---
name: "Tom Edge"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-edge"
fi1m_id: "tom-edge"
imdb_id: "nm3976567"
tmdb_id: 1466234
wikidata_id: "Q48774068"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-23T13:19:23.326323+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 Edge

## Identity

Tom Edge

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-edge
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-edge
- **IMDb ID:** nm3976567
- **TMDB ID:** 1466234
- **Wikidata ID:** Q48774068
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Edge, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48774068, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3976567/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1466234

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 72 (2), 2020s 70 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 74 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 1, History 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $39m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Edge, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48774068, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3976567/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1466234

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Crown*](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md) (78)
- **Peacock:** [*Vigil*](https://film.one/tv/vigil.md) (70)
- **HBO Max:** [*Judy*](https://film.one/film/judy.md) (65)

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

## Biography

Tom Edge is a British screenwriter. He created the Channel 4 and later Netflix sitcom *Lovesick* (2014–2018), on which he also served as lead writer.

Edge wrote five episodes of the second series of *The Crown* (2016–2017). He wrote the screenplay for the 2019 biopic *Judy*. He has written multiple series of the BBC drama *Strike* (2017–), and created and wrote the BBC submarine thriller *Vigil* (2021–). Other credits include the 2021 BBC and Netflix series *You Don't Know Me* and the 2016 television film *The Last Dragonslayer*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Vigil* (2021), Fi1m 70, Writer, Creator, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/vigil.md)
- *Judy* (2019), Fi1m 65, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/judy.md)
- *The Crown* (2016), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *You Don't Know Me* (2021), series, Writer
- *Vigil* (2021), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/vigil.md)
- *Judy* (2019), Screenplay — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/judy.md)
- *Strike* (2017), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Last Dragonslayer* (2016), Writer
- *The Crown* (2016), series, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *Lovesick* (2014), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator

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