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name: "Charlene James"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charlene-james"
roles: ["Writer"]
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average_as: "writer"
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updated: "2026-09-18T10:48:46.845878+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."
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# Charlene James

Writer. Born in Birmingham, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2068312

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Doctor Who*](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md) (78)

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## Biography

Charlene James is a British playwright and screenwriter. She grew up in Birmingham and trained at the Birmingham School of Acting and the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago before joining the young writers programme at the Royal Court Theatre in London.

Her play *Cuttin' It* (2016), which explores female genital mutilation, received the Alfred Fagon Award, the George Devine Award and other honours. On television she has written episodes of *A Discovery of Witches* (2018) and co-wrote the *Doctor Who* episode 'Can You Hear Me?' (2020) with Chris Chibnall. She later contributed to *The Rising* (2022).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, curtisbrown.co.uk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Doctor Who* (2005), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Unprecedented* (2020), series, Writer
- *A Discovery of Witches* (2018), series, Writer
- *Snatches: Moments from Women's Lives* (2018), series, Writer
- *The Break* (2016), series, Writer
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)

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