---
name: "Tony McHale"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tony-mchale"
fi1m_id: "tony-mchale"
imdb_id: "nm0570370"
tmdb_id: 1221812
wikidata_id: "Q7822936"
roles: ["Writer","Director"]
born: "1 September 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T14:35:02.839810+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 McHale

## Identity

Tony McHale

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tony-mchale
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tony-mchale
- **IMDb ID:** nm0570370
- **TMDB ID:** 1221812
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7822936
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_McHale, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7822936, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0570370/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1221812

Writer and director. Born 1 September 1950 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Director
- **Born:** 1 September 1950, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1984–2001
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 directing, 2 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Graeme Harper](https://film.one/person/graeme-harper.md), [Alan Wareing](https://film.one/person/alan-wareing.md), [Antonia Bird](https://film.one/person/antonia-bird.md), [Bill Hays](https://film.one/person/bill-hays.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), [Gill Wilkinson](https://film.one/person/gill-wilkinson.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 69 (2), 2000s 63 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_McHale, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7822936, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0570370/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1221812

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70), [*Casualty*](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md) (68)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Murphy's Law*](https://film.one/tv/murphys-law.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Tony McHale is a British writer, director and producer. Born Anthony John Wright in Bradford, West Yorkshire, in September 1950, he trained at Rose Bruford College before beginning his career as an actor.

He wrote episodes of the series *Boon* (1986) and contributed as both writer and director to *Casualty* (1986). McHale was a regular writer on *EastEnders* (1985) from its early years, becoming the first to write 100 episodes, and later worked as story consultant and director on the soap. In 1998 he co-created the medical drama *Holby City* with Mal Young and served as its executive producer and showrunner from 2007 to 2010.

His other writing credits include episodes of *The Bill* (1984), *Silent Witness* (1996) and *Waking the Dead* (2001).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Directed (1)

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

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Murphy's Law* (2001), Fi1m 63, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/murphys-law.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *All Or Nothing: The Mod Musical* (2020), Director
- *Casualty @Holby City* (2005), series, Creator
- *Murphy's Law* (2001), series, Writer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/murphys-law.md)
- *Beech is Back* (2001), series, Writer
- *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, Writer
- *Holby City* (1999), series, Creator
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, Writer
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, Writer
- *Resort to Murder* (1995), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Lifeboat* (1994), series, Writer
- *Eldorado* (1992), series, Writer
- *Saracen* (1989), series, Writer
- *School for Vandals* (1986), Actor
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Director, Writer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Boon* (1986), series, Writer
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Writer
- *Shine on Harvey Moon* (1982), series, as Projectionist
- *Chance of a Lifetime* (1980), as Recruiting sergeant
- *Terry and June* (1979), series, as Grey, Reveller
- *Born and Bred* (1978), series, as Mickey
- *The People That Time Forgot* (1977), as Telegraphist (uncredited)
- *A Bridge Too Far* (1977), as Soldier
- *The New Avengers* (1976), series, as Policeman
- *That'll Be The Day* (1973), as 1st Man in Coffee Bar

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