Malcolm
Campbell

Writer for film and television

Malcolm is an award-winning screenwriter from Mansfield, whose credits include the acclaimed feature film What Richard Did and C4's hit drama series Ackley Bridge, which he created and wrote.

He has written for some of the UK's most popular dramas, including Shameless and Skins, as well as the Golden Globe-nominated mini-series The White Queen (BBC1/Starz). He created and wrote the BBC's multi-Bafta-winning educational show L8R, and gained Bafta nominations for his own single dramas, All About Me (BBC1) and Losing It (C4).

Malcolm's screenplay for What Richard Did, directed by Lenny Abrahamson and produced by Element Films, won numerous awards including The Evening Standard British Film Awards' Best Screenplay, the Writers Guild's Best Screenplay, and the Irish Film and TV Awards' Best Film Script.

Malcolm cowrote the film Herself, with its star Clare Dunne. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd, reviews for the film are outstanding – and it is being released globally across 2021.



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Film

Writer 

Herself
Creator Clare Dunne
Producer Ed Guiney, Rory Gilmartin, Sharon Horgan
Writer Clare Dunne
Starring
  • Harriet Walter
  • Conleth Hill
  • Clare Dunne
    •
    Element & Merman
    Grace

    Feature in development.

    In development
    What Richard Did
    Winner: Best Screenplay Evening Standard Film Awards
    Producer Ed Guiney
    Director Lenny Abrahamson
    Starring
  • Sam Keeley
  • Lars Mikkelsen
  • Roisin Murphy
  • Lorraine Pilkington
    •
    Elite students from a privileged school perpertrate murder
    Element Pictures

    Television

    Writer & Creator & Executive Producer 

    Human Capital

    Original 4-part thriller

    Element Picures for Channel 4
    In development.

    Writer & Creator 

    Shed
    Creator Malcolm Campbell
    Writer Malcolm Campbell

    In development

    Element Pictures for BBC NI
    Ackley Bridge
    6 x 60'
    Creator Malcolm Campbell
    Writer Malcolm Campbell

    Drama series set in an integrated Academy in racially divided Yorkshire

    Pilot Episode

    The Forge for Channel 4 for Channel 4

    Writer 

    The White Queen
    2 x 60'
    Starring
  • Veerle Baetens
  • Rebecca Ferguson
  • Amanda Hale
  •
    Drama set during the Wars of the Roses, told from the perspective of women
    Company Pictures for BBC1
    Shameless: Multiple Episodes
    4 x 60'
    Creator Paul Abbott
    Producer Johann Knobel
    Starring
  • David Threlfall
  •
    Episode writer on the classic Channel 4 series
    Company Pictures for Channel 4
    Skins: Katie and Emily
    1 x 60'
    Producer John Griffin
    Director Charles Martin
    Company Pictures for E4
    All About Me
    Bafta Nominated: Best Writer
    1 x 60'
    Director Beryl Richards
    Starring
  • Phil Davis
  •
    Critically acclaimed television film. Bafta nominated for Best Writer
    Resource Base for BBC1
    The Bill: Multiple Episodes
    4 x 45'
    Producer Johnathan Young
    Starring
  • Todd Carty
  • Gary Lucy
  • Bernie Nolan
    •
    Talkback Thames for ITV1
    Losing It
    BAFTA Nominated:
    1 x 30'
    Producer Hilary Durman
    Director Cilla Ware
    Starring
  • LInda Bassett
  • Lee Williams
    • Drama about teenagers and depression
    Channel 4
    Black Cab
    1 x 30'
    Producer Jake Lushington
    Starring
  • Clare Calbraith
  • Emma Handy
  • Philip Jackson
    •
    World Productions for BBC2
    Byker Grove: Multiple Episodes
    2 x 30'
    Starring
  • Declan Donnelly
  • Ant McPartlin
    •
    Zenith North for BBC1
    Table 12
    2 x 10'
    Producer Jake Lushington
    Starring
  • Daniela Nardini
  • Paul Nicholls
    •
    A series of short films set in a busy restaurants
    World Productions for BBC2
    L8R
    Winner of Bafta award for Secondary Learning 2008
    10 x 10'
    Award-winning teen drama
    Hi8us for BBC2