---
name: "Alison Barnett"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alison-barnett"
fi1m_id: "alison-barnett"
imdb_id: "nm0055843"
tmdb_id: 1106288
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T18:43:57.286527+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alison Barnett

## Identity

Alison Barnett

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alison-barnett
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alison-barnett
- **IMDb ID:** nm0055843
- **TMDB ID:** 1106288
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0055843/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1106288

Producer. Born 1 January 1953 in Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1953, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1985–2019
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 2000s 65 (1), 2010s 70 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 1 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0055843/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1106288

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Bleak House*](https://film.one/tv/bleak-house.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Alison Barnett is a British television producer and production executive. Born in March 1953 in Manchester, she began her career in theatre stage management before joining the BBC drama department in 1979 as a floor assistant. She went freelance in 1985 and worked as a location manager, assistant director and line producer on numerous series.

Her credits include line producer on *Bleak House* (2005), *Hustle* (2004) and *MI-5* (2003), and earlier work as location manager on *Edge of Darkness* (1985). Since 2005 she has been Head of Production at Kudos Film and Television, overseeing more than 400 hours of television output.

Barnett received the BAFTA Television Craft Special Award in 2023 in recognition of her contributions to the production office and her role as one of the first female heads of production in UK television.

*Sources: imdb.com, bafta.org, kudos.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Responsible Child* (2019), Fi1m 66, Head of Production — [page](https://film.one/film/responsible-child.md)
- *Humans* (2015), Fi1m 74, Head of Production — [page](https://film.one/tv/humans.md)
- *Bleak House* (2005), Fi1m 65, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/bleak-house.md)
- *Edge of Darkness* (1985), Fi1m 88, Location Manager — [page](https://film.one/tv/edge-of-darkness.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Responsible Child* (2019), as Head of Production — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/responsible-child.md)
- *Humans* (2015), series, as Head of Production — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/humans.md)
- *Bleak House* (2005), series, Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/bleak-house.md)
- *Hustle* (2004), series, Line Producer, Head of Production
- *Oliver Twist* (1999), series, Line Producer
- *Backstage... at the Cambridge Footlights* (1997), Producer
- *Cold Lazarus* (1996), series, Associate Producer
- *Karaoke* (1996), series, Producer
- *Lipstick on Your Collar* (1993), series, Producer
- *Secret Friends* (1991), Associate Producer
- *Bellman and True* (1987), Location Manager
- *Born of Fire* (1987), First Assistant Director
- *Edge of Darkness* (1985), series, Location Manager — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/edge-of-darkness.md)

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