Heidi Thomas

Heidi Thomas

Heidi Thomas is a British screenwriter and playwright, known for the TV and film adaptions of "Madame Bovary" (2000), "I Capture the Castle" (2003), "Ballet Shoes" (2007) and "Cranford" (2007-2009), as well as the creation of the BBC TV series "Lillies" (2007), "Upstairs Downstairs" (2010) and "Call the Midwife" (2012 - ). She has received several awards, among them the British Royal Television Society's Best Writer award and the British Broadcasting Press Guild Award for "Cranford". She has also been nominated for several BAFTA TV Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards. She is married to actor Stephen McGann, who plays Dr Turner in "Call the Midwife".

  • Title: Heidi Thomas
  • Popularity: 3.665
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1962-08-13
  • Place of Birth: Garston, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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Heidi Thomas Movies

  • 2008
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    Ballet Shoes

    Ballet Shoes

    6.375 2008 HD

    An unusual explorer named Gum and his kindly niece adopt three orphans -- Pauline, Petrova and Posy -- and raise them as sisters in 1930s London. But...

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  • 1996
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    Kiss and Tell

    Kiss and Tell

    5.2 1996 HD

    An undercover police officer must prove that a lonely man's missing wife was murdered.

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  • 1987
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    Our Lady Blue

    Our Lady Blue

    1 1987 HD

    In a Liverpool convent a touching and unusual friendship is forged between Rachel, a young volunteer, Paul, doing 100 hours of community service, and...

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  • 2023
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    Allelujah

    Allelujah

    5.5 2023 HD

    When news of the closure of a small hospital's geriatric ward begins to reach the community, the hospital invites a local news crew to document their...

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  • 2003
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    I Capture the Castle

    I Capture the Castle

    6.7 2003 HD

    A love story set in 1930s England that follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain, and the fortunes of her eccentric family, struggling to survive in a...

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  • 2000
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    Madame Bovary

    Madame Bovary

    6.3 2000 HD

    A young woman in her late teens, a reader of novels and with high hopes of romance and passion, marries a widowed country doctor. Although he dotes...

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  • 2007
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    Cranford

    Cranford

    8.1 2007 HD

    A rich and comic drama about the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire town on the cusp of change in the 1840s. Adapted from the novels by Elizabeth...

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  • 1970
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    Cranford

    Cranford

    8.1 1970 HD

    A rich and comic drama about the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire town on the cusp of change in the 1840s. Adapted from the novels by Elizabeth...

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  • 1970
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    Cranford

    Cranford

    1 1970 HD

    Frank Stubbs (Timothy Spall) is a down-at-heel ticket tout with grand ideas. He has an ambition to become a 'high class' promoter of famous and...

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  • 1970
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    Cranford

    Cranford

    8.1 1970 HD

    A rich and comic drama about the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire town on the cusp of change in the 1840s. Adapted from the novels by Elizabeth...

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  • 1970
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    Cranford

    Cranford

    7.028 1970 HD

    Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, the story follows sisters Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March on their journey from childhood to...

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  • 1970
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    Cranford

    Cranford

    7.028 1970 HD

    Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, the story follows sisters Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March on their journey from childhood to...

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  • 1970
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    Cranford

    Cranford

    7.5 1970 HD

    Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling...

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  • 1970
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    Cranford

    Cranford

    7.5 1970 HD

    Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling...

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  • 1970
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    Cranford

    Cranford

    6.167 1970 HD

    The daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion The King's Fusiliers.

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  • 1970
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    Cranford

    Cranford

    7.386 1970 HD

    Set in 1936, the show takes viewers, old and new, back to the lavish world of Belgravia, London. A new set of occupants reside at 165 Eaton Place and...

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  • 1970
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    Cranford

    Cranford

    7.5 1970 HD

    Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling...

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  • 1970
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    Cranford

    Cranford

    7.2 1970 HD

    Lilies is a British period-drama television series, written by Heidi Thomas, which ran for one eight-episode series in early 2007 on BBC One. The...

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  • 1970
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    Cranford

    Cranford

    7.028 1970 HD

    Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, the story follows sisters Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March on their journey from childhood to...

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