---
name: "Brian Eastman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-eastman"
fi1m_id: "brian-eastman"
imdb_id: "nm0247626"
tmdb_id: 65329
wikidata_id: "Q4963651"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "3 September 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T12:28:34.101744+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."
---

# Brian Eastman

## Identity

Brian Eastman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brian-eastman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brian-eastman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0247626
- **TMDB ID:** 65329
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4963651
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Eastman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4963651, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247626/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65329

Producer. Born 3 September 1949 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 3 September 1949, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
- **Active:** 1989–1996
- **Frequently works with:** [Clive Exton](https://film.one/person/clive-exton.md), [Simon Langton](https://film.one/person/simon-langton.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 83 (1), 1990s 79 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Eastman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4963651, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247626/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65329

## Streaming the US now

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

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

## Biography

Brian Eastman is a British producer of feature films, television drama and stage productions. Born in Brighton in 1949, he founded the independent production company Carnival Films. Between 1980 and 2006 he produced over 300 hours of television drama, eight feature films and ten stage productions.

His television credits include the long-running series *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989–2001) and *Jeeves and Wooster* (1990–1993). Feature films include *Shadowlands* (1993), co-produced with Richard Attenborough, *Under Suspicion* (1991) and *Firelight* (1997). He has received two BAFTA awards and two international Emmy awards, and is a Fellow of the Royal Television Society.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Shadowlands* (1993), Fi1m 79, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/shadowlands.md)
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *The Grid* (2004), series, Producer
- *Rosemary & Thyme* (2003), series, Creator
- *As If* (2002), series, Producer
- *Tracker* (2001), series, Producer
- *As If* (2001), series, Producer
- *Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married* (1999), series, Producer
- *Firelight* (1998), Producer
- *The Mill on the Floss* (1997), Producer
- *Crime Traveller* (1997), series, Producer
- *The Fragile Heart* (1996), series, Producer
- *Bugs* (1995), series, Creator
- *Anna Lee* (1994), series, Producer, Creator
- *Shadowlands* (1993), Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/shadowlands.md)
- *The Big Battalions* (1992), series, Producer
- *Under Suspicion* (1991), Producer
- *Jeeves and Wooster* (1990), series, Producer
- *Traffik* (1989), series, Producer
- *Words of Love* (1989), Producer
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)
- *Whoops Apocalypse* (1986), Producer
- *Blott on the Landscape* (1985), series, Executive Producer

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