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name: "Joanna Toye"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joanna-toye"
fi1m_id: "joanna-toye"
tmdb_id: 1820864
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:30:54.121773+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."
---

# Joanna Toye

## Identity

Joanna Toye

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joanna-toye
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joanna-toye
- **TMDB ID:** 1820864
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1820864

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1820864

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Joanna Toye is a British writer of television and radio drama, and later of historical fiction. After reading English at university she joined the production team of BBC Radio 4's *The Archers* and went on to write scripts for the programme for over twenty years. She has also written spin-off books about the series.

On television she has written episodes of *Crossroads* (1988), *Family Affairs* (1997), *Doctors* (2004–2006, as Jo Toye) and *EastEnders* (2017). She later turned to original novels, publishing the Shop Girls series beginning with *A Store at War* in 2019.

*Sources: imdb.com, eastenders.fandom.com, harperreach.com, orderofbooks.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *Les Girls* (1988), series, Writer
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

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