Stewart Harcourt

Stewart Harcourt
Born1968 (age 57–58)
Coventry, England
EducationUniversity of Hull
University of Birmingham
OccupationScreenwriter

Stewart Harcourt (born 1968) is an English screenwriter for film and television, whose work includes Jericho (2005), Murder on the Orient Express (2010), Maigret (2016) and several Miss Marple teleplays.

Early life and education

Harcourt is from Coventry. He attended the Coventry Blue Coat Church of England School. He studied drama at the University of Hull and earned an MA in playwriting from the University of Birmingham.

In 1985, while still at secondary school, he won the RSC Young Playwrights competition. In 1988 he was awarded a prize as part of the National Student Drama Festival in Cambridge. In 1994 he was nominated as Best New Playwright at the London Fringe Awards.

Career

His writing for film and television includes:

Year Production Role
2000, 2001 Hearts and Bones Creator, writer
2005 Jericho Creator, writer
Marple: A Murder is Announced Writer
2006 Marple: By the Pricking of my Thumbs Writer
Dracula Writer
2007 Marple: Ordeal by Innocence Writer
2009 The Clocks Writer
2010 Marple: The Blue Geranium Writer
Murder on the Orient Express Writer
2011 George Gently Writer, Series 4, Episode 1
2012 Treasure Island Writer
2013 Love and Marriage Creator, writer
2014 Agatha Raisin Writer, Series 1
Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death Writer
2016 Maigret Writer
Churchill's Secret Writer
2023 Dalgliesh Writer, Series 2 A Certain Justice with Helen Edmundson
2024 A Gentleman in Moscow Writer
2026 The Physician II Writer

Also

In the early 1990s, Harcourt was artistic director at the Man in the Moon Theatre, King's Road, London. In 1994 he became director of the Old Bull Arts Centre, Barnet.

Harcourt has written the following plays:

In 2001 he published A practical guide for writers & companies Pub. Independent Theatre Council. In 2010, along with Jeff Dowson, Nic Jeune, Harcourt was part of a BAFTA-led mentoring project helping young people make film in Bristol. Harcourt has been a guest speaker at Liverpool John Moores University screenwriting MA course.

References

  1. 1 2 Demetrious Matheoi (2002-10-08). "Writer on course for theatre stardom". Coventry Evening Telegraph. Coventry, UK. p. 21.
  2. 1 2 3 Ann McFerran (1990-12-15). "Character Building". The Independent. London, UK. p. 30.
  3. ↑ Amanda Bolt (1994-12-22). "New directions for the theatre stage". Potters Bar Times. Potters Bar, Herts, UK. p. 7.
  4. ↑ Pippa Considine (2023-03-20). "Saffron Cherry buys rights to Dales Detective". televisual.com. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  5. ↑ Campbell, Mark (2015). Agatha Christie. Harpenden, Herts, UK: Harpenden. p. 132. ISBN 9781843444237.
  6. ↑ "Students tackle tough twosome". Hull Daily Mail. Hull, UK. 1988-03-02. p. 9.
  7. 1 2 "Moon on the wax". Hammersmith and Shepherds Bush Gazette. London, UK. 1994-08-12. p. 24.
  8. ↑ Mark Lawson (2000-06-05). "Just for fun". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  9. ↑ Marilyn Stasio (2006-04-29). "In postwar Britain, Mysteries to Solve". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  10. ↑ "Dracula horror is given a sexy new look". Craven Herald and Pioneer. Skipton, Yorkshire, England. 2006-12-22. p. 17.
  11. ↑ "Poirot "The Clocks"". kentfilmoffice.co.uk. 2015-07-26. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  12. ↑ Naomi West (2010-12-23). "David Suchet's Poirot finally boards the Orient express". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  13. ↑ "Inspector George Gently Episodes". bbc.co.uk. 2011-08-18. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  14. ↑ Brian Lowry (2012-05-03). "Treasure Island". variety.com. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  15. ↑ Mark Lawson (2013-06-04). "The Americans, Love & Marriage, and the rise of hybrid TV genres". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  16. ↑ "Maigret travels abroad". bbc.co.uk. 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  17. ↑ Jonathan Macaloon (2015-05-26). "Michael Gambon to play Winston Churchill in ITV drama". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  18. ↑ "ACORN TV ORIGINAL DETECTIVE DRAMA DALGLIESH RETURNS ON MONDAY, APRIL 24 Detective". amcglobalmedia.com. 2023-03-27. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  19. ↑ "A Gentleman in Moscow". goldcrestfilms.com. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  20. ↑ Julia de Paz Solvas (March 2026). "Physician II". Filmart. Munich, Germany: Beta Cinema. p. 17.
  21. ↑ Christine Eccles (1994-05-18). "This time it really is curtains". The Independent. London, UK. p. 25.
  22. ↑ "Startling drama born out of Kaos". The Tamworth Herald. Tamworth, UK. 1996-05-03. p. 65.
  23. ↑ "Bafta appoints film director as a mentor in Bristol". bbc.co.uk. 2010-06-24. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  24. ↑ "Youth mentoring programme announced". bafta.org. 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  25. ↑ "MA screenwriting part-time". ljmu.ac.uk. Retrieved 2026-07-24.