---
name: "Peter Moffat"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-moffat"
fi1m_id: "peter-moffat"
imdb_id: "nm0595584"
tmdb_id: 567631
wikidata_id: "Q7175911"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "2 June 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T16:33:04.584334+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 Moffat

## Identity

Peter Moffat

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-moffat
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-moffat
- **IMDb ID:** nm0595584
- **TMDB ID:** 567631
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7175911
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Moffat, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7175911, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0595584/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/567631

Writer and producer. Born 2 June 1962 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 2 June 1962, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- **Active:** 2004–2016
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 writing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Maxine Peake](https://film.one/person/maxine-peake.md), [Luke Watson](https://film.one/person/luke-watson.md), [Marc Jobst](https://film.one/person/marc-jobst.md), [Philip Martin](https://film.one/person/philip-martin.md), [Pier Wilkie](https://film.one/person/pier-wilkie.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 76 (2), 2010s 77 (3)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Moffat, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7175911, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0595584/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/567631

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Criminal Justice*](https://film.one/tv/criminal-justice.md) (85)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Village*](https://film.one/tv/the-village-2013.md) (78)
- **Disney+:** [*Silk*](https://film.one/tv/silk.md) (71)

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

## Biography

Peter Moffat is a Scottish playwright and screenwriter. Born in Edinburgh in 1962, he trained and worked as a barrister before turning to writing. His first play, *A Fine and Private Place*, was broadcast on BBC Radio in 1997.

Moffat created the legal dramas *North Square* (2000), *Criminal Justice* (2008) and *Silk* (2011). He wrote the television films *Hawking* (2004) and *Einstein and Eddington* (2008), the miniseries *Cambridge Spies* (2003), and an episode of the *ShakespeaRe-Told* series (2005). He has also written *The Village* (2013) and, for American television, *Your Honor* (2020) and *61st Street* (2022). He won two BAFTA awards for *Criminal Justice*.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

### Wrote (4) — the average rests on these

- *The Village* (2013), Fi1m 78, Writer, Creator, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-village-2013.md)
- *Silk* (2011), Fi1m 71, Creator, Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/silk.md)
- *Criminal Justice* (2008), Fi1m 85, Creator, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-justice.md)
- *ShakespeaRe-Told* (2005), Fi1m 66, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/shakespeare-told.md)

### Produced (1)

- *The Night Of* (2016), Fi1m 81, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-night-of.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Scoop* (2024), Writer
- *61st Street* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Your Honor* (2020), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *The Last Post* (2017), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *The Night Of* (2016), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-night-of.md)
- *Undercover* (2016), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Village* (2013), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-village-2013.md)
- *Silk* (2011), series, Producer, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/silk.md)
- *Einstein and Eddington* (2008), Writer
- *Criminal Justice* (2008), series, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-justice.md)
- *ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth* (2005), Writer
- *ShakespeaRe-Told* (2005), series, Writer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/shakespeare-told.md)
- *Hawking* (2004), Writer
- *Cambridge Spies* (2003), series, Writer, Creator
- *North Square* (2000), series, Creator

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