Screenplay: Russell T. Davies
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Russell T. Davies. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 34
Doctor Who: The End of Time (TV)
2009 · Movie · 135 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Euros Lyn
Cast David Tennant · John Simm · Bernard Cribbins · Timothy Dalton
Synopsis Schemes set in motion long ago lead to the resurrection of the Master, albeit in a form that hovers between life and death. He sets his sights on the Immortality Gate, an alien device which has fallen into the hands...
7.7
1K votes
7.7
1K votes
It's a Sin (TV Miniseries)
2021 · Series · 45 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Russell T. Davies · Peter Hoar
Cast Olly Alexander · Omari Douglas · Callum Scott Howells · Lydia West
Synopsis It's a Sin (TV Miniseries) (2021) follows a group of young friends—Ritchie, Roscoe, and Colin—who move to London in the 1980s, eager to embrace freedom and their identities. As they navigate love, friendship, and self-discovery, the AIDS crisis emerges, shattering...
7.7
5K votes
7.7
5K votes
Years and Years (TV Miniseries)
2019 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Russell T. Davies · Simon Cellan Jones · Lisa Mulcahy
Cast Emma Thompson · Rory Kinnear · T'Nia Miller · Russell Tovey
Synopsis Years and Years (TV Miniseries) (2019) follows the Lyons family over 15 years as they navigate a rapidly changing world filled with technological advancements, political upheaval, and social transformations. Set against a backdrop of global crises, the story explores how...
7.7
10K votes
7.7
10K votes
Doctor Who (TV Series)
2005 · Series · 45 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Russell T. Davies · Graeme Harper · Euros Lyn · James Strong
Cast David Tennant · Matt Smith · Christopher Eccleston · Peter Capaldi
Synopsis TV Series (2005-Present). 12 Seasons. Christopher Eccleston's Doctor is wise and funny cheeky and brave. An alien and a loner his detached logic gives him a vital edge when the world's in danger. But when it comes to human relationships...
7.6
6K votes
7.6
6K votes
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars (TV)
2009 · Movie · 62 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Graeme Harper
Cast David Tennant · Lindsay Duncan · Peter O'Brien · Aleksandar Mikic
Synopsis The Doctor lands on Mars on November 21st, 2059. There, Bowie Base One -- the first human colony on the Red Planet -- is destined to be overrun by an intelligent, contagious contaminant freed from the glacier which provides the...
7.5
1K votes
7.5
1K votes
Cucumber (TV Series)
2015 · Series · 45 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Russell T. Davies · Euros Lyn · Alice Troughton · David Evans
Cast Vincent Franklin · Freddie Fox · Cyril Nri · James Murray
Synopsis TV Series (2015). 8 Episodes. Channel 4’s CUCUMBER follows 46 year old Henry and his long-suffering boyfriend Lance. Life for them is comfortable and settled. But after the most disastrous date night in history - involving a death, a threesome,...
7.4
601 votes
7.4
601 votes
Torchwood: Children of Earth (TV Miniseries)
2009 · Series · 300 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Russell T. Davies · Euros Lyn
Cast John Barrowman · Eve Myles · Gareth David-Lloyd · Kai Owen
Synopsis 44 years ago, a mysterious alien race known only as “the 456” kidnapped a group of Scottish orphans. Now the 456 are coming back, broadcasting the message of their return through every child on the face of the Earth --...
7.4
893 votes
7.4
893 votes
A Very English Scandal (TV Miniseries)
2018 · Series · 150 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Stephen Frears
Cast Hugh Grant · Ben Whishaw · Naomi Battrick · Andrew French
Synopsis British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe is accused of conspiracy to murder his gay ex-lover and is forced to stand trial in 1979.
7.1
2K votes
7.1
2K votes
Banana (TV Miniseries)
2015 · Series · 25 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Russell T. Davies · Lewis Arnold · Luke Snellin · Al Mackay
Cast Fisayo Akinade · Freddie Fox · Letitia Wright · Georgia Henshaw
Synopsis TV Miniseries (2015). 8 Episodes. A series of eight witty, charming and unique stand-alone stories, Banana covers 50 shades of gay and beyond – offering an intriguing and often outrageous peek into the individual lives, loves and losses of a...
7.1
456 votes
7.1
456 votes
Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride (TV)
2006 · Movie · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Euros Lyn
Cast David Tennant · Catherine Tate · Sarah Parish · Don Gilet
Synopsis While walking down the aisle on her wedding day, Donna Noble somehow vanishes, to reappear in the TARDIS console room. The Doctor is faced with solving the riddle of how this virtually impossible feat was achieved, while simultaneously trying to...
