Stephen Gallagher (born 13 October 1954) is an English screenwriter and novelist. Gallagher was born in
Salford, Greater Manchester
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.
Career
Gallagher has written novels and television scripts, including for the
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television series
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Doctor Who
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'' — for which he wrote two serials, ''
Warriors' Gate
''Warriors' Gate'' is the fifth serial of the 18th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was written by Stephen Gallagher and was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 3 to 24 January 1981.
The ...
'' (1981) and ''
Terminus
Terminus may refer to:
* Bus terminus, a bus station serving as an end destination
* Terminal train station or terminus, a railway station serving as an end destination
Geography
*Terminus, the unofficial original name of Atlanta, Georgia, United ...
'' (1983)—as well as for the series ''
Rosemary & Thyme
''Rosemary & Thyme'' is a British television cosy mystery thriller series starring Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris as gardening detectives Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme. The show began on ITV in 2003. The third series ended in August 2007. T ...
'' and '' Bugs'', for two seasons of which he was script consultant along with
Brian Clemens
Brian Horace Clemens (30 July 1931 – 10 January 2015) was an English screenwriter and television producer, possibly best known for his work on '' The Avengers'' and '' The Professionals''. Clemens claimed to be related to Mark Twain (Samuel ...
. He adapted his own novel ''Chimera'' as a 90 minute dramatized audio drama for BBC Radio 4 in 1985, and as a miniseries of the same name that was shown on
ITV
ITV or iTV may refer to:
ITV
*Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of:
** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
in 1991. He also directed the miniseries adaptation of '' Oktober'', as well as writing the feature-length episode ''The Kingdom of Bones'' for the BBC series ''
Murder Rooms
''Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes'' is a television crime drama series created by David Pirie, and co-produced by the BBC and WGBH Boston, a PBS station. Six episodes were made and were first broadcast on BBC Two, the first ...
''.
He created and wrote a science-based series for ITV, ''
Eleventh Hour
The Eleventh Hour may refer to:
* "The eleventh hour", a phrase in the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard in the Bible
Film
* ''The Eleventh Hour'' (1912 film), an Australian silent film
* ''The Eleventh Hour'' (1922 film), a British adapt ...
'', starring
Patrick Stewart
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as a government science investigator and advisor. The programme was rumoured to be ITV's answer to the new series of ''Doctor Who'', but was more in the tradition of the hard-science thriller. Gallagher's series format was acquired for a US television remake by the '' CSI'' trio of CBS,
Jerry Bruckheimer
Jerome Leon Bruckheimer (born September 21, 1943) is an American film and television Film producer, producer. He has been active in the genres of Action film, action, Drama film, drama, Fantasy film, fantasy, and Science fiction film, science fi ...
and director
Danny Cannon
Daniel John Cannon (born 5 October 1968) is a British film and television producer, director and writer, known for executive producing the 15-season show ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' series franchise (and directed multiple episodes includ ...
. The series aired on CBS and starred
Rufus Sewell
Rufus Frederik Sewell (; born 29 October 1967) is a British film and stage actor. In film, he has appeared in '' Carrington'' (1995), '' ''Hamlet' (1996), ''Dangerous Beauty'' (1998), '' Dark City'' (1998), ''A Knight's Tale ''(2001), ''The ...
and
Marley Shelton
Marley Eve Shelton (born April 12, 1974) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Wendy Peffercorn in David Mickey Evans's coming-of-age comedy ''The Sandlot'' (1993), the Customer in Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez's neo-noir ...
.
''Life Line'', broadcast in 2007, was a two-part supernatural mystery starring
Ray Stevenson
George Raymond Stevenson (born 25 May 1964) is an actor from Northern Ireland. He is known for playing Dagonet in the film ''King Arthur'' (2004) and Titus Pullo in the BBC/HBO television series ''Rome'' (2005–2007). He has portrayed two Marv ...
,
Joanne Whalley
Joanne Whalley (born 25 August 1961) is an English actress who began her career in 1974. She has appeared primarily on television, but also in nearly 30 feature films, including ''Dance with a Stranger'' (1985), ''Willow (film), Willow'' (1988), ...
and
Jemima Rooper
Jemima Rooper (born 24 October 1981) is a British actress. Having started as a child actress in television series, she has appeared in numerous film and theatre roles.
Background
Born in Hammersmith, London, Rooper is the daughter of TV journ ...
