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name: "Joe Ainsworth"
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roles: ["Writer"]
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average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T16:02:11.349959+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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# Joe Ainsworth

Writer. Born in Formby, Merseyside, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2033444

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Call the Midwife*](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md) (80)

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## Biography

Joe Ainsworth is an English screenwriter. He wrote more than 150 episodes of the soap opera *Brookside* and contributed 75 scripts to *Holby City* between 2004 and 2022, making him the serial's most prolific writer. One of his *Holby City* episodes, "Past Imperfect", won a BAFTA award for best continuing drama.

Ainsworth has also written episodes of *Call the Midwife* (2021), *Death in Paradise* (including a 2025 episode), *Whitstable Pearl*, *Sanditon* and *The Good Ship Murder*. His feature film credit includes the screenplay for *The Last Bus* (2021).

He studied English at Edge Hill College from 1986, graduating in 1989. In 2021 the university awarded him an honorary Doctor of Literature, and a hall of residence is named in his honour.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Call the Midwife* (2012), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *The Good Ship Murder* (2023), series, Writer
- *The Last Bus* (2021), Writer
- *Whitstable Pearl* (2021), series, Writer
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), series, Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, Writer
- *Holby City* (1999), series, Writer
- *The Lakes* (1997), series, Writer

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