After gaining a BAFTA nomination and a European Film Award for her short film 'The Party' Andrea started her television career directing the second block of BBC3’s hit drama-thriller 'Clique', before lead directing mini-series 'Come Home' for BBC One, which won the RTS N.I. Award for Best Drama and an International Emmy nomination for actor Christopher Eccleston. 'Come Home' later enjoyed a revival on Netflix, landing at #3 on the UK Top 10 list. Andrea was lead director on the acclaimed BBC series 'The Trial of Christine Keeler', which won the RTS S.W. award for Best Drama and was later acquired by HBO Max then Netflix (landing at #2 in the UK), and she was lead director on 'The Confessions of Frannie Langton' - a four-part drama for ITV and Britbox adapted from the award-winning novel. She directed a standalone episode of AMC’s anthology series 'Soulmates'. Andrea was executive producer and director on 'Time' (S2) for BBC One, starring Bella Ramsey, Jodie Whittaker and Tamara Lawrance, which was described as ‘world-beating drama’ in The Guardian - winning a Broadcasting Press Guild award for Best Mini-Series and several RTS awards for the cast. She directed episodes 4,5 and 6 of 'The Girlfriend', which landed on Amazon Prime Video to rave reviews and took the #1 spot in the UK and US for several weeks. It was nominated for Best Limited Series at both the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards. Andrea went on to direct episodes of HBO’s Game of Thrones spin-off, 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms', S2.
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What are Andrea Harkin's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous3
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 Andrea Harkin's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on BritBox (2).
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Andrea Harkin'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
6 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.
The Girlfriend(2025)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows
Soulmates(2020)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
Come Home(2018)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
Clique(2017)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Career shape
Across their 6 MovieCove titles from 2017 to 2025.
Awards
Nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2017, Best Short Film.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
Is Andrea Harkin's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Andrea Harkin work with?
People who share at least 2 of Andrea Harkin's MovieCove titles; Sophie Cookson shares the most, 2.
- Sophie CooksonShared titles: The Confessions of Frannie Langton (2022), The Trial of Christine Keeler (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Sophie Cookson
