---
name: "Bill Gallagher"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bill-gallagher"
fi1m_id: "bill-gallagher"
imdb_id: "nm0302339"
tmdb_id: 166213
wikidata_id: "Q60888610"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T13:58:25.997189+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 Gallagher

## Identity

Bill Gallagher

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bill-gallagher
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bill-gallagher
- **IMDb ID:** nm0302339
- **TMDB ID:** 166213
- **Wikidata ID:** Q60888610
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60888610, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0302339/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/166213

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1986–2012
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60888610, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0302339/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/166213

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Casualty*](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md) (68)

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

## Biography

Bill Gallagher is a British television writer and creator. He wrote episodes of the long-running medical drama *Casualty* (1986) and created the three-part romantic comedy-drama *Love Life* (2012) for ITV.

He is best known as the creator of *Lark Rise to Candleford* (2008–2011), *The Paradise* (2012–2013) and *Jamestown* (2017–2019). His other credits include the miniseries *The Prisoner* (2009), *Paranoid* (2016) and *Blood* (2012). He has received a BAFTA nomination for his work.

*Sources: imdb.com, 4rfv.co.uk, broadcastnow.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Casualty* (1986), Fi1m 68, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Jamestown* (2017), series, Writer, Creator
- *Paranoid* (2016), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Blood* (2012), Writer
- *The Paradise* (2012), series, Writer, Creator
- *Blackout* (2012), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Love Life* (2012), series, Creator
- *The Prisoner* (2009), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Conviction* (2004), series, Writer, Creator
- *Hero of the Hour* (2000), Writer
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, Writer
- *Out of the Blue* (1995), series, Writer, Creator
- *Chandler & Co* (1994), series, Writer
- *Soldier Soldier* (1991), series, Writer
- *A Night on the Tyne* (1989), Writer
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Writer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, Writer

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