---
name: "David Hopkins"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-hopkins"
fi1m_id: "david-hopkins"
tmdb_id: 1806834
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "7 February 1940"
died: "19 May 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:28:54.608502+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."
---

# David Hopkins

## Identity

David Hopkins

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-hopkins
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-hopkins
- **TMDB ID:** 1806834
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1806834

Writer. Born 7 February 1940. Died 19 May 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 7 February 1940
- **Died:** 19 May 2004
- **Active:** 1970–1985
- **Frequently works with:** [Bill Hays](https://film.one/person/bill-hays.md), [Frank Cox](https://film.one/person/frank-cox.md), [Gerald Blake](https://film.one/person/gerald-blake.md), [Gilly Fraser](https://film.one/person/gilly-fraser.md), [Jim Hawkins](https://film.one/person/jim-hawkins.md), [John Bruce](https://film.one/person/john-bruce.md), [Matthew Robinson](https://film.one/person/matthew-robinson.md), [Paul Annett](https://film.one/person/paul-annett.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1806834

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)

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

## Biography

David Hopkins was a British television writer. He contributed scripts to numerous series from the late 1960s through the 1980s.

His credits include episodes of *Dr. Finlay's Casebook* (1969–1970), *Emmerdale Farm* (1975), *Play for Today* (1980–1983), *Armchair Thriller* (1980), *Triangle* (1982–1983), *EastEnders* (1986–1987) and *Spooky* (1983).

Hopkins was born on 7 February 1940 and died on 19 May 2004.

*Sources: imdb.com, eastenders.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Babel* (1989), Director, Story
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Spooky* (1983), series, Writer
- *Wayne and Albert* (1983), Writer
- *The Factory* (1981), Writer
- *The Circe Complex* (1980), Adaptation
- *'That Crazy Woman'* (1980), Writer
- *Coins Against The Wall* (1980), Writer
- *The Adventures of Black Beauty* (1972), series, Writer
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Writer
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, Writer
- *Dr. Finlay's Casebook* (1962), series, Writer

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