---
name: "Gaby Chiappe"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gaby-chiappe"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T15:22:53.833321+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."
---

# Gaby Chiappe

Writer. Born 1 January 1965 in Gibraltar.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1965, Gibraltar
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Also known as:** 가비 치아페
- **Frequently works with:** [Ann Cleeves](https://film.one/person/ann-cleeves.md), [Lee Haven-Jones](https://film.one/person/lee-haven-jones.md), [Paul Logue](https://film.one/person/paul-logue.md), [Peter Hoar](https://film.one/person/peter-hoar.md), [Phil Mulryne](https://film.one/person/phil-mulryne.md), [Stewart Svaasand](https://film.one/person/stewart-svaasand.md), [Thaddeus O'Sullivan](https://film.one/person/thaddeus-osullivan.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 67 (2), 2020s 82 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Crime 3, Drama 3, Mystery 3
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaby_Chiappe, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84728313, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0960711/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1466855

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Vera*](https://film.one/tv/vera.md) (72), [*Shetland*](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md) (62)

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## Biography

Gaby Chiappe is a British screenwriter. Born in Gibraltar around 1964, she moved to England at the age of three and studied English Literature at the University of Cambridge. After working as an actor in fringe theatre for a decade, she began writing for television, starting with the soap *Family Affairs* in the late 1990s.

She has written episodes of series including *Lark Rise to Candleford*, *Vera* (2011–2012), *The Paradise* and *Shetland* (2013–2015). Chiappe co-created the 2016 series *The Level* with Alex Perrin. Her feature screenplays include *Their Finest* (2016), for which she received a British Independent Film Award nomination, and the co-written *Misbehaviour* (2020). She has also written for *The Beast Must Die* (2021) and served as head writer on series 6 of *Slow Horses* (2026). She received a British Academy Scotland Award nomination for her work on *Shetland*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Slow Horses* (2022), Fi1m 82, Co-Executive Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/slow-horses.md)
- *Shetland* (2013), Fi1m 62, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Vera* (2011), Fi1m 72, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Slow Horses* (2022), series, Co-Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/slow-horses.md)
- *The Beast Must Die* (2021), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Isolation Stories* (2020), series, Writer
- *Misbehaviour* (2020), Screenplay
- *Their Finest* (2017), Dolly (Carrot Film), Screenplay
- *The Level* (2016), series, Writer
- *Shetland* (2013), series, Writer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *The Paradise* (2012), series, Writer
- *Vera* (2011), series, Writer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *Born and Bred* (2002), series, Writer

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