---
name: "Danny Brocklehurst"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-brocklehurst"
fi1m_id: "daniel-brocklehurst"
imdb_id: "nm0110662"
tmdb_id: 1219470
wikidata_id: "Q15487425"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-07T20:07:46.883201+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."
---

# Danny Brocklehurst

## Identity

Danny Brocklehurst

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-brocklehurst
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daniel-brocklehurst
- **IMDb ID:** nm0110662
- **TMDB ID:** 1219470
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15487425
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Brocklehurst, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15487425, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0110662/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219470

Writer. Born 1 January 1971 in Manchester, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1971, Manchester, England, UK
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Also known as:** Daniel Brocklehurst
- **Frequently works with:** [Alex Ganley](https://film.one/person/alex-ganley.md), [Alice Nutter](https://film.one/person/alice-nutter.md), [Ashley Pearce](https://film.one/person/ashley-pearce.md), [David Blair](https://film.one/person/david-blair.md), [Jimmy McGovern](https://film.one/person/jimmy-mcgovern.md), [Paul Abbott](https://film.one/person/paul-abbott.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as writer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 77 (3), 2010s 76 (2), 2020s 68 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Comedy 2, Crime 2, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Brocklehurst, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15487425, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0110662/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219470

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md) (75), [*The Street*](https://film.one/tv/the-street.md) (74)
- **Peacock:** [*Brassic*](https://film.one/tv/brassic.md) (76)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Accused*](https://film.one/tv/accused.md) (76)
- **Netflix:** [*Run Away*](https://film.one/tv/run-away.md) (68)

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

## Biography

Daniel Brocklehurst, also credited as Danny Brocklehurst, is an English screenwriter, playwright and former journalist. Born in June 1971 in Hyde, England, he began his career in the 1990s as a freelance journalist for publications including The Guardian, Manchester Evening News and The Big Issue before becoming a full-time screenwriter.

He is known for creating and writing series including *Shameless* (2004–2006), for which he won a BAFTA, *Brassic* (2019–), *The Stranger* (2020), *Fool Me Once* (2024) and *Ten Pound Poms* (2023–2025). He has frequently collaborated with novelist Harlan Coben on adaptations and served as writer and executive producer on the 2026 Netflix series *Run Away*. His work has earned BAFTA, Royal Television Society and other awards. He is related to Paralympic athlete Sarah Storey.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Run Away* (2026), Fi1m 68, Executive Producer, Writer, Adaptation — [page](https://film.one/tv/run-away.md)
- *Brassic* (2019), Fi1m 76, Creator, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/brassic.md)
- *Accused* (2010), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/accused.md)
- *The Street* (2006), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-street.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *Clocking Off* (2000), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/clocking-off.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *Run Away* (2026), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Adaptation — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/run-away.md)
- *Harlan Coben's Lazarus* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Original Story, Writer, Creator
- *Missing You* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *Parish* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Original Series Creator, Teleplay
- *Fool Me Once* (2024), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Ten Pound Poms* (2023), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *The Railway Children Return* (2022), Writer
- *No Return* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *A Teacher* (2020), series, Executive Producer
- *The Stranger* (2020), series, Writer
- *Brassic* (2019), series, Creator, Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/brassic.md)
- *Safe* (2018), series, Executive Producer
- *Come Home* (2018), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *In the Dark* (2017), series, Writer, Adaptation, Creator
- *The Five* (2016), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Ordinary Lies* (2015), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Driver* (2014), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Exile* (2011), series, Writer, Creator
- *Accused* (2010), series, Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/accused.md)
- *Never Forget: The Musical* (2007), Screenplay
- *Talk to Me* (2007), series, Writer, Creator
- *Sorted* (2006), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Street* (2006), series, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-street.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *The Stretford Wives* (2002), Writer
- *Linda Green* (2001), series, Writer
- *Clocking Off* (2000), series, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/clocking-off.md)
- *Bathing Flo*, Writer
- *Untitled Roald Dahl Series*, series, Writer, Creator

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