---
name: "Stephen Butchard"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-butchard"
fi1m_id: "stephen-butchard"
imdb_id: "nm0124661"
tmdb_id: 1240815
wikidata_id: "Q95856415"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T14:57:35.862651+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."
---

# Stephen Butchard

## Identity

Stephen Butchard

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stephen-butchard
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stephen-butchard
- **IMDb ID:** nm0124661
- **TMDB ID:** 1240815
- **Wikidata ID:** Q95856415
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Butchard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95856415, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124661/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1240815

Writer and producer. Born in Liverpool.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 60 (1), 2010s 72 (1), 2020s 73 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, War & Politics 2, Action & Adventure 1, Crime 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Butchard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95856415, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124661/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1240815

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*This City Is Ours*](https://film.one/tv/this-city-is-ours.md) (73)
- **Netflix:** [*The Last Kingdom*](https://film.one/tv/the-last-kingdom.md) (72)
- **HBO Max:** [*House of Saddam*](https://film.one/tv/house-of-saddam.md) (60)

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

## Biography

Stephen Butchard is a British screenwriter and television producer from Liverpool. He trained as an engineer and worked for a year in Beijing on the underground rail network before turning to writing. In 1997 he won the Dennis Potter Award for his play *Soft Sand, Blue Sea*.

Butchard is known for creating and writing the historical drama series *The Last Kingdom* (2015–2022). His other credits include the mini-series *House of Saddam* (2008), *Vincent* (2005–2006), *Five Daughters* (2010), *Good Cop* (2012), *Baghdad Central* (2020), *The Good Mothers* (2023) and *Shardlake* (2024). He created, wrote and executive-produced the crime drama *This City Is Ours* (2025) for BBC One.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *This City Is Ours* (2025), Fi1m 73, Writer, Creator, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-city-is-ours.md)
- *The Last Kingdom* (2015), Fi1m 72, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-kingdom.md)
- *House of Saddam* (2008), Fi1m 60, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/house-of-saddam.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Prisoner 951* (2025), series, Writer
- *This City Is Ours* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-city-is-ours.md)
- *Shardlake* (2024), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Good Mothers* (2023), series, Writer, Creator
- *Baghdad Central* (2020), series, Writer
- *The Child in Time* (2018), Writer, Executive Producer
- *The Last Kingdom* (2015), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-kingdom.md)
- *Falcón* (2012), series, Writer
- *The Guardians* (2012), Screenplay
- *Good Cop* (2012), series, Creator
- *Stolen* (2011), Writer
- *Five Daughters* (2010), series, Writer
- *House of Saddam* (2008), series, Writer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-of-saddam.md)
- *Lie with Me* (2004), series, Writer
- *Lenny Blue* (2002), series, Writer
- *Little Bird* (2000), Writer
- *Always and Everyone* (1999), series, Writer, Creator
- *Soft Sand, Blue Sea* (1998), Writer

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