---
name: "Harry Duffin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harry-duffin"
fi1m_id: "harry-duffin"
tmdb_id: 3967277
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:29:02.468117+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."
---

# Harry Duffin

## Identity

Harry Duffin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/harry-duffin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** harry-duffin
- **TMDB ID:** 3967277
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3967277

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1984–1986
- **Frequently works with:** [Bill Hays](https://film.one/person/bill-hays.md), [Graeme Harper](https://film.one/person/graeme-harper.md), [Tony McHale](https://film.one/person/tony-mchale.md), [Alan Wareing](https://film.one/person/alan-wareing.md), [Antonia Bird](https://film.one/person/antonia-bird.md), [Audrey Cooke](https://film.one/person/audrey-cooke.md), [Baz Taylor](https://film.one/person/baz-taylor.md), [Chris Clough](https://film.one/person/chris-clough.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3967277

## Streaming the US now

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

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

## Biography

Harry Duffin is a British screenwriter and novelist. He wrote two episodes of the BBC soap opera *EastEnders* in 1985, as well as episodes of *Boon* (1988) and *The Bill* (1993–1994). He also contributed to *Emmerdale Farm* and *The District Nurse*.

Between 1991 and 1993 he wrote seventeen episodes of the ITV soap *Coronation Street* and received the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Television Serial for his work on the series. From 1989 to 1990 he served as script editor on twenty-six episodes of *Howards' Way*.

Duffin co-created the New Zealand teen drama series *The Tribe* (1999–2003), which ran for 260 episodes, and later worked as Head of Development at Cloud 9 Screen Entertainment. He has since written novels, including *Chicago May* and novelisations connected to *The Tribe*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Atlantis High* (2001), series, Writer, Script Supervisor
- *A Twist in the Tale* (1999), series, Script Consultant
- *The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson* (1998), series, Writer, Script Consultant
- *The Legend of William Tell* (1998), series, Script Consultant
- *Return to Treasure Island* (1996), Screenplay
- *Boon* (1986), series, Writer
- *Howards' Way* (1985), series, Script Editor
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Writer
- *The District Nurse* (1984), series, Writer
- *Dramarama* (1983), series, Writer

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