Ed Whitmore

Writer and producer · Born July 18, 1971 (55) · Uckfield, Sussex, England, UK

Ed Whitmore is a British screenwriter. He has written for a number of successful British TV series such as Waking the Dead and Silent Witness. In 2022, he was nominated for a BAFTA for his work on the second season of ITV true crime drama Manhunt. Whitmore is an alumnus of Westfield College. In 2003 he wrote the Waking The Dead episode "Multistorey", which won the show an Emmy for Best International Drama Series. He adapted the book Hallam Foe into a critical well received film, for which he was subsequently nominated at the Moët et Chandon British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) for Best Screenplay, as well as the BAFTA-winning Sea of Souls, for which he won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Episode in a TV Series. He created and wrote ITV drama Identity, which was aired on British TV in the summer of 2010; the remake rights were then sold to the ABC Network in America. He later wrote episodes of CSI and Strike Back, as well as the miniseries Arthur & George and Rillington Place. He wrote and created the ITV drama Manhunt first shown in the United Kingdom on 6 January 2019, airing on three consecutive nights and ITV's highest rated launch of a new drama series since the first series of Broadchurch in 2013. Whitmore's work on Manhunt earned him a nomination for the Mystery Writers of America 2020 Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay.

What are Ed Whitmore's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight

Morality

35%

Bonds

22%

Self

16%

Survival

14%

Society

7%

Power

7%

Justice5 Deception2 Loyalty2 Isolation2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

9

Melancholic

5

Dread

3

Warm

2

Contemplative

2

Other

2

How their films linger

Thought-provoking6 Unsettling3 Bittersweet3 Haunting2 Rousing2

How their films end · 1 with a twist

Bittersweet6
Tragic1
Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ed Whitmore's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on BritBox (5).

Also on these channels

Acorn TV2 titles, show their 2 titles on Acorn TV
Shout! TV2 titles, show their 2 titles on Shout! TV
FOX One1 title, show their title on FOX One
PBS Masterpiece1 title, show their title on PBS Masterpiece

Subscription and free streaming for Ed Whitmore's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

22 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page.

Memory of a Killer(2026)
Show 3 episodes · Creator · Writer
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Out There (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer · Writer
The Winter King(2023)
Show 10 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Steeltown Murders(2023)
Show 4 episodes · Producer · Writer
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Viewpoint(2021)
Show 5 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows
Grace(2021)
Show 1 episode · Writer
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Manhunt(2019)
Show 4 episodes · Creator · Writer
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Rillington Place(2016)
Show 3 episodes · Screenplay · Writer
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Safe House(2015)
Show 4 episodes · Writer
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows
Arthur & George (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Writer
Arthur & George(2015)
Show Creator · Writer
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Identity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Show 4 episodes · Writer
He Kills Coppers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Show 3 episodes · Writer
Hallam Foe(2007)
Screenplay
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Vincent(2005)
Show 1 episode · Writer
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Sea of Souls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Show 3 episodes · Writer
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries(2001)
Show 6 episodes · Writer
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Waking the Dead(2000)
Show 14 episodes · Writer
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Dark Blue World(2001)
Producer
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(2000)
Show 2 episodes · Writer
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Dalziel and Pascoe(1996)
Show 1 episode · Writer
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Silent Witness(1996)
Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer · Writer
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 21 titles from 1996 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Dark Blue World (2001)

$2.4M worldwide

Highest rated

Dark Blue World (2001)

Midcredits 81^st

By role

only this rolewith another role

Writing20 of 21 · 63^rdProducing4 of 21Other crew5 of 21 · 48^th

21 titles, 6 with more than one role — writing and other crew overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1990s2 · crew2000s7 · crew2010s6 · crew2020s6 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Ed Whitmore work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ed Whitmore's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Marc Evans shares the most, 2.