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Pete McTighe

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  • Director
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Pete McTighe
Pete McTighe is a Writer/Executive Producer best known for work on premium international genre dramas like Doctor Who, A Discovery Of Witches, The Rising and Glitch. He is the writer/creator/showrunner of The Pact, the acclaimed BBC mystery thriller. He was also the originating writer of the prison drama Wentworth, screened internationally on Netflix, which has won dozens of awards in Australia including Most Outstanding Drama on multiple occasions and ran for nine seasons. He also directs, and has helmed various pieces of Doctor Who promotional short fiction for BBC Studios.
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    • Awards
      • 4 nominations total

    Known for

    The Pact (2021)
    The Pact
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman in Doctor Who (2005)
    Doctor Who
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer in Le livre perdu des sortilèges: A Discovery of Witches (2018)
    Le livre perdu des sortilèges: A Discovery of Witches
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Kate Atkinson, Danielle Cormack, Robbie Magasiva, Leah Purcell, Pamela Rabe, and Nicole da Silva in Wentworth (2013)
    Wentworth
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Writer

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    Writer



    • The War Between the Land and the Sea
      • Writer
      • Post-production
      • TV Series
    • 1978
      • Writer
      • Pre-production



    • Varada Sethu and Ncuti Gatwa in Doctor Who (2023)
      Doctor Who
      6.2
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2025
    • Doctor Who: Tales of the TARDIS (2023)
      Doctor Who: Tales of the TARDIS
      7.5
      TV Mini Series
      • written by
      • 2023
    • Doctor Who: New Series Target Novelisation Audiobooks (2018)
      Doctor Who: New Series Target Novelisation Audiobooks
      Podcast Series
      • written by
      • 2023
    • The Passenger (2023)
      The Passenger
      8.4
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2023
    • Defenders of Earth (2023)
      Defenders of Earth
      Video
      • written by
      • 2023
    • The Pact (2021)
      The Pact
      6.9
      TV Series
      • creator
      • created by
      • writer
      • 2021–2022
    • The Storyteller
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2022
    • Clara Rugaard in The Rising (2022)
      The Rising
      6.7
      TV Series
      • developed for UK television by
      • written by (creator)
      • 2022
    • The Eternal Mystery
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2022
    • Clickbait (2021)
      Clickbait
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • written by
      • 2021
    • A Business Proposal for Mel!
      Video
      • written by
      • 2021
    • Doctor Who - 24 Carat (2021)
      Doctor Who - 24 Carat
      8.1
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer in Le livre perdu des sortilèges: A Discovery of Witches (2018)
      Le livre perdu des sortilèges: A Discovery of Witches
      7.8
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2021
    • Return of the Autons (2020)
      Return of the Autons
      8.0
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • Kate Atkinson, Danielle Cormack, Robbie Magasiva, Leah Purcell, Pamela Rabe, and Nicole da Silva in Wentworth (2013)
      Wentworth
      8.6
      TV Series
      • written by
      • screenplay
      • head writer
      • 2013–2020

    Producer



    • 1978
      • executive producer
      • Pre-production



    • The Passenger (2023)
      The Passenger
      8.4
      Video
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Defenders of Earth (2023)
      Defenders of Earth
      Video
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • The Pact (2021)
      The Pact
      6.9
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2021–2022
    • The Storyteller
      Video
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Clara Rugaard in The Rising (2022)
      The Rising
      6.7
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer in Le livre perdu des sortilèges: A Discovery of Witches (2018)
      Le livre perdu des sortilèges: A Discovery of Witches
      7.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2021

    Director



    • The Passenger (2023)
      The Passenger
      8.4
      Video
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Defenders of Earth (2023)
      Defenders of Earth
      Video
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2023
    • The Storyteller
      Video
      • Director
      • 2022
    • The Eternal Mystery
      Video
      • Director
      • 2022
    • A Business Proposal for Mel!
      Video
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Doctor Who - 24 Carat (2021)
      Doctor Who - 24 Carat
      8.1
      Video
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Return of the Autons (2020)
      Return of the Autons
      8.0
      Video
      • Director
      • 2020
    • The Home Assistants of Death (2020)
      The Home Assistants of Death
      7.4
      Video
      • Director
      • 2020
    • The Promise (2019)
      The Promise
      8.3
      Video
      • Director
      • 2019

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