---
name: "Claire Downes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/claire-downes"
fi1m_id: "claire-downes"
imdb_id: "nm1275414"
tmdb_id: 1839856
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T00:10:06.024469+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."
---

# Claire Downes

## Identity

Claire Downes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/claire-downes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** claire-downes
- **IMDb ID:** nm1275414
- **TMDB ID:** 1839856
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1275414/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1839856

Writer. Born in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1275414/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1839856

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Outlaws*](https://film.one/tv/the-outlaws.md) (67)

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

## Biography

Claire Downes is a British television writer and producer. She created and wrote the BBC sitcom *The Job Lot* (2013–2015) and has contributed episodes to series including *The Outlaws* (2022), *Around the World in 80 Days* (2021) and *In the Long Run* (2017–2018). She is the creator of *The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin* (2024), on which she also serves as writer and associate producer.

Earlier credits include writing for radio series *Two Thousand Years of Radio* (2000–2002) and additional material for *Timewasters* (2019). She has also worked as an associate producer on several comedy series and appeared as an actress in the film *Nanny McPhee* (2005).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Outlaws* (2021), Fi1m 67, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-outlaws.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin* (2024), series, Writer, Associate Producer, Creator
- *Around the World in 80 Days* (2021), series, Writer
- *The Outlaws* (2021), series, Writer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-outlaws.md)
- *We Can Be Heroes* (2017), Director, Writer
- *The Job Lot* (2013), series, Writer, Creator
- *Nanny McPhee* (2005), as Nanny Whetstone
- *Anita and Me* (2002), as Teacher

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