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name: "Paula Milne"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paula-milne"
fi1m_id: "paula-milne"
imdb_id: "nm0590360"
tmdb_id: 139158
wikidata_id: "Q7154731"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "20 June 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T15:09:06.671033+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."
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# Paula Milne

## Identity

Paula Milne

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paula-milne
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paula-milne
- **IMDb ID:** nm0590360
- **TMDB ID:** 139158
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7154731
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Milne, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7154731, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590360/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/139158

Writer. Born 20 June 1947 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 20 June 1947, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1970–2009
- **Frequently works with:** [Ben Bolt](https://film.one/person/ben-bolt.md), [Bill Craig](https://film.one/person/bill-craig.md), [Douglas Camfield](https://film.one/person/douglas-camfield.md), [Jim Hawkins](https://film.one/person/jim-hawkins.md), [Laurence Moody](https://film.one/person/laurence-moody.md), [Philip Martin](https://film.one/person/philip-martin-1228262.md), [Richard Harris](https://film.one/person/richard-harris-99061.md), [Trevor Eve](https://film.one/person/trevor-eve.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 76 (1), 2000s 75 (2)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Milne, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7154731, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590360/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/139158

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Virgin Queen*](https://film.one/tv/the-virgin-queen.md) (78)

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## Biography

Paula Milne is a British screenwriter. Born on 20 June 1947 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, she studied fine art and film at the Central School of Art and the Royal College of Art before entering television as a script reader.

She created the BBC nursing series *Angels* and wrote episodes for series including *Coronation Street*, *Juliet Bravo* and *Shoestring*. Her early single plays appeared in the *Play for Today* anthology. Milne is best known for the Channel 4 serial *The Politician's Wife* (1995), which she wrote and which won a BAFTA and an International Emmy; she later wrote the companion series *The Politician's Husband* (2013). Other credits include the screenplays for *Mad Love* (1995), *I Dreamed of Africa* (2000) and *Endgame* (2009), and adaptations such as *Small Island* (2009) and *The Night Watch* (2011).

Her twin sister, Claudia Milne, is a television producer.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, screenonline.org.uk.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Small Island* (2009), Fi1m 72, Screenplay, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/small-island.md)
- *The Virgin Queen* (2006), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-virgin-queen.md)
- *The Politician's Wife* (1995), Fi1m 76, Writer, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-politicians-wife.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

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

- *Platform 7* (2023), series, Screenplay
- *The Same Sky* (2017), series, Writer, Creator
- *HIM* (2016), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Legacy* (2013), Writer, Executive Producer
- *The Politician's Husband* (2013), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *White Heat* (2012), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *The Night Watch* (2011), Screenplay
- *Small Island* (2009), series, Screenplay, Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/small-island.md)
- *Endgame* (2009), Writer
- *The Virgin Queen* (2006), series, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-virgin-queen.md)
- *Thursday the 12th* (2003), Writer
- *State of Mind* (2003), Writer
- *Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind* (2001), Writer
- *I Dreamed of Africa* (2000), Screenplay
- *Mind Games* (1998), Teleplay, Story
- *A Night in with the Girls* (1997), Actor
- *The Fragile Heart* (1996), series, Writer
- *Hollow Reed* (1996), Writer
- *Mad Love* (1995), Writer
- *The Politician's Wife* (1995), series, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-politicians-wife.md)
- *Chandler & Co* (1994), series, Writer, Creator
- *Die Kinder* (1990), series, Writer, Creator
- *Unnatural Causes* (1986), series, Writer
- *Home Cooking* (1986), Writer
- *Ladies in Charge* (1986), series, Writer
- *Frankie and Johnnie* (1986), Writer
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, Writer
- *Driving Ambition* (1984), series, Writer
- *Driving Ambition* (1984), Writer
- *C.Q.* (1984), Writer
- *Spooky* (1983), series, Writer
- *John David* (1982), Writer
- *S.W.A.L.K.* (1982), series, Writer
- *The Sidmouth Letters* (1982), Writer
- *Love Is Old, Love Is New* (1982), series, Writer
- *A Sudden Wrench* (1982), Writer
- *My Father's House* (1981), series, Writer
- *The Squad* (1980), series, Writer
- *Shoestring* (1979), series, Writer
- *A Bunch of Fives* (1977), series, Writer
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, Adaptation
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Writer

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- International Emmy Award for best TV movie or miniseries 2010: International Emmy Award for best TV movie or miniseries (won), for *Small Island*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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