Adrian Hodges

Adrian Hodges (born 4 February 1957) is an English television and film writer. He has won a BAFTA Award.

Adrian Hodges
Born	(1957-02-04) 4 February 1957 London, England
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, writer, producer
Known for	Survivors (2008), BBC1. An updated version of the 1970s drama series set in a post-apocalyptic Britain.

Life and career

He began his career in journalism for Screen International magazine and his screenwriting debut was the 1991 television drama Tell Me That You Love Me, followed by screenplays for The Bridge (1992) and Tom & Viv (1994) for which Miranda Richardson and Rosemary Harris both received Oscar nominations.

After his film adaptation of Julian Barnes's Metroland (1997) Hodges concentrated on writing for television, including Amongst Women (1998), his adaptation of John McGahern's novel for BBC Two, which received a BAFTA award for Best Serial and won the Grand Prix award at the Banff Television Festival, The Lost World (2001) and Charles II: The Power and The Passion (2003).

In 2005 he wrote the episode "Triumph" for the HBO-BBC series Rome. He has since adapted two of Philip Pullman's Sally Lockhart stories for TV: The Ruby in the Smoke (2006) and The Shadow in the North (production completed 2007).

He is co-creator of the ITV sci-fi drama Primeval, for which he wrote nine episodes in five series. In 2008 he was also reported to be working on and a new adaptation of Silas Marner.

On 22 November 2007, the BBC announced that they were going to remake Survivors, as written by Adrian Hodges. Two series were shown on BBC One, in 2008 and 2010.

Hodges wrote the screenplay for the 2011 film My Week with Marilyn.

Adrian Hodges created the BBC television series The Musketeers, based on the Alexandre Dumas characters, which aired its first season from January to March 2014.

Writing credits

Production	Notes	Broadcaster
Screen One	"Tell Me That You Love Me" (1991)	BBC One
The Bridge	Feature film (1992)	N/A
Tom & Viv	Feature film (1994)	N/A
Kavanagh QC	"A Family Affair" (1995) "The Sweetest Thing" (1995) "True Commitment" (1996)	ITV
Metroland	Feature film (1997)	N/A
Heaven on Earth	Television film (1998)	BBC One
Amongst Women	Television miniseries (1998)	BBC Two
The Jump	4 episodes (1998)	ITV
David Copperfield	Television miniseries (1999)	BBC One
Lorna Doone	Television film (2000)	BBC One
The Hunt	Television film (2001)	ITV
The Lost World	Television film (2001)	BBC One
Charles II: The Power and The Passion	Television miniseries (2003)	BBC One
Rome	"Triumph" (2005)	BBC Two HBO
The Ruby in the Smoke	Television film (2006)	BBC One
The History of Mr. Polly	Television film (2007)	ITV
The Shadow in the North	Television film (2007)	BBC One
Survivors	12 episodes (2008–2010)	BBC One
Primeval	36 episodes (2007–2011)	ITV
My Week with Marilyn	Feature film (2011)	N/A
13 Steps Down	Television miniseries (2012)	ITV
Labyrinth	Television miniseries (2012)	Channel 4 The CW
Primeval: New World	13 episodes (2012–2013)	Space
The Musketeers	30 episodes (2014–16)	BBC One
The Go-Between	Television film (also executive producer, 2015)	BBC One

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Category	Result	Reference
1999	British Academy Television Awards	Amongst Women (shared with Colin Tucker, Jonathan Curling, and Tom Cairns)	Best Drama Serial	Nominated
2004		Charles II: The Power and The Passion (shared with Kate Harwood and Joe Wright)		Won
2006	Writers Guild of America Award	Rome	New Series (TV) (with Alexandra Cunningham, David Frankel, Bruno Heller, William J. Macdonald, and John Milius)	Nominated
2007	TV Quick Awards	Primeval (shared with Tim Haines)	Best New Drama	Nominated
2012	British Academy Television Awards	My Week with Marilyn (shared with Simon Curtis, David Parfitt, and Harvey Weinstein)	Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film	Nominated

External links

• Adrian Hodges at IMDb