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name: "Geoffrey Case"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/geoffrey-case"
roles: ["Writer"]
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average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T09:30:00.956895+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."
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# Geoffrey Case

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1970–1987
- **Frequently works with:** [Alastair Reid](https://film.one/person/alastair-reid-56634.md), [Alma Cullen](https://film.one/person/alma-cullen.md), [Anthony Simmons](https://film.one/person/anthony-simmons.md), [Brian Parker](https://film.one/person/brian-parker.md), [Charles Wood](https://film.one/person/charles-wood-444552.md), [Herbert Wise](https://film.one/person/herbert-wise.md), [Jim Goddard](https://film.one/person/jim-goddard.md), [Peter Duffell](https://film.one/person/peter-duffell.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0143205/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1252212

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Inspector Morse*](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md) (84)

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## Biography

Geoffrey Case was a British playwright, radio, television and screen writer. He wrote episodes for the series *Inspector Morse* (1991) and *Play for Today* (1970s–80s), as well as for *Minder*, *The Knock* and *Ruth Rendell Mysteries*.

His single dramas include *The Accountant* (1989), which won the BAFTA Award for Best Single Drama, *Fighting for Gemma* (1993), *Scab* (1985) and *Fairies*. *Scab* received the Rai Award at the Prix Italia and the Prix Futura at the Berlin Film Festival. He also wrote plays staged at the Soho Poly, Croydon Warehouse Theatre, Birmingham Rep and the Young Vic, and adapted *Tintin’s Great American Adventure* for the stage.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Inspector Morse* (1987), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *The Knock* (1994), series, Writer
- *The Accountant* (1989), Writer
- *Screen One* (1989), series, Writer
- *The Ruth Rendell Mysteries* (1987), series, Writer
- *Inspector Morse* (1987), series, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md)
- *Scab* (1987), Writer
- *Dramarama* (1983), series, Writer
- *The Hard Word* (1983), series, Writer
- *Ghost in the Water* (1982), Writer
- *Judo Champ* (1981), Writer
- *Buses* (1980), Writer
- *Minder* (1979), series, Writer
- *Fairies* (1978), Writer
- *BBC2 Play of the Week* (1977), series, Writer
- *I Want to Be Like You* (1976), Writer
- *Centre Play* (1973), series, Writer
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Writer

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