Gwyneth Hughes

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

Career

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/thegirl/ |work=BBC Media Centre |title=The Girl |publisher=BBC |date=27 November 2012 |accessdate=7 February 2013}} Her work on Five Days earned her a nomination at the 2008 Golden Globe Awards.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/02_february/29/austen_hughes.shtml |title=Miss Austen Regrets: Writer Gwyneth Hughes |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Press Office |date=29 February 2008 |accessdate=7 February 2013}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/solly-mcleod-sophie-wilde-starring-tom-jnones-reimaginig-masterpiece-mammoth-screen-itv-1234829437/|title=Solly McLeod & Sophie Wilde Starring In 'Tom Jones' Reimagining For Masterpiece, Mammoth Screen & ITV|website=Deadline|first=Tom|last=Grater|date=9 September 2021 }}{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/12/pbs-reveals-2023-debut-dates-all-creatures-great-and-small-vienna-blood-tom-jones-1235207730/|title=PBS Reveals 2023 Debut Dates: When To See 'All Creatures Great And Small,' 'Vienna Blood,' 'Tom Jones' And More|website=Deadline|first=Lynette|last=Rice|date=28 December 2022 }}

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 series also won a Peabody Award{{Cite web |title=Mr Bates vs The Post Office |url=https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office/ |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=The Peabody Awards |language=en-US}} at the 85th Annual Ceremony.

The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain awarded its highest Awards accolade, the Outstanding Contribution to Writing Award, to Hughes in January 2025.{{Cite web |last=televisual.com |last2=Creamer |first2=Jon |date=2025-01-13 |title=Mr Bates writer wins WGGB outstanding contribution award |url=https://www.televisual.com/news/mr-bates-writer-wins-wggb-outstanding-contribution-award/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Televisual}}

Television

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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}} \|

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Year

! Title

! Writer

! Executive
Producer

! Creator

! Notes

1996–1997

| The Bill

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 3 episodes