---
name: "Rob Heyland"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rob-heyland"
fi1m_id: "rob-heyland"
imdb_id: "nm0382250"
tmdb_id: 1215750
wikidata_id: "Q7340202"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "2 April 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T13:48:29.880012+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 Heyland

## Identity

Rob Heyland

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rob-heyland
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rob-heyland
- **IMDb ID:** nm0382250
- **TMDB ID:** 1215750
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7340202
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Heyland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7340202, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382250/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215750

Writer. Born 2 April 1954 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 2 April 1954, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1992–2002
- **Frequently works with:** [Michael Russell](https://film.one/person/michael-russell.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Heyland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7340202, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382250/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215750

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Foyle's War*](https://film.one/tv/foyles-war.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Rob Heyland (born 2 April 1954) is a British screenwriter. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and began his career as an actor in television series including *One By One* (1984–1987) before moving into scriptwriting in the early 1990s.

Heyland contributed to the BBC series *Between the Lines* (1992–1994), writing seven episodes. His credits also include an episode of *Foyle's War* (2004), the series *Ultimate Force* (2002–2007) which he co-created, *Striking Out* (2017–2018) and *Whistleblower* (2008). He has written for *Wycliffe*, *Heartbeat*, *Robin Hood* and other series, and developed projects including *Have Your Cake and Eat It* (1997) and *Promoted to Glory* (2003).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Foyle's War* (2002), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/foyles-war.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Promoted to Glory* (2003), Writer
- *Foyle's War* (2002), series, Writer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/foyles-war.md)
- *Ultimate Force* (2002), series, Creator
- *Wycliffe* (1994), series, Writer
- *Between the Lines* (1992), series, Writer
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, Writer
- *The Law Lord* (1992), as Treasury Barrister
- *Reilly: Ace of Spies* (1983), series, as Georgi
- *Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story* (1982), Actor
- *The Professionals* (1977), series, as PC

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