---
name: "Darren Fairhurst"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/darren-fairhurst"
fi1m_id: "darren-fairhurst"
imdb_id: "nm1244547"
tmdb_id: 5795432
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:06:01.692519+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."
---

# Darren Fairhurst

## Identity

Darren Fairhurst

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/darren-fairhurst
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** darren-fairhurst
- **IMDb ID:** nm1244547
- **TMDB ID:** 5795432
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1244547/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5795432

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1244547/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5795432

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md) (75)

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## Biography

Darren Fairhurst is a British television writer. He began his career in television as a story associate on *Coronation Street* between 1999 and 2002.

He has written episodes of *Hollyoaks* across multiple periods from 2002 to 2021, *The Royal Today* (2008), and *Shameless* (2010–2011). Fairhurst created the series *Crime Stories* (2012) and co-created *Suspects* (2014–2016) with former *Coronation Street* colleagues.

*Sources: imdb.com, hollyoaks.fandom.com, coronationstreet.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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

- *Shameless* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)

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