Susanne Simpson

Oscar nominee · BAFTA Award nominee

As executive producer of MASTERPIECE, the iconic PBS drama series, Susanne Simpson commissions original U.K. productions, including the upcoming "Tom Jones" with Hannah Waddingham, Jane Austen's "Sanditon", and "Magpie Murders", written by Anthony Horowitz and starring Lesley Manville. Simpson co-produces many U.K. programs such as "All Creatures Great and Small", "Around the World in 80 Days", and the long-running detective series "Endeavour" and "Unforgotten". She is currently developing "Miss Austen", adapted by Andrea Gibb for Bonnie Productions, as well as other series. Simpson is a two-time Academy Award® nominee and two-time Emmy®-winner for documentary and dramatic films. As an executive producer of "Downton Abbey", Simpson was in charge of all aspects of the U.S. broadcast of the most watched drama in PBS history and recipient of 59 Emmy® nominations and 12 wins. She also oversaw co-productions such as "Sherlock", "Wolf Hall", and "Victoria". She is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, the Television Academy, and former member of WGA, East. Simpson is the executive producer of MASTERPIECE Studio, a podcast with more than 20 million downloads since 2016.

What are Susanne Simpson's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

37%

Morality

20%

Self

15%

Power

12%

Society

10%

Ideas

6%

Family bonds4 Romantic love4 Deception2 Class3 Community2 Justice2 Truth2 Obsession2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

7

Contemplative

4

Melancholic

3

Bittersweet

3

Romantic

2

Other

7

How their films linger

Bittersweet5 Thought-provoking4 Unsettling3 Feel-good3 Haunting2 Fun2

How their films end · 3 with a twist

Happy1
Bittersweet6
Tragic1
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 Susanne Simpson's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

PBS Masterpiece15 titles

Subscription and free streaming for Susanne Simpson'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

16 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.

Marble Hall Murders(2026)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
The Forsytes(2025)
Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
Maigret(2025)
Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Miss Austen(2025)
Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
The Marlow Murder Club(2024)
Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
Tom Jones(2023)
Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows
Magpie Murders(2022)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Around the World in 80 Days(2021)
Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Annika(2021)
Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Flesh and Blood(2020)
Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Guilt(2019)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Sanditon(2019)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
My Mother and Other Strangers(2016)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Wolf Hall(2015)
Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
The Manners of Downton Abbey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Executive Producer
Wuthering Heights(2009)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 10 titles from 2015 to 2025.

Highest rated

Marble Hall Murders (2026)

Midcredits 86^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Producing10 of 10 · 49^th

By decade

2010s2 · crew2020s8 · 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.

Awards

3 major nominations and no wins, 1982–2025.

2025
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Drama Series
1997
- Oscar, nominated · Best Documentary, Short Subjects
1982
- Oscar, nominated · Best Documentary, Features

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 Susanne Simpson's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 2 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles

Sex & Nudity6 titles24–51 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all films

Profanity3 titlesmedian 33 · mild

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Susanne Simpson work with?

People who share at least 2 of Susanne Simpson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Rebecca Eaton shares the most, 4.