---
name: "Rob Gittins"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rob-gittins"
fi1m_id: "rob-gittins"
imdb_id: "nm0321244"
tmdb_id: 1227579
wikidata_id: "Q7340155"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T12:19:15.626816+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."
---

# Rob Gittins

## Identity

Rob Gittins

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rob-gittins
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rob-gittins
- **IMDb ID:** nm0321244
- **TMDB ID:** 1227579
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7340155
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Gittins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7340155, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0321244/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227579

Writer. Born 1 January 1901 in Manchester.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, Manchester
- **Active:** 1985–1986
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan Wareing](https://film.one/person/alan-wareing.md), [Alice Troughton](https://film.one/person/alice-troughton.md), [Andrew Morgan](https://film.one/person/andrew-morgan.md), [Andy Hay](https://film.one/person/andy-hay.md), [Antonia Bird](https://film.one/person/antonia-bird.md), [Chris Clough](https://film.one/person/chris-clough.md), [Chris Murray](https://film.one/person/chris-murray-2716243.md), [Claire Winyard](https://film.one/person/claire-winyard.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Gittins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7340155, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0321244/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227579

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70), [*Casualty*](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md) (68)

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

## Biography

Rob Gittins is a British screenwriter and novelist. He has written for numerous UK television series including *EastEnders*, *Casualty*, *The Bill*, *Emmerdale* and *Heartbeat*.

Gittins is the longest-serving writer on *EastEnders*, having contributed episodes since the series began in 1985. In 2015 he received an Outstanding Achievement Award at the British Soap Awards. He has also written over twenty radio plays for BBC Radio 4, including the series *Losing Paradise* which won a Gold Drama Medal at the New York International Radio Festival, and has published several novels.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Casualty* (1986), Fi1m 68, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *The Best of EastEnders* (2018), Writer
- *Blue Monday* (2016), Writer
- *The Indian Doctor* (2010), series, Writer
- *The Story of Tracy Beaker* (2002), series, Writer
- *Family Affairs* (1997), series, Writer
- *The Lifeboat* (1994), series, Writer
- *Eldorado* (1992), series, Writer
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, Writer
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Writer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *The Dylan Thomas Trail* (1983), Writer

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