---
name: "Leah Archer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leah-archer"
fi1m_id: "leah-archer"
imdb_id: "nm0033697"
tmdb_id: 2200480
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "1 October 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T13:53:39.042715+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."
---

# Leah Archer

## Identity

Leah Archer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leah-archer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leah-archer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0033697
- **TMDB ID:** 2200480
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0033697/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2200480

Costume designer. Born 1 October 1963 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 1 October 1963, Lewisham, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1993–2005
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 74 (1), 2000s 74 (4)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Action & Adventure 1, Drama 1, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 1 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0033697/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2200480

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Clothes in the Wardrobe*](https://film.one/film/the-clothes-in-the-wardrobe.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Leah Archer is a British costume designer for film and television. She began her career in 1988 as a staff member in the BBC's in-house Costume Department, working on period and contemporary drama and comedy until 1998.

Since leaving the BBC she has worked for production companies including Baby Cow Productions, ITV and others. Her credits include the films *The Clothes in the Wardrobe* (1993) and *It Couldn't Happen Here* (1988), and television series such as *Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps* (2001–2009), *Garth Marenghi's Darkplace* (2004), *Not Going Out* (from 2006), *Upstart Crow* (2016–) and *Stan Lee's Lucky Man* (2016). She has also designed costumes for stage productions including *Jerry Springer: The Opera* (2003).

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Ideal* (2005), Fi1m 71, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/tv/ideal.md)
- *Garth Marenghi's Darkplace* (2004), Fi1m 83, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/tv/garth-marenghis-darkplace.md)
- *The Smoking Room* (2004), Fi1m 63, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-smoking-room.md)
- *Harry Hill's TV Burp* (2002), Fi1m 81, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/tv/harry-hills-tv-burp.md)
- *The Clothes in the Wardrobe* (1993), Fi1m 74, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-clothes-in-the-wardrobe.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

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

- *Out of Her Mind* (2020), series, Costume Design
- *Harry Hill's Clubnite* (2019), series, Costume Designer
- *The Mayoress* (2018), series, Costume Designer
- *The Horne Section Television Programme* (2018), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Sick Note* (2017), series, Costume Designer
- *Upstart Crow* (2016), series, Costume Designer
- *Stan Lee's Lucky Man* (2016), series, Costume Designer
- *Tracey Ullman's Show* (2016), series, Costume Design
- *Billionaire Boy* (2016), Costume Design
- *Catherine Tate's Nan* (2015), series, Costume Designer
- *Brotherhood* (2015), series, Costume Designer
- *Duck Quacks Don't Echo* (2014), series, Costume Designer
- *Catherine Tate's Nan* (2014), Costume Designer
- *The Harry Hill Movie* (2013), Costume Design
- *Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City* (2013), Costume Designer
- *Crackanory* (2013), series, Costume Designer
- *The One Ronnie* (2010), Costume Designer
- *Ask Rhod Gilbert* (2010), series, Costume Designer
- *Odd One In* (2010), series, Costume Designer
- *Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 2* (2009), Costume Design
- *Parents of the Band* (2008), series, Costume Designer
- *Coming of Age* (2008), series, Costume Designer
- *Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold* (2008), Costume Design
- *Al Murray's Happy Hour* (2007), series, Costume Designer
- *Not Going Out* (2006), series, Costume Designer
- *Grownups* (2006), series, Costume Designer
- *Ideal* (2005), series, Costume Designer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/ideal.md)
- *Jerry Springer: The Opera* (2005), Costume Designer
- *The Smoking Room* (2004), series, Costume Designer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-smoking-room.md)
- *Garth Marenghi's Darkplace* (2004), series, Costume Designer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/garth-marenghis-darkplace.md)
- *Mad About Alice* (2004), series, Costume Designer
- *Harry Hill's TV Burp* (2002), series, Costume Designer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/harry-hills-tv-burp.md)
- *Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps* (2001), series, Costume Designer
- *Time Gentlemen Please* (2000), series, Costume Designer
- *Megamaths* (1996), series, Costume Designer
- *Calling the Shots* (1994), series, Costume Design
- *The Clothes in the Wardrobe* (1993), Costume Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-clothes-in-the-wardrobe.md)
- *It Couldn't Happen Here* (1988), Costume Design
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, Costume Designer

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