John Jackson is an English television screenwriter.
Life and career After leaving Cambridge University, John Jackson developed and script edited the ITV soap Night and Day. Altogether he wrote 35 episodes for the TV Series. In 2009 he wrote the episode The King Is Dead, Long Live the King… for the BBC One series Robin Hood. From 2010 to 2012 he wrote two episodes of the serial drama Lip Service. From 2011 until 2013 he wrote three episodes for the supernatural drama Being Human. This brought him a Writers' Guild of Great Britain award for Best TV Drama Series. He also wrote two episodes for the Being Human spin off Becoming Human.
In 2014 Jackson wrote an episode for another BBC Three series, In the Flesh. He would become a regular writer on ITV's Grantchester, and in 2020, was lead writer on season 3 of Sky's Riviera. On 2 November 2023, it was announced that Jackson would be lead writer on the television adaptation of Rivers of London.
Filmography Year Title Notes Broadcaster 2001 Night and Day 35 episodesITV 2004 Powers 1 episodeBBC One 2009 Robin Hood 1 episodeBBC One 2010–2012: Lip Service 2 episodesBBC Three 2011 Becoming Human 2 episodesBBC iPlayer 2011–2013 Being Human 3 episodesBBC Three 2014 In the Flesh 1 episodeBBC Three 2016 The Five 1 episodeSky1 2016–2022 Grantchester 7 episodesITV 2017 The Tunnel 1 episodeSky Atlantic 2018 Trust 2 episodesFX 2019 Curfew 1 episodeSky1 2020 Riviera Lead writerSky Atlantic 2023 A Town Called Malice 1 episodeSky Max 2023 No Escape 1 episodeParamount+ 2024 The Gentlemen 1 episodeNetflix TBA Rivers of London Lead writer TBA
Awards and nominations Awards Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award: 2012: Best TV Drama Series (Being Human)
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