Screenplay: Ben Richards

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Ben Richards. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Spooks (MI-5) (TV Series)

2002 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Wolstencroft · Alrick Riley · Bharat Nalluri · Sam Miller

Cast Peter Firth · Hugh Simon · David Oyelowo · Keeley Hawes

Plot TV Series (2002-Today). They don’t exist. You will never know their names, where they come from, who they are. They’re all that stands between you and those with terror on...

7.3

235 votes

7.3

235 votes

Strike: The Cuckoo's Calling (TV Miniseries)

2017 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Michael Keillor

Cast Tom Burke · Holliday Grainger · Kerr Logan · Killian Scott

Plot War veteran turned private detective Cormoran Strike solves brutal murders with the help of his trusted assistant Robin Ellacott.

Max

6.6

490 votes

6.6

490 votes

Strike (TV Series)

2017 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Michael Keillor · Kieron Hawkes · Charles Sturridge

Cast Tom Burke · Holliday Grainger · Kerr Logan · Killian Scott

Plot War veteran turned private detective Cormoran Strike solves brutal murders with the help of his trusted assistant Robin Ellacott.

Max

6.5

340 votes

6.5

340 votes

The Tunnel (TV Series)

2013 · Series · 46 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Thomas Vincent · Hettie Macdonald · Dominik Moll · Udayan Prasad

Cast Stephen Dillane · Clémence Poésy · Jack Lowden · Sigrid Bouaziz

Plot TV Series (2013-2018). 3 Seasons. 24 Episodes. An adaptation of Scandinavian series 'The Bridge', 10 episodes 'The Tunnel' is set against the backdrop of Europe in crisis. When a prominent...

6.5

471 votes

6.5

471 votes

Showtrial (TV Miniseries)

2021 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Zara Hayes

Cast Celine Buckens · Joseph Payne · Abra Thompson · Tracy Ifeachor

Plot A high profile murder case that captures the attention of the worlds media and the general public alike. Throwing Cleo Roberts, a once high flying solicitor defending the chief suspect,...

6.5

156 votes

6.5

156 votes

Fortitude (TV Series)

2015 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sam Miller · Hettie Macdonald · Nick Hurran · Richard Laxton

Cast Richard Dormer · Stanley Tucci · Michael Gambon · Dennis Quaid

Plot TV Series (2015-2018). 3 Seasons. 26 Episodes. Fortitude is a place like nowhere else on Earth. Surrounded by the savage beauty of the polar landscape, its future sparkling with the...

6.3

1K votes

6.3

1K votes

The Fixer (TV Series)

2008 · Series · min. · United Kingdom

Direction Hettie Macdonald · Alrick Riley · John Strickland

Cast Andrew Buchan · Jody Latham · Peter Mullan · Tamzin Outhwaite

Plot Ex-special forces operative and convicted murderer John Mercer is awarded an early release from prison on the condition that he becomes an assassin for the government.

6.2

33 votes

6.2

33 votes

Outcasts (TV Series)

2011 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ben Richards · Bharat Nalluri · Omar Madha · Andy Goddard

Cast Liam Cunningham · Hermione Norris · Amy Manson · Daniel Mays

Plot TV Series (2011). 8 Episodes. Set in 2040 on a recently-discovered planet, this drama tells of the dilemmas, loves and lives of a group of people setting up a new...

5.8

204 votes

5.8

204 votes

Cobra (TV Series)

2020 · Series · min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ben Richards · Hans Herbots · Al Mackay

Cast Robert Carlyle · Richard Dormer · David Haig · Marisa Abela

Plot TV Series (2020-Present Day). 2 Seasons. 12 Episodes. COBRA is a political drama set in the heart of government during a crisis that threatens to engulf the entire nation.In times...

5.2

55 votes

5.2

55 votes

No Angels (TV Series)

2004 · Series · 47 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Harry Bradbeer · Julian Holmes · Jeremy Webb · Roger Goldby

Cast Kaye Wragg · Louise Delamere · Sunetra Sarker · Jo Joyner

Plot Nurses who work, but also enjoy the night life.

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Party Animals (TV Series)

2007 · Series · min. · United Kingdom

Direction Brian Grant · Julian Holmes · Niall MacCormick

Cast Andrew Buchan · Shelley Conn · Andrea Riseborough · Matt Smith

Plot Follows the lives of several young adults whose lives intertwine with their jobs in the Parliment of the United Kingdom.

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The Diplomat (TV Series)

2023 · Series · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jennie Paddon · Jill Robertson

Cast Steven Cree · Sophie Rundle · Philipp Boos · Dylan Brady

Plot The six-part series follows Laura Simmonds and her Barcelona Consul colleague and friend Alba Ortiz as they fight to protect British nationals who find themselves in trouble in the Catalan...

Not rated

Not rated