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name: "Simon Ashford"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/simon-ashford"
fi1m_id: "simon-ashford"
tmdb_id: 1229351
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:29:20.308099+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 Ashford

## Identity

Simon Ashford

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/simon-ashford
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** simon-ashford
- **TMDB ID:** 1229351
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1229351

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1984–2005
- **Also known as:** Simon J. Ashford
- **Frequently works with:** [Susan Tully](https://film.one/person/susan-tully.md), [Alan Wareing](https://film.one/person/alan-wareing.md), [Andy Goddard](https://film.one/person/andy-goddard.md), [Antonia Bird](https://film.one/person/antonia-bird.md), [Audrey Cooke](https://film.one/person/audrey-cooke.md), [Bill Hays](https://film.one/person/bill-hays.md), [Chris Clough](https://film.one/person/chris-clough.md), [Chris Murray](https://film.one/person/chris-murray-2716243.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1229351

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Simon J. Ashford is a British television writer. He studied Drama at Manchester University, followed by a postgraduate diploma in Playwriting and a Master’s degree in Victorian Literature.

He has written episodes of *EastEnders* (1999–2002), *The Bill* (2003–2006), *Holby City* (2002–2005), *Twisted Tales* (2005), *Robin Hood* (2006–2009) and *Waterloo Road* (2012). Ashford served as co-showrunner and executive producer on series three of *The Musketeers* (2016) and contributed to the core writing team of *Stan Lee’s Lucky Man* (2017–2018). He has also written for *Jekyll and Hyde* (2015) and *Young Dracula* (2014).

*Sources: unitedagents.co.uk, imdb.com, eastenders.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Robin Hood* (2006), series, Writer
- *Twisted Tales* (2005), series, Writer
- *Family Affairs* (1997), series, Writer
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Writer

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