Nick Leather is a BAFTA, RTS and Writers' Guild of Great Britain award-winning writer. His work includes the single drama 'Mother's Day' (BBC2/RTE), for which he won the RTS NW Award for Best Scriptwriter 2019 and was nominated for the Writers' Guild Award for Best Short Form TV Drama, and the single drama 'Murdered For Being Different' (BBC3), which won the BAFTA and RTS Awards for Best Single Drama 2018, and was nominated for a Rose D'Or, Broadcast and British Screenwriters' Award. Previous production credits include Jimmy McGovern's drama series "Broken' (BBC1) and 'The Worst Witch' (CBBC/Netflix), for which he was nominated for a Writers' Guild Award 2018. He created the children's drama series 'Rocket's Island', which ran for three seasons, won a Prix Jeunesse in 2016, and was BAFTA nominated for 'Best Children's Drama' in 2014 and 2016. In 2012 he won the Writers' Guild Award for Best Episode Of A Continuing Drama for his work on Channel Four's 'Hollyoaks', and in 2013 was BAFTA-nominated in the Best Children's Writer category for his episode of the CBBC show 'Stepping Up'.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 1, 1978 (47)
- Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, England, UK
- Writer and producer
- 9 on MovieCove
What are Nick Leather's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Themes
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet1
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous2
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 Nick Leather's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on BritBox (4).
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Nick Leather'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
9 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
Nightsleeper(2024)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
The Control Room(2022)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows
Suspicion(2022)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Mother's Day(2018)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
The Worst Witch(2017)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Stepping Up(2012)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Moving On(2009)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Career shape
A full career of 8 titles from 2009 to 2024.
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.
Who does Nick Leather work with?
People who share at least 2 of Nick Leather's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sharon Rooney shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Sharon RooneyShared titles: Nightsleeper (2024), The Control Room (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Sharon Rooney
Producers
- Gaynor HolmesShared titles: Nightsleeper (2024), The Control Room (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Gaynor Holmes
- Aysha RafaeleShared titles: Mother's Day (2018), Murdered for Being Different (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Aysha Rafaele
- Scott BassettShared titles: Mother's Day (2018), Murdered for Being Different (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Scott Bassett