---
name: "Russel Gascoigne"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/russel-gascoigne"
fi1m_id: "russel-gascoigne"
tmdb_id: 2038425
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:17:44.450227+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."
---

# Russel Gascoigne

## Identity

Russel Gascoigne

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/russel-gascoigne
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** russel-gascoigne
- **TMDB ID:** 2038425
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2038425

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2038425

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*A Touch of Frost*](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md) (76)

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

## Biography

Russell Gascoigne is a British television scriptwriter. After university he worked as a script-reader and development consultant for companies including the European Script Fund, London Weekend Television and the BBC. He later served as a BBC Drama script editor at BBC Wales, working on single dramas, co-productions and projects ranging from comedy to animation.

His television credits include the episode "Private Lives" of *A Touch of Frost* (1999), an episode of *McCallum* (1998), the six-part series *Body Story* (1998) and the Welsh-language drama *Rhag Pob Brad* (S4C). Other work encompasses *Selected Exits* (RTS award-winning) and episodes of *BBC Wales Playhouse*. He has also written for stage, radio and film, and published the young adult novel *Rebels* (2004).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), Fi1m 76, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *The Second World War in Colour* (1999), series, Writer
- *Oliver's Travels* (1995), series, Script Editor
- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), series, Screenplay — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md)

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