---
name: "John Stevenson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-stevenson-1215253"
fi1m_id: "john-stevenson-1215253"
imdb_id: "nm0828969"
tmdb_id: 1215253
wikidata_id: "Q6259115"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "10 May 1937"
died: "5 September 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:34:25.056759+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."
---

# John Stevenson

## Identity

John Stevenson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-stevenson-1215253
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-stevenson-1215253
- **IMDb ID:** nm0828969
- **TMDB ID:** 1215253
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6259115
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stevenson_(scriptwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6259115, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0828969/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215253

Writer. Born 10 May 1937 in Manchester, England, UK. Died 5 September 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 10 May 1937, Manchester, England, UK
- **Died:** 5 September 2023
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stevenson_(scriptwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6259115, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0828969/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215253

## 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

John Stevenson (10 May 1937 – 5 September 2023) was a British screenwriter and journalist. Born in Manchester, he worked as a newspaper journalist and northern theatre critic for the Daily Mail before entering television writing in the late 1960s.

From 1976 to 2006 Stevenson was a regular writer on the soap opera *Coronation Street*, contributing 447 episodes. He co-created the comedy-drama *Brass* with Julian Roach and wrote episodes of series including *The Brothers McGregor*, *The Last of the Baskets* and *Heartbeat*. In 2005 he received the Special Achievement Award at the British Soap Awards.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Coronation Street - The Feature Length Special* (1995), Writer
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, Writer
- *The Brothers McGregor* (1985), series, Writer, Creator
- *Brass* (1983), series, Writer, Creator
- *Yanks Go Home* (1976), series, Writer
- *Shabby Tiger* (1973), series, Writer
- *Nearest and Dearest* (1968), 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/john-stevenson-1215253