---
name: "Richard Cottan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-cottan"
fi1m_id: "richard-cottan"
imdb_id: "nm1000115"
tmdb_id: 1178142
wikidata_id: "Q25120401"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-07T15:00:28.831629+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."
---

# Richard Cottan

## Identity

Richard Cottan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-cottan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-cottan
- **IMDb ID:** nm1000115
- **TMDB ID:** 1178142
- **Wikidata ID:** Q25120401
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25120401, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1000115/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1178142

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 1980–2008
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 writing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 74 (1), 2000s 76 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25120401, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1000115/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1178142

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Wallander*](https://film.one/tv/wallander.md) (76)

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

## Biography

Richard Cottan is a British television writer, producer and occasional actor. He began his career in the 1980s with acting roles in comedy series including *Hi-de-Hi!* and *'Allo 'Allo!* before moving into writing.

His screenwriting credits include the two-part drama *Colditz* (2005) and six episodes of the BBC series *Wallander* (2008–2010), on which he also served as executive producer. Other works include the television films *Hancock & Joan* (2008), *Margaret* (2009) and the miniseries *The Fear* (2012). He won a BAFTA Television Award.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Hi-de-Hi!* (1980), Fi1m 74, as Marty Storm — [page](https://film.one/tv/hi-de-hi.md)

### Wrote (1)

- *Wallander* (2008), Fi1m 76, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/wallander.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *The Fear* (2012), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Gunrush* (2009), Writer
- *Margaret* (2009), Writer
- *Wallander* (2008), series, Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/wallander.md)
- *Colditz* (2005), series, Writer
- *Colditz* (2005), Writer
- *Lawrence of Arabia, the battle for the Arab world* (2003), series, Script Consultant
- *Men Only* (2001), Writer
- *The Winning Streak* (1985), series, as Alan Kitteridge
- *The Ploughman's Lunch* (1983), as Student at Poetry Reading
- *Hi-de-Hi!* (1980), series, as Marty Storm — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/hi-de-hi.md)

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