More About Peter Berry
TELEVISION
NOBLE CAUSE (Tiger Aspect) Current
Original series co-created with Tony Fuller about anti-corruption operations in the Met in the ‘90s
DOING GOOD Current
Pilot for an original series about an aid agency, written with Alasdair Palmer
THE MAN WHO OWNED THE BOMB (BBCWW/ HBO) Current
5 x 60′ based on the books THE MAKING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB by Richard Rhodes and GENIUS IN THE SHADOWS by William Lanouette
With Paul Giametti
TWO TRIBES (Red/ITV) Current
Original Manchester-set series about the relationship between MI5 and the Metropolitan Police
Co-created with Tony Fuller
ST. DOMINIC’S Current
6-part original serial set in a hospital
THE LAST ENEMY (BBC / Box TV) 2008
5 part serial directed by Iain B. MacDonald
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Robert Carlisle
MARY BRYANT (Granada TV) 2006
2 x 120’
Winner of Logie Most Outstanding Mini-Series/Telemovie
Gold plaque winner at Chicago International Film Festival for Best Mini-Series
Winner of Australian Film Institute Award for Best Telefeature or Mini-Series, nominated for 6 other AFI Awards
PRIME SUSPECT VI (Granada Television) 2003
2 x 120’ directed by Tom Hooper
South Bank nomination for Best Drama
BAFTA-nominated Best Drama Series
Emmy-nominations Best Mini-Series
Edgar Allan Poe Award nomination for Best Television Feature
FILM
LITVINENKO (Daybreak Pictures / Channel 4) Current
1 x 120’ to be directed by Peter Kosminsky
WHITE ROSE REBEL (Free Range Films Ltd) Current
Screenplay based on the historical novel by Janet Paisley
THE WORDS TO SAY IT (BBC) Current
1 x 90’ screenplay based on the experiences of child abuse survivor Shy Keenan
TRAP FOR CINDERELLA (Forthcoming Prod/Film Four ) 2013
Directed by Iain Softley
THE BIG PICTURE (Renaissance Films) 2001
Adaptation of book by Douglas Kennedy
A SUSPENSION OF MERCY (David Heyman/ Warner Brothers Films)2000-2001
Adaptation of a story by Patricia Highsmith
CRY OF THE OWL (BBC Films – David Thompson, Steve Ujlaki and Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre) 2000
THE LUZHIN DEFENSE (Renaissance Films – Caroline Woods) 1999-2000
Directed by Marleen Gorris
RIPLEY’S GAME 1999
Uncredited re-write for Fine Line Films
MORALITY PLAY 1999
Uncredited re-write for Renaissance Films
A LIFE FOR A LIFE (Picture Palace/Malcolm Craddick) 1998
(The Stefan Kiszko Story)
Original Screenplay, directed by Steven Whitaker
RTS Awards Best Writer 1998
BAFTA-nominated Best Single Drama 1998
LOVER WITH NO FIXED ABODE 1996
Blue Rose Films/Lynda Myles
GOODBYE MY LOVE (Granada docudrama feature/ A&E – Sita Williams) 1995
PEOPLE WHO KNOCK ON THE DOOR (BBC/Feature Commission ) 1995
Adaptation of book by Patricia Highsmith
Executive Producer: Mark Shivas
RATKING 1993
Zenith Productions
Television film/adaptation of book by Michael Dibdin
THE HUNT FOR MARCO POLO 1992
Zenith/YTV
Rewrite of three parter
CAR WARS 1992
Original Screenplay
Funded by NFDF
Co Written with John Mister
MEANS OF EVIL 1991
TVS
Adaptation for RUTH RENDELL Series
A NEW LEASE OF DEATH 1991
TVS
Adaptation for RUTH RENDELL Series
TORCH 1990
Zenith Productions
Original Screenplay
HEAVEN ON EARTH (Enigma/Warner Brothers/ David Putnam) 1986
Original Screenplay