1920; the second continued the story into the 1920s. However, it was not commissioned for a third series. An epic drama charting the turbulent times experienced by one English village throughout the 20th century; births, deaths, political events and rebellions are among the events that occur during the time. Bert Middleton lives across the entire 100-year period, and his story from boyhood to old age forms the crux of the story, seen via flashbacks as Bert is interviewed in the present day by a documentarian working on a project about the second eldest man in the United Kingdom and his village.

Executive Producer

North SquareNorth Square · 2000
North Square
8.02000
SeriesDrama
North Square is an award-winning British television drama series written by Peter Moffat and broadcast by Channel 4 at the end of 2000. Starring an ensemble cast, including Phil Davis, Rupert Penry-Jones, Helen McCrory and Kevin McKidd, the programme is set around the practice of a Leeds Legal Chambers. The series was filmed in and around the real life Park Square, Leeds. This is the area near the city where the majority of legal firms are concentrated. Despite gaining considerable critical acclaim the show failed to garner a substantial audience resulting in only the one series of ten episodes being produced. In Australia the series was broadcast in 2001 on ABC and repeated in 2004 after popular and critical acclaim. The full series was released on DVD for the first time by Acorn Media UK on 5 March 2012.

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