---
name: "Peter Whalley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-whalley"
fi1m_id: "peter-whalley"
imdb_id: "nm0923538"
tmdb_id: 1215252
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "12 March 1946"
died: "26 July 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:34:21.263137+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 Whalley

## Identity

Peter Whalley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-whalley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-whalley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0923538
- **TMDB ID:** 1215252
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923538/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215252

Writer. Born 12 March 1946 in Colne, Lancashire, England. Died 26 July 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 12 March 1946, Colne, Lancashire, England
- **Died:** 26 July 2017
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923538/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215252

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Coronation Street*](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Peter Whalley was a British television and radio scriptwriter. Born in Colne, Lancashire, he studied philosophy at the University of Lancaster and worked as an English teacher before turning to writing in the 1970s. His early television plays included *A Man of Morality* (1976) and *Risking It* (1977).

Whalley joined the writing team of *Coronation Street* (1960) in 1979 and remained until his retirement in 2013, credited with over 600 episodes. He also wrote for series including *Angels* (1975), *Cluedo* (1990) and *The Good Samaritan* (2007), and numerous BBC Radio 4 plays. In 2009 he received a lifetime achievement award at the British Soap Awards. He died in 2017.

*Sources: imdb.com, coronationstreet.fandom.com, theguardian.com, itv.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Coronation Street* (1960), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Suspicion* (2003), series, Writer
- *Castles* (1995), series, Writer, Creator
- *Blackfly* (1991), Consulting Producer
- *Risking It* (1977), Writer
- *A Man of Morality* (1976), Writer
- *Centre Play* (1973), series, Writer
- *Coronation Street* (1960), series, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

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