Gwyneth Hughes is a British documentary director and screenwriter who works mainly in television.
She is a former newspaper journalist from the north of England.
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. [1] Her work on Five Days earned her a nomination at the 2008 Golden Globe Awards. [2] 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. [3] [4]
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.
The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain awarded its highest Awards accolade, the Outstanding Contribution to Writing Award, to Hughes in January 2025. [5]
Year | Title | Writer | Executive Producer | Creator | Notes |
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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 |