---
name: "Stephen Greenhorn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-greenhorn"
fi1m_id: "stephen-greenhorn"
imdb_id: "nm1114104"
tmdb_id: 125267
wikidata_id: "Q7609355"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "5 September 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T12:01:38.844272+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 Greenhorn

## Identity

Stephen Greenhorn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stephen-greenhorn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stephen-greenhorn
- **IMDb ID:** nm1114104
- **TMDB ID:** 125267
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7609355
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Greenhorn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7609355, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1114104/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/125267

Writer. Born 5 September 1964 in Fauldhouse.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 5 September 1964, Fauldhouse
- **Active:** 1984–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Andrew Gunn](https://film.one/person/andrew-gunn-1230489.md), [Catherine Morshead](https://film.one/person/catherine-morshead.md), [Douglas Mackinnon](https://film.one/person/douglas-mackinnon.md), [Graeme Harper](https://film.one/person/graeme-harper.md), [James Hawes](https://film.one/person/james-hawes.md), [Jamie Payne](https://film.one/person/jamie-payne.md), [Jonny Campbell](https://film.one/person/jonny-campbell.md), [Keith Boak](https://film.one/person/keith-boak.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (1), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Greenhorn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7609355, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1114104/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/125267

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Doctor Who*](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md) (78)
- **Netflix:** [*Dept. Q*](https://film.one/tv/dept-q.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Stephen Greenhorn is a Scottish playwright and screenwriter. Born on 5 September 1964 in Fauldhouse, West Lothian, he created the BBC Scotland soap opera *River City* (2002–).

His television work includes episodes of *The Bill*, *Doctor Who* (2007–2008), the miniseries *Marchlands* (2011), *Dalgliesh* (2021) and *Around the World in 80 Days* (2021). He wrote the screenplay for the film *Sunshine on Leith* (2013) and episodes of the Netflix series *Dept. Q* (2025).

Greenhorn’s stage plays, including *Passing Places* (1997), have been produced by companies across the UK.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Dept. Q* (2025), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/dept-q.md)
- *Doctor Who* (2005), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Dept. Q* (2025), series, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/dept-q.md)
- *Around the World in 80 Days* (2021), series, Writer
- *Dalgliesh* (2021), series, Writer
- *Le Secret d'Élise* (2016), series, Writer, Creator
- *Sunshine on Leith* (2013), Screenplay
- *Marchlands* (2011), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Wide Sargasso Sea* (2006), Writer
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *River City* (2002), series, Creator
- *Where the Heart Is* (1997), series, Writer
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Writer

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/stephen-greenhorn