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name: "Ben Hervey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ben-hervey"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:21:07.559462+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."
---

# Ben Hervey

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1736366

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Taboo*](https://film.one/tv/taboo.md) (62)

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## Biography

Ben Hervey is a British screenwriter. He wrote episode five of the BBC One and FX series *Taboo* (2017), created by Steven Knight and starring Tom Hardy.

His other screen credits include the Sky drama series *Curfew* (2019), the feature film *Darkness Visible* (2019), and *Born of War* (2014, as Alan Heartfield). He received a Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award in 2018 for Best Long Form TV Drama for his work on *Taboo*.

*Sources: imdb.com, cdn.casarotto.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Taboo* (2017), Fi1m 62, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/taboo.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Darkness Visible* (2019), Writer
- *Taboo* (2017), series, Writer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/taboo.md)
- *The Red Laugh*, Writer

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