7.0
1K votes
7.0
1K votes
Torchwood: Miracle Day (TV Miniseries)
2011 · Series · 600 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Russell T. Davies · Billy Gierhart · Guy Ferland · Bharat Nalluri
Cast John Barrowman · Eve Myles · Mekhi Phifer · Alexa Havins
Synopsis TV Series (2011). 10 Episodes. One day, all over the world, death... stops. From CIA Agent Rex Matheson to death row inmate Oswald Danes, injuries and disease that should be fatal somehow fail to kill the victim. At the exact...
7.0
624 votes
7.0
624 votes
Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion (TV)
2005 · Movie · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction James Hawes
Cast David Tennant · Billie Piper · Camille Coduri · Noel Clarke
Synopsis The TARDIS brings Rose and a comatose Doctor back to London on Christmas Eve. As Jackie and Mickey help Rose care for the ailing Time Lord, a recently-launched British space probe attracts the attention of the warlike Sycorax. Prime Minister...
6.9
1K votes
6.9
1K votes
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (TV)
2009 · Movie · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction James Strong
Cast David Tennant · Michelle Ryan · Lee Evans · Noma Dumezweni
Synopsis Tracking a mysterious energy signal, the Doctor boards a London bus upon which cat burglar Lady Christina de Souza is also a passenger. Suddenly, the bus is catapulted through a wormhole to San Helios, on the other side of the...
6.9
991 votes
6.9
991 votes
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (TV)
2007 · Movie · 71 min. · United Kingdom
Direction James Strong
Cast David Tennant · Kylie Minogue · Geoffrey Palmer · Russell Tovey
Synopsis The TARDIS encounters a luxury spaceship suspiciously called the Titanic, which is in orbit around the Earth as part of a sightseeing cruise to visit England at Christmastime. But no sooner has the Doctor arrived than things start to go...
6.8
1K votes
6.8
1K votes
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor (TV)
2008 · Movie · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Andy Goddard
Cast David Tennant · David Morrissey · Dervla Kirwan · Velise Tshabalala
Synopsis The Doctor arrives in 1851 London on Christmas Eve. To his surprise, he finds another Doctor active in the city -- but one with no memory of past incarnations, and sporting a suspiciously conventional sonic screwdriver. Nonetheless, the other Doctor...
6.7
1K votes
6.7
1K votes
Destination: Skaro
2023 · Movie · 5 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Jamie Donoughue
Cast David Tennant · Mawaan Rizwan · Julian Bleach · Nicholas Briggs
Synopsis In this special Children in Need episode, the Doctor hurtles through space and time to a crucial point in the Daleks' history.
6.7
80 votes
6.7
80 votes
Nolly
2023 · Series · 45 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Russell T. Davies · Peter Hoar
Cast Helena Bonham Carter · Bethany Antonia · Max Brown · Con O'Neill
Synopsis The story of reign and fall of Noele Gordon, who was a mainstay long-running ITV soap opera star.
6.5
574 votes
6.5
574 votes
Casanova (TV Miniseries)
2005 · Series · 174 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Sheree Folkson
Cast David Tennant · Peter O'Toole · Rose Byrne · Laura Fraser
Synopsis Europe, 18th century. As an elderly librarian, Giacomo Casanova (Peter O'Toole), has a lot of exciting memories. A young servant girl, Edith (Rose Byrne), is treated to his lurid recollections and, before too long, she discovers that there's life in...
6.4
137 votes
6.4
137 votes
Queer as Folk USA (TV Series)
2000 · Series · 50 min. · United States
Direction Ron Cowen · Daniel Lipman · Michael DeCarlo · Kelly Makin
Cast Michelle Clunie · Robert Gant · Sharon Gless · Thea Gill
Synopsis TV Series (2000-2005). 5 Seasons. 83. Episodes. Queer as Folk is an unapologetic celebration of gay life in all its varied forms. As we discover the differences that define us, we recognize the similarities that make us all human. Episode...
6.3
5K votes
6.3
5K votes
Torchwood (TV Series)
2006 · Series · 50 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Russell T. Davies · Andy Goddard · Ashley Way · Colin Teague
Cast John Barrowman · Eve Myles · Burn Gorman · Naoko Mori
Synopsis TV Series (2006-2011). More than a spin-off of the Russell T. Davies incarnation of Doctor Who, the BBC series Torchwood is a wholly enjoyable blend of drama, science-fiction thrills, and mature subject matter that never fails to deliver its main...
6.3
2K votes
6.3
2K votes