---
name: "Simon Ashdown"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/simon-ashdown-1227580"
fi1m_id: "simon-ashdown-1227580"
imdb_id: "nm0038803"
tmdb_id: 1227580
wikidata_id: "Q7518181"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T14:09:22.299783+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."
---

# Simon Ashdown

## Identity

Simon Ashdown

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/simon-ashdown-1227580
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** simon-ashdown-1227580
- **IMDb ID:** nm0038803
- **TMDB ID:** 1227580
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7518181
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Ashdown, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7518181, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038803/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227580

Writer. Born in England.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1985–2005
- **Frequently works with:** [Susan Tully](https://film.one/person/susan-tully.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Ashdown, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7518181, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038803/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227580

## Streaming the US now

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

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

## Biography

Simon Ashdown is a British television writer. He has contributed numerous scripts to the BBC soap opera *EastEnders* since 1995 and served as series consultant and lead writer from 2007 to 2014.

Ashdown co-created and wrote the BAFTA-nominated drama series *Funland* (2005) with Jeremy Dyson. He has also written episodes of *Our House* (2022) and *Trigger Point* (2024), and worked as a story consultant on other series.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Our House* (2022), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Kitchen* (2007), Writer
- *Kitchen* (2007), series, Writer
- *Funland* (2005), series, Associate Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Ricky and Bianca* (2002), series, Writer
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

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