Gwyneth Hughes

Gwyneth Hughes is a British documentary director and screenwriter who works mainly in television.

Career She is a former newspaper journalist from the north of England.

Her credits include the crime drama Five Days, Cherished, a film about the wrongful conviction of Angela Cannings, an adaptation of Charles Dickens's unfinished work The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and The Girl, which explores an alleged obsession Alfred Hitchcock had with the actress Tippi Hedren. Her work on Five Days earned her a nomination at the 2008 Golden Globe Awards. In 2013, she wrote Remember Me, a television drama serial that debuted on the BBC in November 2014.

In 2018, Hughes executive-produced and adapted William Makepeace Thackeray's novel Vanity Fair into a seven-part television mini-series for ITV and Amazon Studios. Hughes wrote the true crime miniseries Honour in 2020, for ITV, Hughes adapted Henry Fielding's novel Tom Jones into a miniseries broadcast on PBS in 2023.

In January 2024, ITV broadcast Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Hughes' four-part series about the British Post Office scandal, a miscarriage of justice in which hundreds of sub-postmasters were wrongly prosecuted.

The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain awarded its highest Awards accolade, the Outstanding Contribution to Writing Award, to Hughes in January 2025. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL) in 2025.

Television Year Title Writer ExecutiveProducer Creator Notes 1996–1997 The Bill 3 episodes 1997 Dangerfield 1 episode 1998 Silent Witness 2 episodes 2000 The Mrs Bradley Mysteries 1 episode 2000 Sleeper 2002 Blood Strangers 2003 Peter in Paradise TV Movie 2005 Cherished TV Movie 2005 Beneath the Skin TV Movie 2006 Mysterious Creatures TV Movie 2007 Miss Austen Regrets TV Movie 2009 Hunter 2009 U Be Dead TV Movie 2007-2010 Five Days 2012 The Mystery of Edwin Drood 2012 The Girl TV Movie 2013 Talking to the Dead 2013 Remember Me 2016 Dark Angel 2018 Vanity Fair 2018 Doing Money TV Movie 2020 Honour 2021 Three Families 2023 Tom Jones 2024 Mr Bates vs The Post Office