---
name: "Joe Turner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-turner-1237348"
fi1m_id: "joe-turner-1237348"
imdb_id: "nm0877650"
tmdb_id: 1237348
wikidata_id: "Q6212744"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:34:29.203571+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."
---

# Joe Turner

## Identity

Joe Turner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joe-turner-1237348
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joe-turner-1237348
- **IMDb ID:** nm0877650
- **TMDB ID:** 1237348
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6212744
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Turner_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6212744, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0877650/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1237348

Writer. Born 1 January 1901.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Turner_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6212744, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0877650/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1237348

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Coronation Street*](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Joe Turner is a British television and radio scriptwriter. He began his career writing for children's television, including episodes of *Children's Ward* and the 1997 play *My Dad's a Boring Nerd*, which won the British Comedy Award for Best Children's Drama.

Turner has written extensively for series including *Holby City*, *Casualty*, *London's Burning* and the 2006 BBC series *Robin Hood*. Since March 1999 he has been a regular writer on *Coronation Street*, contributing hundreds of episodes; notable among them is the 2010 tram crash storyline marking the soap's 50th anniversary.

Originally an actor, he appeared in the BBC production of *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe*. He has also written numerous radio plays.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, coronationstreet.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Coronation Street* (1960), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Coronation Street: Out of Africa* (2008), Writer
- *Robin Hood* (2006), series, Writer
- *Coronation Street* (1960), series, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/joe-turner-1237348