. Gallagher was later lead writer and story supervisor on NBC's 13-part series ''
Crusoe Crusoe may refer to:
Art, entertainment, and media
* ''Crusoe'' (film), a 1989 film by Caleb Deschanel based on the novel ''Robinson Crusoe''
* ''Crusoe'' (TV series), a 2008 television series based on the novel ''Robinson Crusoe''
* Crusoe the ...
'', screened in 2008/2009, and contributed two episodes to the US version of ''
Eleventh Hour
The Eleventh Hour may refer to:
* "The eleventh hour", a phrase in the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard in the Bible
Film
* ''The Eleventh Hour'' (1912 film), an Australian silent film
* ''The Eleventh Hour'' (1922 film), a British adapt ...
'' including ''Medea'', the season finale. In 2009 he served as Co-Executive Producer on Bruckheimer's crime show '' The Forgotten'', starring
Christian Slater
Christian Michael Leonard Slater (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor and producer. He made his film debut with a leading role in ''The Legend of Billie Jean'' (1985) and gained wider recognition for his breakthrough role as Jason "J.D." D ...
. ''Legacy'', a two-part story for season 16 of the BBC's ''
Silent Witness
''Silent Witness'' is a British crime drama television series produced by the BBC, which focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in 1996, the series was created by Nigel McC ...
'', was Best Drama winner in the 2013 European Science TV and New Media Awards. He later wrote episodes of ''
Stan Lee's Lucky Man
''Stan Lee's Lucky Man'' is a British crime drama television series, produced by Carnival Films and POW! Entertainment for Sky 1, which follows the story of Murder Squad detective Harry Clayton (James Nesbitt), who is granted the power to cont ...
''.
Bibliography
Novels
*''The Last Rose of Summer'' – 1978 (later revised as ''Dying of Paradise'')
*''
Saturn Three
''Saturn 3'' is a 1980 British science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Donen, and starring Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas and Harvey Keitel. The screenplay was written by Martin Amis, from a story by John Barry. Though a British ...
'' – 1980 (film novelisation)
*''
Silver Dream Racer
''Silver Dream Racer'' is a 1980 motor-racing film starring British pop star David Essex and Beau Bridges. The film was produced, written and directed by David Wickes. It was the last film to be made by the Rank Organisation.
Plot
Nick Freeman ...
'' – 1980 (film novelisation, as John Lydecker)
*''
Chimera (British TV series)
''Chimera'' is a British science-fiction horror drama made by Zenith Productions and Anglia Films for ITV in 1991. It is based on the 1982 novel of the same name about genetic engineering by Stephen Gallagher. Gallagher had previously adapted ...
Oktober (TV series)
''Oktober'' is a three-part British television psychological thriller, written and directed by Stephen Gallagher, that first broadcast on ITV on 2 April 1998. Based upon Gallagher's 1988 novel of the same name, the series stars Stephen Tompkins ...
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...
:
Terminus (Doctor Who)
''Terminus'' is the fourth serial of the 20th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was originally broadcast in four twice-weekly parts on BBC1 from 15 to 23 February 1983.
In the serial, the alien time ...
'' – 1983 (BBC)
*''
Rockliffe's Folly Rockliffe may refer to:
People
*Rockliffe Fellowes (1883–1950), Canadian actor
* David Lunn-Rockliffe (1924–2011), British businessman
* Thornton Rockliffe (1887–1961), Australian cricketer
Others
*Rockliffe Park (Hurworth), training facil ...
: Moving Targets'' – 1988 (BBC)
*''
Chimera (British TV series)
''Chimera'' is a British science-fiction horror drama made by Zenith Productions and Anglia Films for ITV in 1991. It is based on the 1982 novel of the same name about genetic engineering by Stephen Gallagher. Gallagher had previously adapted ...
'' – 1991 (Zenith/Anglia)
*''
Chiller (TV series)
''Chiller'' is a five-part British horror fantasy anthology television series, produced by ITV Yorkshire, Yorkshire Television, that first broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV on 9 March 1995. Described by ''The Guardian'' as ITV's "answer to ''Th ...
: Prophecy'' – 1995 (YTV)
*''
Chiller (TV series)
''Chiller'' is a five-part British horror fantasy anthology television series, produced by ITV Yorkshire, Yorkshire Television, that first broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV on 9 March 1995. Described by ''The Guardian'' as ITV's "answer to ''Th ...
Oktober (TV series)
''Oktober'' is a three-part British television psychological thriller, written and directed by Stephen Gallagher, that first broadcast on ITV on 2 April 1998. Based upon Gallagher's 1988 novel of the same name, the series stars Stephen Tompkins ...
