---
name: "Matt Evans"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matt-evans-1227790"
fi1m_id: "matt-evans-1227790"
imdb_id: "nm1419111"
tmdb_id: 1227790
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:29:26.683451+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."
---

# Matt Evans

## Identity

Matt Evans

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matt-evans-1227790
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matt-evans-1227790
- **IMDb ID:** nm1419111
- **TMDB ID:** 1227790
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1419111/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227790

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1419111/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227790

## Streaming the US now

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

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

## Biography

Matt Evans is a British television writer and producer. He graduated from the first BBC Drama Writers Academy in 2006 and has since written for more than twenty series.

He was a core writer on *EastEnders* for a decade from 2007, contributing over 120 episodes including Christmas specials and live episodes. Other credits include *The Dumping Ground*, *The Worst Witch*, *Hetty Feather*, *Ackley Bridge*, *Riviera*, *A Discovery of Witches*, *All Creatures Great & Small* and *New Tricks*. He co-created *Phoenix Rise* (2023–2024) for BBC Three, on which he also served as writer and executive producer, and co-created *6 Degrees*.

His work has received BAFTA and RTS award nominations.

*Sources: imdb.com, eastenders.fandom.com, berlinassociates.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Phoenix Rise* (2023), series, Writer, Creator
- *All Creatures Great & Small* (2020), series, Writer
- *A Discovery of Witches* (2018), series, Writer
- *Riviera* (2017), series, Writer
- *The Worst Witch* (2017), series, Writer
- *The Dumping Ground* (2013), series, Writer
- *Little Crackers* (2010), series, Writer
- *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, Writer
- *New Tricks* (2004), series, Writer
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Shark Preyed*, Video Assist Operator

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