St Mary's University, Twickenham (BA) University of Sheffield (MA)
Occupation(s)
Writer, producer, executive producer
Years active
1988–present
Notable work
Broadchurch Torchwood Doctor Who
Spouse
Madeline Joinson
(m. 2002)
Children
2
Christopher Antony Chibnall (born 21 March 1970)[1] is an English television writer and producer, best known as the creator and writer of the award-winning ITV mystery-crime drama Broadchurch (2013-17) and as the third showrunner of the 2005 revival of the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who (2018–22). Chibnall wrote five episodes of the series under previous showrunners Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat, and he was also the head writer for the first two series of the spinoff Torchwood (2006-08).
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Though Broadchurch was first conceived of in 2003, creator and writer ChrisChibnall first began fleshing out the story and writing scripts for the first...
broadcast on ITV for three series between 2013 and 2017. It was created by ChrisChibnall, who acted as an executive producer and wrote all 24 episodes and produced...
October to 5 December 2021. The series is the third and last to be led by ChrisChibnall as head writer and executive producer. It is the thirteenth to air following...
over most of the following year, with series creator and lead writer ChrisChibnall using a plot-development process he used for the first series. The return...
centenary of the BBC's launch, airing five days after. It was written by ChrisChibnall, and directed by Jamie Magnus Stone. Jodie Whittaker stars in her final...
While conceiving and writing the first series of Broadchurch in 2012, ChrisChibnall designed his story to be told as a trilogy but, of course, the first...
stepped down after three special episodes in 2022, alongside showrunner ChrisChibnall. Jodie Auckland Whittaker was born on 17 June 1982 in Skelmanthorpe...
after the tenth series; he was set to be replaced by new showrunner, ChrisChibnall. Peter Capaldi confirmed a year later that the tenth series would be...
crime drama programme broadcast on ITV. It was created and written by ChrisChibnall and produced by Kudos Film and Television, Shine America, and Imaginary...
concluded on 9 December 2018. The series is the first to be led by ChrisChibnall as head writer and executive producer, alongside executive producers...
which was broadcast on BBC One on 1 January 2022. It was written by ChrisChibnall, and directed by Annetta Laufer. The episode follows the thirteenth...
Who, first broadcast on BBC One on 1 January 2021. It was written by ChrisChibnall, and directed by Lee Haven Jones. The episode follows the twelfth series...
BBC One on 17 April 2022. The episode was written by Ella Road and ChrisChibnall, and directed by Haolu Wang. It follows "Eve of the Daleks", serving...
and aired until 1 March 2020. It is the second series to be led by ChrisChibnall as head writer and executive producer, alongside executive producer...
Russel T Davies, ChrisChibnall, Andy Goddard (19 November 2006). "Countrycide". Torchwood. BBC Three. Russell T Davies, ChrisChibnall, Ashley Way (1 January...
Chibnall is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Albert Chibnall FRS (1894–1988), British biochemist ChrisChibnall (born 1970), English...
an American crime drama television series created by ChrisChibnall. It is a remake of Chibnall's UK drama series Broadchurch, and stars that series' lead...
Who, first broadcast on BBC One on 1 March 2020. It was written by ChrisChibnall, and directed by Jamie Magnus Stone. It is the second of a two-part...
from Davies from 2010 until 2017. ChrisChibnall later took over from Moffat. Davies returned, following Chibnall's departure. The term has also been...
returned as Doctor Who showrunner in October 2022 after the departure of ChrisChibnall; the first episodes of his second tenure are the show's sixtieth anniversary...
Simon Nye, Richard Curtis, and Gareth Roberts wrote one episode each; ChrisChibnall wrote a two-episode story. The series was meant to be fantastical to...
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