---
name: "Nick Ames"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nick-ames"
fi1m_id: "nick-ames"
imdb_id: "nm0024734"
tmdb_id: 2302382
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T10:14:28.909594+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."
---

# Nick Ames

## Identity

Nick Ames

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nick-ames
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nick-ames
- **IMDb ID:** nm0024734
- **TMDB ID:** 2302382
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0024734/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2302382

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1975–2006
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 2000s 78 (2)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Action & Adventure 1, Drama 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0024734/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2302382

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Red Dwarf*](https://film.one/tv/red-dwarf.md) (88)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Black Books*](https://film.one/tv/black-books.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Nick Ames is a television editor working primarily in comedy and drama. He edited all six episodes of the first series of the Channel 4 sitcom *Black Books* (2000).

Other credits include *Father Ted* (1995), *Red Dwarf* (1988), *Plebs* (2013–2019), *Benidorm* (2014–2018), *Trying* (2020–2024), *Torchwood* (2006) and *Bad Girls* (1999). He has also edited episodes of *Death in Paradise*, *Porters* and *Hitmen*.

*Sources: imdb.com, nickames.tv, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Torchwood* (2006), Fi1m 73, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/torchwood.md)
- *Black Books* (2000), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-books.md)
- *Red Dwarf* (1988), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/red-dwarf.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Piglets* (2024), series, Editor
- *Trying* (2020), series, Editor
- *Porters* (2017), series, Editor
- *Siblings* (2014), series, Editor
- *Plus One* (2009), series, Editor
- *Torchwood* (2006), series, Editor — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/torchwood.md)
- *Footballers' Wives* (2002), series, Editor
- *Black Books* (2000), series, Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-books.md)
- *Bad Girls* (1999), series, Editor
- *Have I Got News for You: The Official Pirate Video* (1997), Editor
- *Wycliffe* (1994), series, Editor
- *The Magic Comedy Strip* (1992), series, Editor
- *Red Dwarf* (1988), series, Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/red-dwarf.md)
- *Rumpole of the Bailey* (1975), series, Editor

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