---
name: "Ed McCardie"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ed-mccardie"
fi1m_id: "ed-mccardie"
imdb_id: "nm0564948"
tmdb_id: 1227897
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T23:05:59.603708+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."
---

# Ed McCardie

## Identity

Ed McCardie

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ed-mccardie
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ed-mccardie
- **IMDb ID:** nm0564948
- **TMDB ID:** 1227897
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564948/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227897

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564948/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227897

## Streaming the US now

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

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

## Biography

Ed McCardie is a British television writer and producer. He began writing in 1996 with the short film *Hard Nut: A Love Story* and won a BAFTA award as best new writer for his work on the series *Tinsel Town* (2000). He wrote and produced episodes across multiple seasons of the Channel 4 series *Shameless* (2004–2013).

McCardie co-created, wrote and executive produced the series *Spotless* (2015) for Canal+ and Netflix. He later served as writer and co-executive producer on the US series *Sneaky Pete* (2015) and *Lost in Space* (2018).

*Sources: imdb.com, theagency.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Lost in Space* (2018), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Producer
- *Sneaky Pete* (2015), series, Co-Executive Producer, Writer
- *Spotless* (2015), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Dead Peasants Society* (2007), Writer
- *Dangerous Liaisons* (2007), Writer
- *Shameless* (2004), series, Producer, Writer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *Billy and Zorba* (1999), Writer
- *Hard Nut: A Love Story* (1996), Writer

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