---
name: "Charlie Swinbourne"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charlie-swinbourne"
fi1m_id: "charlie-swinbourne"
tmdb_id: 1749954
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:36:10.476734+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."
---

# Charlie Swinbourne

## Identity

Charlie Swinbourne

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charlie-swinbourne
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charlie-swinbourne
- **TMDB ID:** 1749954
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1749954

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1749954

## Streaming the US now

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

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

## Biography

Charlie Swinbourne is a scriptwriter, director and journalist. He has written episodes of the BBC series *Casualty*, including a 2020 episode co-written with Sophie Woolley that introduced the show's first deaf character.

His television credits also include episodes of *EastEnders*, where he contributed to a deaf storyline and character, *Waterloo Road* and *Moving On*. He created comedy and documentary films focused on the deaf community, such as *Deaf Funny* and *Four Deaf Yorkshiremen*, and edits the blog *The Limping Chicken*. His writing has received BAFTA and RTS awards, and he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Wolverhampton in 2021.

*Sources: yorkshirepost.co.uk, rsliterature.org, bbc.co.uk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Four Deaf Yorkshiremen Go Dating* (2022), Writer
- *Four Deaf Yorkshiremen's Takeaway* (2022), Writer
- *The Kiss* (2014), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *Hands Solo* (2009), Writer
- *Departure Lounge* (2009), Writer
- *Coming Out* (2006), Writer
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Writer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)

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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/charlie-swinbourne