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# Michael Chaplin

## Identity

Michael Chaplin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-chaplin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-chaplin
- **TMDB ID:** 5458547
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5458547

Writer. Born in County Durham, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5458547

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Foyle's War*](https://film.one/tv/foyles-war.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Michael Chaplin is an English writer for television, theatre, radio and non-fiction. Born in 1951 in County Durham, he grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne. He studied history at Magdalene College, Cambridge, graduating in 1973, and began his career as a reporter on The Journal newspaper in Newcastle before moving into television production.

Chaplin worked for 15 years in current affairs and documentaries for ITV and the BBC, later becoming head of drama at Tyne-Tees Television and head of programmes at BBC Wales. He became a full-time writer in 1994. He created the ITV series *Grafters* (1998–1999) and the BBC series *Monarch of the Glen* (2000–2006), which ran for seven series. His other television credits include episodes of *Foyle's War* (2008), *Dalziel and Pascoe*, *Wild at Heart* and *Robin Hood*.

Chaplin maintains a long association with Live Theatre in Newcastle, for which he has written plays including *Tyne* and *A Walk on Part*. He is the son of the writer Sid Chaplin.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theagency.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Foyle's War* (2002), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/foyles-war.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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

- *Foyle's War* (2002), series, Writer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/foyles-war.md)

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