---
name: "Tony Jordan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tony-jordan"
fi1m_id: "tony-jordan"
imdb_id: "nm0430210"
tmdb_id: 1227791
wikidata_id: "Q3531791"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "21 July 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T12:19:15.607770+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."
---

# Tony Jordan

## Identity

Tony Jordan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tony-jordan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tony-jordan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0430210
- **TMDB ID:** 1227791
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3531791
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Jordan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3531791, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0430210/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227791

Writer. Born 21 July 1957 in Southport, Lancashire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 21 July 1957, Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1979–2006
- **Frequently works with:** [Baz Taylor](https://film.one/person/baz-taylor.md), [Bill Hays](https://film.one/person/bill-hays.md), [Graeme Harper](https://film.one/person/graeme-harper.md), [Harry Duffin](https://film.one/person/harry-duffin.md), [Jim Hill](https://film.one/person/jim-hill.md), [Ken Hannam](https://film.one/person/ken-hannam.md), [Liane Aukin](https://film.one/person/liane-aukin.md), [SJ Clarkson](https://film.one/person/sj-clarkson.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 78 (1), 1980s 70 (1), 2000s 84 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Crime 3, Drama 3, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Jordan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3531791, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0430210/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227791

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Life on Mars*](https://film.one/tv/life-on-mars.md) (84)
- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Tony Jordan (born 21 July 1957) is a British television writer. He began his career as a market trader and started writing at the age of 32. He joined the BBC soap opera *EastEnders* in 1989 after submitting a spec script and went on to write more than 250 episodes, serving for many years as lead writer and series consultant.

Jordan co-created the time-travel police drama *Life on Mars* (2006) with Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah. He created the con-artist series *Hustle* (2004) and other programmes including *Holby Blue* (2007), *Dickensian* (2015) and *Beyond Paradise* (2023). In 2006 he founded the production company Red Planet Pictures.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Life on Mars* (2006), Fi1m 84, Writer, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/life-on-mars.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Minder* (1979), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Beyond Paradise* (2023), series, Writer, Creator
- *Rashash* (2021), series, Writer
- *Besa* (2018), series, Writer
- *Babs* (2017), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Hooten & The Lady* (2016), series, Writer, Creator
- *Dickensian* (2015), series, Writer
- *The Ark* (2015), Writer
- *The Passing Bells* (2014), series, Editorial Manager, Writer, Producer, Creator
- *By Any Means* (2013), series, Writer, Creator
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, Producer
- *The Nativity* (2010), series, Writer, Creator
- *Crash* (2009), series, Producer, Writer, Creator
- *La chica de ayer* (2009), series, Original Series Creator
- *Life on Mars* (2008), series, Creator
- *Moving Wallpaper* (2008), series, Creator
- *Echo Beach* (2008), series, Creator
- *Holby Blue* (2007), series, Writer, Creator
- *Life on Mars* (2006), series, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/life-on-mars.md)
- *Can't Buy Me Love* (2004), Screenplay
- *Hustle* (2004), series, Writer, Associate Producer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *City Central* (1998), series, Creator
- *The Vanishing Man* (1997), series, Writer
- *April Fool's Day* (1997), Writer
- *Eldorado* (1992), series, Writer
- *Boon* (1986), series, Writer
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Minder* (1979), series, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)

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