---
name: "Bill Craig"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bill-craig"
fi1m_id: "bill-craig"
imdb_id: "nm0185784"
tmdb_id: 1244493
wikidata_id: "Q4908600"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "28 February 1930"
died: "19 July 2002"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:25:45.160732+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."
---

# Bill Craig

## Identity

Bill Craig

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bill-craig
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bill-craig
- **IMDb ID:** nm0185784
- **TMDB ID:** 1244493
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4908600
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Craig_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4908600, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0185784/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1244493

Writer. Born 28 February 1930 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Died 19 July 2002.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 28 February 1930, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- **Died:** 19 July 2002
- **Active:** 1970–1989
- **Frequently works with:** [Ben Bolt](https://film.one/person/ben-bolt.md), [Brian Farnham](https://film.one/person/brian-farnham.md), [Laurence Moody](https://film.one/person/laurence-moody.md), [Alan Dossor](https://film.one/person/alan-dossor.md), [Alan Grint](https://film.one/person/alan-grint.md), [Baz Taylor](https://film.one/person/baz-taylor.md), [Bob Baker](https://film.one/person/bob-baker.md), [Chris Boucher](https://film.one/person/chris-boucher.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Craig_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4908600, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0185784/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1244493

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Agatha Christie's Poirot*](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md) (83)

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## Biography

Bill Craig (28 February 1930 – 19 July 2002) was a Scottish television scriptwriter. Born in Glasgow, he wrote hundreds of scripts over four decades, working on series including *Play for Today*, *Shoestring* (1980) and *Bergerac* (1983–1984).

He specialised in adaptations of Scottish literature, including *The Vital Spark* (1965–1974), *The Borderers* (1968–1970, which he created), *Sunset Song*, *Cloud Howe*, *Grey Granite* and *The Eagle of the Ninth* (1977). Craig also contributed to *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1993) and an adaptation for *The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes* (1985). He was a founder member of the Writers' Guild and campaigned for authors' rights. He was married to Alro Craig.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, wiki.scotlandonair.com, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), Fi1m 83, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Strathblair* (1992), series, Creator
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)
- *Sherlock Holmes* (1984), series, Adaptation
- *The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes* (1984), series, Writer, Adaptation
- *Grey Granite* (1983), series, Writer
- *Cloud Howe* (1982), series, Writer
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, Writer
- *House on the Hill* (1981), series, Writer
- *A Gift from Nessus* (1980), Writer
- *Shoestring* (1979), series, Writer
- *The Duchess of Duke Street* (1976), series, Writer
- *Clay, Smeddum and Greenden* (1976), Writer
- *The Scobie Man* (1972), series, Writer
- *The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes* (1971), series, Screenplay
- *Sunset Song* (1971), series, Writer, Creator
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Writer
- *The Borderers* (1968), series, Creator
- *The Vital Spark* (1965), series, Writer
- *Sergeant Cork* (1963), series, Writer

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/bill-craig