---
name: "Tom Bidwell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-bidwell"
fi1m_id: "tom-bidwell"
imdb_id: "nm3635428"
tmdb_id: 212962
wikidata_id: "Q106596490"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T12:19:16.013884+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."
---

# Tom Bidwell

## Identity

Tom Bidwell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-bidwell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-bidwell
- **IMDb ID:** nm3635428
- **TMDB ID:** 212962
- **Wikidata ID:** Q106596490
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Bidwell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106596490, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3635428/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/212962

Writer. Born in Leyland, Lancashire.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1985–1986
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan Wareing](https://film.one/person/alan-wareing.md), [Alice Troughton](https://film.one/person/alice-troughton.md), [Andrew Morgan](https://film.one/person/andrew-morgan.md), [Andy Hay](https://film.one/person/andy-hay.md), [Antonia Bird](https://film.one/person/antonia-bird.md), [Chris Clough](https://film.one/person/chris-clough.md), [Chris Murray](https://film.one/person/chris-murray-2716243.md), [Claire Winyard](https://film.one/person/claire-winyard.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Bidwell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106596490, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3635428/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/212962

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70), [*Casualty*](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md) (68)

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

## Biography

Tom Bidwell is a British screenwriter and playwright. Born in February 1984 in Leyland, Lancashire, he attended Balshaw's Church of England High School and obtained a degree in English and Drama.

After writing plays and a BBC Radio 4 drama later adapted into the 2009 short film *Wish 143* (nominated for an Academy Award), Bidwell joined the BBC Writers' Academy. He wrote episodes for the continuing dramas *Doctors*, *EastEnders*, *Casualty* and *Holby City*.

Bidwell is known for his work on *My Mad Fat Diary* (2013–2015), the 2018 adaptation of *Watership Down*, *The Irregulars* (2021) and the screenplay for *The Velveteen Rabbit* (2023). He has won BAFTA and Emmy awards.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Casualty* (1986), Fi1m 68, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *The Primrose Railway Children* (2024), Adaptation, Executive Producer, Screenplay
- *The Famous Five* (2023), series, Writer
- *The Velveteen Rabbit* (2023), Co-Executive Producer, Screenplay
- *The Irregulars* (2021), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Watership Down* (2018), series, Writer
- *Katy* (2018), series, Writer
- *My Mad Fat Diary* (2013), series, Writer
- *Indigo* (2010), Writer
- *Wish 143* (2009), Writer
- *Coming Up* (2003), series, Writer
- *Doctors* (2000), series, Writer
- *Holby City* (1999), series, Writer
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Writer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

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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/tom-bidwell