---
name: "Peter Berry"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-berry"
fi1m_id: "peter-berry"
tmdb_id: 209883
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-18T07:36:57.038583+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."
---

# Peter Berry

## Identity

Peter Berry

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-berry
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-berry
- **TMDB ID:** 209883
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/209883

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1991–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/209883

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Prime Suspect*](https://film.one/tv/prime-suspect.md) (88)
- **AMC+:** [*Gangs of London*](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Peter Berry is a British screenwriter. He previously worked as a film editor, director and producer.

His television credits include writing episodes of *Prime Suspect: The Last Witness* (2003), *Gangs of London* (2020, also co-executive producer), *The Suspect* (2022), *The Last Enemy* (2008) and *Mary Bryant* (2005). He wrote the screenplay for the feature film *The Luzhin Defence* (2000).

*Prime Suspect: The Last Witness* received Emmy and BAFTA nominations. Berry won the RTS writer award for *A Life for a Life* (1998).

*Sources: imdb.com, theagency.co.uk, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Gangs of London* (2020), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md)
- *Prime Suspect* (1991), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/prime-suspect.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *The Suspect* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Gangs of London* (2020), series, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md)
- *The Last Enemy* (2008), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant* (2005), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *The Luzhin Defence* (2000), Screenplay
- *A Life for a Life* (1998), Writer
- *Prime Suspect* (1991), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/prime-suspect.md)
- *The Ruth Rendell Mysteries* (1987), series, Writer
- *Of Muppets & Men* (1981), Director, Editor
- *The Shadow* (1954), Writer

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/peter-berry