---
name: "Jack Lothian"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jack-lothian"
fi1m_id: "jack-lothian"
imdb_id: "nm0521454"
tmdb_id: 1554428
wikidata_id: "Q99078163"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T17:16:08.573157+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."
---

# Jack Lothian

## Identity

Jack Lothian

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jack-lothian
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jack-lothian
- **IMDb ID:** nm0521454
- **TMDB ID:** 1554428
- **Wikidata ID:** Q99078163
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99078163, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0521454/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1554428

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2001–2015
- **Frequently works with:** [Catherine Morshead](https://film.one/person/catherine-morshead.md), [Julie Rutterford](https://film.one/person/julie-rutterford.md), [Dominic Leclerc](https://film.one/person/dominic-leclerc.md), [Jack Thorne](https://film.one/person/jack-thorne.md), [Jimmy Dowdall](https://film.one/person/jimmy-dowdall.md), [Jonny Campbell](https://film.one/person/jonny-campbell.md), [Mark Greig](https://film.one/person/mark-greig.md), [Paul Abbott](https://film.one/person/paul-abbott.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as writer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 72 (4), 2010s 73 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 3, Crime 2, Action & Adventure 1, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99078163, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0521454/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1554428

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md) (75), [*No Offence*](https://film.one/tv/no-offence.md) (73), [*Ashes to Ashes*](https://film.one/tv/ashes-to-ashes.md) (64)
- **Tubi:** [*Teachers*](https://film.one/tv/teachers.md) (76)
- **Disney+:** [*Skins*](https://film.one/tv/skins.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Jack Lothian is a British television writer and screenwriter. His credits include episodes of *Shameless* (2004) across series 5 to 11 and an episode of *Skins* (2007) in series 6.

He has written multiple episodes of *Doc Martin* (2004) from series 2 to 10, as well as work on *Teachers* (2004), *Ashes to Ashes* (2008), *Strike Back* (2010), *Death in Paradise* (2011), *No Offence* (2015), *Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands* (2016) and *Who Is Erin Carter?* (2023), which he created. He served as showrunner on *Strike Back*.

Lothian received BAFTA nominations for his writing on *Late Night Shopping* (2001) and for New Writer in 2004. He has also written short fiction and a graphic novel.

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk, channel4.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *No Offence* (2015), Fi1m 73, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/no-offence.md)
- *Ashes to Ashes* (2008), Fi1m 64, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/ashes-to-ashes.md)
- *Skins* (2007), Fi1m 72, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *Teachers* (2001), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/teachers.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Who Is Erin Carter?* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *The Halcyon* (2017), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands* (2016), series, Writer
- *Harry Price: Ghost Hunter* (2015), Writer
- *No Offence* (2015), series, Writer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/no-offence.md)
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, Writer
- *Strike Back* (2010), series, Writer
- *Spooks: Code 9* (2008), series, Writer
- *Ashes to Ashes* (2008), series, Writer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/ashes-to-ashes.md)
- *Skins* (2007), series, Writer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)
- *Doc Martin* (2004), series, Writer
- *Shameless* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *This Old House* (2003), Director, Writer
- *Late Night Shopping* (2001), as Shelf Stacker · Writer
- *Teachers* (2001), series, Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/teachers.md)
- *The Name of This Film Is Dogme95* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Santa / Claws* (1997), Writer

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