Rosemary & Thyme
''Rosemary & Thyme'' is a British television cosy mystery thriller series starring Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris as gardening detectives Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme. The show began on ITV in 2003. The third series ended in August 2007. T ...
: The Memory of Water'' – 2004 (Carnival Films)
*''
Rosemary & Thyme
''Rosemary & Thyme'' is a British television cosy mystery thriller series starring Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris as gardening detectives Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme. The show began on ITV in 2003. The third series ended in August 2007. T ...
: The Cup of Silence'' – 2005 (Carnival Films)
*''
Eleventh Hour (British TV series)
''Eleventh Hour'' (originally titled ''Dark Matter'') is a four-part British television series developed by Granada Television for ITV, created by writer Stephen Gallagher.
Plot
The show follows the adventures of Professor Ian Hood (originally ...
: Resurrection'' – 1983 (Granada TV)
*''
Eleventh Hour (British TV series)
''Eleventh Hour'' (originally titled ''Dark Matter'') is a four-part British television series developed by Granada Television for ITV, created by writer Stephen Gallagher.
Plot
The show follows the adventures of Professor Ian Hood (originally ...
: Containment'' – 1987 (Granada TV)
*'' Life Line (TV movie)'' – 2007 (Carnival Films)
*''
Crusoe (TV series)
''Crusoe'' is an adventure-drama television series, based loosely on the 1719 novel ''Robinson Crusoe'' by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes aired on NBC from October 17, 2008 to January 31, 2009, during the first half of the 2008–200 ...
: Rum'' – 2008 (NBC/Power TV)
*''
Crusoe (TV series)
''Crusoe'' is an adventure-drama television series, based loosely on the 1719 novel ''Robinson Crusoe'' by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes aired on NBC from October 17, 2008 to January 31, 2009, during the first half of the 2008–200 ...
: Gunpowder'' – 2008 (NBC/Power TV)
*''
Crusoe (TV series)
''Crusoe'' is an adventure-drama television series, based loosely on the 1719 novel ''Robinson Crusoe'' by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes aired on NBC from October 17, 2008 to January 31, 2009, during the first half of the 2008–200 ...
Crusoe (TV series)
''Crusoe'' is an adventure-drama television series, based loosely on the 1719 novel ''Robinson Crusoe'' by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes aired on NBC from October 17, 2008 to January 31, 2009, during the first half of the 2008–200 ...
: The Traveler'' – 2009 (NBC/Power TV)
*''
Crusoe (TV series)
''Crusoe'' is an adventure-drama television series, based loosely on the 1719 novel ''Robinson Crusoe'' by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes aired on NBC from October 17, 2008 to January 31, 2009, during the first half of the 2008–200 ...
: The Return'' – 2009 (NBC/Power TV)
*''
Eleventh Hour (American TV series)
''Eleventh Hour'' is an American science-based drama television series, which is based on the 2006 British series of the same name. The series was a joint venture between Jerry Bruckheimer Television, Granada America and Warner Bros. Television ...
Eleventh Hour (American TV series)
''Eleventh Hour'' is an American science-based drama television series, which is based on the 2006 British series of the same name. The series was a joint venture between Jerry Bruckheimer Television, Granada America and Warner Bros. Television ...
Eleventh Hour (American TV series)
''Eleventh Hour'' is an American science-based drama television series, which is based on the 2006 British series of the same name. The series was a joint venture between Jerry Bruckheimer Television, Granada America and Warner Bros. Television ...
: Subway'' – 2009 (CBS/Bruckheimer TV)
*''
Eleventh Hour (American TV series)
''Eleventh Hour'' is an American science-based drama television series, which is based on the 2006 British series of the same name. The series was a joint venture between Jerry Bruckheimer Television, Granada America and Warner Bros. Television ...
: Medea'' – 2009 (CBS/Bruckheimer TV)
*''
The Forgotten (TV series)
''The Forgotten'' is an American crime drama television series which premiered on September 22, 2009 on ABC. On November 9, 2009, ABC ordered five additional episodes of the series, bringing the first season's total to eighteen episodes. The fina ...
: Canine John'' – 2010 (CBS/Bruckheimer TV)
*''
The Forgotten (TV series)
''The Forgotten'' is an American crime drama television series which premiered on September 22, 2009 on ABC. On November 9, 2009, ABC ordered five additional episodes of the series, bringing the first season's total to eighteen episodes. The fina ...
: Patient John'' – 2010 (CBS/Bruckheimer TV)
*''
Silent Witness
''Silent Witness'' is a British crime drama television series produced by the BBC, which focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in 1996, the series was created by Nigel McC ...
