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name: "Glen Laker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/glen-laker"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T15:23:19.368145+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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# Glen Laker

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1855074

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Glen Laker is a British television screenwriter. He previously worked in access services at the BBC, developing subtitling and signed programming, and as a subtitler at ITV. He began writing scripts in his spare time, with early broadcast credits including work for BBC’s See Hear.

Laker has written two episodes of the ITV crime drama *Vera* (2015–2016). He adapted and wrote the six-part mini-series *Prime Suspect 1973* (also known as *Prime Suspect: Tennison*, 2017) for ITV and PBS. He has written multiple episodes of *The Chelsea Detective* (2022–) for Acorn TV and contributed to series including *Holby City* (2014), *Home Fires* (2016) and *The Good Karma Hospital* (2019). He has also served as associate producer on *The Chelsea Detective*.

*Sources: imdb.com, glenlaker.com, independenttalent.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Vera* (2011), Fi1m 72, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *The Chelsea Detective* (2022), series, Writer
- *Prime Suspect 1973* (2017), series, Writer, Creator
- *One Last Dance* (2016), Writer
- *The Boy in the Oak* (2012), Writer
- *Vera* (2011), series, Writer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)

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