: Legacy, Part 1'' – 2013 (BBC)
*''
Silent Witness
''Silent Witness'' is a British crime drama television series produced by the BBC, which focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in 1996, the series was created by Nigel McC ...
: Legacy, Part 2'' – 2013 (BBC)
*''
Stan Lee's Lucky Man
''Stan Lee's Lucky Man'' is a British crime drama television series, produced by Carnival Films and POW! Entertainment for Sky 1, which follows the story of Murder Squad detective Harry Clayton (James Nesbitt), who is granted the power to cont ...
*''The Last Rose of Summer'' – 1977 (6x30’, Piccadilly Radio)
*''Hunters’ Moon'' – 1978 (8x30, Piccadilly Radio)
*''The Humane Solution'' – 1979 (90’, BBC Radio 4
Saturday Night Theatre
''Saturday Night Theatre'' was a long-running radio drama strand on BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken ...
)
*''The Babylon Run'' – 1979 (4x30, Piccadilly Radio)
*''An Alternative to Suicide'' – 1979 (90’, BBC Radio 4
Saturday Night Theatre
''Saturday Night Theatre'' was a long-running radio drama strand on BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken ...
)
*''A Resistance to Pressure'' – 1980 (90’, BBC Radio 4
Saturday Night Theatre
''Saturday Night Theatre'' was a long-running radio drama strand on BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken ...
)
*''Chimera'' – 1985 (90’, BBC Radio 4
Saturday Night Theatre
''Saturday Night Theatre'' was a long-running radio drama strand on BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken ...
)
*''The Kingston File'' – 1987 (90’, BBC Radio 4
Saturday Night Theatre
''Saturday Night Theatre'' was a long-running radio drama strand on BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken ...
Terence Edmond
Terence Edmond (22 November 1939 – 14 March 2009) was an English actor, who played PC Ian Sweet in 78 episodes of ''Z-Cars'' between 1962 and 1964.
His popular TV character was killed off in an episode of the police drama transmitted live ...
)
*''Life Line'' – 1993 (30’, BBC Radio 4, Fear on Four)
*''The Bedlam Detective'' – 2012 (Audiobook, Dreamscape Media, reader Michael Page)
*''The Kingdom of Bones'' – 2013 (Audiobook, Oakhill Publishing, reader Jonathan Keeble)
*''The Box'' – 2013 (30’, Hammer Chillers, Bafflegab Productions)
*''The Bedlam Detective'' – 2014 (Audiobook, Oakhill Publishing, reader Jonathan Keeble)
*''Nightmare Country'' – 2019 (Doctor Who: The Lost Stories,
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays (released straight to compact disc and for download in MP3 and m4b format) based, primarily, on cult science fiction properties. These include ''Doctor Who'', the ...
)
*''Warriors’ Gate'' – 2019 (Audiobook, BBC Audio, reader
Jon Culshaw
Jonathan Peter Culshaw (born 2 June 1968) is an English actor, comedian and impressionist. He is best known for his work on the radio comedy '' Dead Ringers'' since 2000.
Culshaw has voiced a number of characters for ITV shows including ''2DT ...
)
*''
Casting the Runes
"Casting the Runes" is a short story written by the English writer M.R. James. It was first published in 1911 as the fourth story in ''More Ghost Stories'', which was James' second collection of ghost story, ghost stories.
Plot summary
Mr. Edward ...
'' – 2019 (
M. R. James
Montague Rhodes James (1 August 1862 – 12 June 1936) was an English author, Medieval studies, medievalist scholar and provost (education), provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936). He was List of ...
adaptation, Bafflegab Productions)
*''Terminus'' – 2019 (Audiobook, BBC Audio, reader
Steven Pacey
Steven Pacey (born 5 June 1957) is an English actor, best known for his role as Del Tarrant in the 3rd and 4th series of the science fiction series ''Blake's 7'' from January 1980 to December 1981.
Personal life
Pacey was born in Leamington Spa ...
Steven Pacey
Steven Pacey (born 5 June 1957) is an English actor, best known for his role as Del Tarrant in the 3rd and 4th series of the science fiction series ''Blake's 7'' from January 1980 to December 1981.
Personal life
Pacey was born in Leamington Spa ...
Tristan Bates Theatre
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, London)
Short fiction
;Collections
*'' Out of His Mind'' – 2004 (collection of short stories, winner of the
British Fantasy Award
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List of horror fiction authors
This is a list of some (not all) notable writers in the horror fiction genre.
Note that some writers listed below have also written in other genres, especially fantasy and science fiction.
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