Christopher Antony Chibnall (born 21 March 1970) is an English television writer and producer, best known as the creator and writer of the award-winning ITV mystery-crime drama Broadchurch and as a showrunner of the long-running BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who. Chibnall wrote five episodes of the series under previous showrunners Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat, and was also the head writer for the first two series of the spinoff Torchwood.
A retrospective of Colin Baker's turbulent three-years as the Sixth Doctor in Doctor Who (1963), covering his casting, the 1985 hiatus, and his sacking on the orders of BBC One controller Michael Grade.
Release Date2008-09-30
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The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the BBC Singers, conducted by Alastair King, celebrate the glorious musical sounds of the iconic and much-loved TV series.
Release Date2023-11-01
Charactersd Himself
Vote Count5
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
Release Date2005-03-26
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count22
Vote Count3383
The exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial.
Release Date2006-10-22
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count8
Vote Count568
The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
Release Date2013-03-04
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count24
Vote Count992
With King Uther's sudden death, chaos threatens to engulf Britain. The sorcerer Merlin has visions of a dark future and installs young and impetuous Arthur, Uther's unknown son and heir raised as a commoner, as the new king. The two install themselves in Castle Camelot with their allies, which include Arthur's biological mother, his foster brother, and a quartet of loyal warriors. From Camelot, Arthur tries to build a new and better Britain, where people can live in peace. Meanwhile, Arthur's cold half-sister Morgan plots to take the crown from him. Banished by Uther, who was responsible for her mother's murder to put Arthur's mother on the throne, Morgan is responsible for Uther's death and wants to rule as his successor. Aided by her loyal maid Vivian and the devious nun Sybil, Morgan takes up residence in Castle Pendragon, from where she schemes against Arthur.
Release Date2011-02-25
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count6
Vote Count193
Adapted from the hit US series, Law & Order: UK follows a team of police detectives and prosecutors representing the public interest in the criminal justice system.
Release Date2009-02-23
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count5
Vote Count44
England, 1925. At a lavish country house party, a practical joke appears to have gone horribly, murderously wrong. It will be up to the unlikeliest of sleuths—the fizzingly inquisitive Lady Eileen 'Bundle' Brent—to unravel a chilling plot that will change her life, cracking wide open the country house mystery.
Release Date2026-01-15
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count3
Vote Count201
A detective chief inspector from 2006 is investigating a serial killer when he is knocked over by a speeding car. Waking up, he finds himself mysteriously transported back in time to 1973. Initially struggling to come to terms with his situation, he has to come to terms with the old-fashioned technology and attitude of the day, while figuring out how he came to be trapped in the past.
Release Date2006-01-09
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count312
In the 1950s at the fictional Lancashire village of Ormston, a father and son, both doctors, navigate the challenges of running a cottage hospital under the newly established National Health Service.
Release Date2002-04-21
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count16
Vote Count3
When a young boy is found dead on an idyllic beach, a major police investigation gets underway in the small California seaside town where the tragedy occurred. Soon deemed a homicide, the case sparks a media frenzy, which throws the boy's family into further turmoil and upends the lives of all of the town's residents.
Release Date2014-10-02
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count10
Vote Count87
8 August 1963: Britain wakes up to news of the biggest robbery in the country’s history. A train has been hijacked and robbed, 35 miles from its arrival in central London. The country is stunned. Who could be behind it? How did they pull off such an audacious raid?
Release Date2013-12-18
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count2
Vote Count69
Spooks: Code 9 is a 2008 six-episode BBC spin-off of the spy drama Spooks. In a near-future 2013 Britain following a devastating London terror attack, a new, younger team of MI5 recruits—including Charlie, Rachel, Jez, Vik, Rob, and Kylie—work from a new Manchester headquarters to battle terrorism in a highly surveilled, post-attack world. It offers a younger, more 'maverick' perspective on the Spooks universe, focusing on the challenges of liberty and security in a tense society. The series was commissioned by BBC Fiction's controller Jane Tranter as a spin-off of their long-running drama Spooks in order to attract a younger audience. The decision to relate the new project to the original Spooks was controversial; but there are no crossover characters or storylines and, most importantly, is set in a completely new world.
Release Date2008-08-10
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count13
United is based on the true story of Manchester United's legendary "Busby Babes", the youngest side ever to win the Football League and the 1958 Munich Air Crash that claimed eight of the their number. The film draws on first-hand interviews with the survivors and their families to tell the inspirational story of a team and community overcoming terrible tragedy.
Release Date2011-01-02
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count176
Pond Life follows the life of the Doctor, and Amy Pond and Rory Williams.
Release Date2012-08-27
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count3
Malaterra: for the residents, this village is a haven of peace, a refuge. Until the death of a child. A once united community, where everyone thought they could trust each other, falls apart. Who killed little Nathan? And why?
Release Date2015-11-18
DepartmentWriting
JobOriginal Story
Episode Count8
Vote Count4
In the Dorset village of Fleetcombe, the village pub's landlord is found murdered. Detective Nicola Bridge must unpick a web of lies and rivalries to unmask the killer.
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count1
A series of five minisodes show Amy and Rory's life at home, while The Doctor has adventures of his own.
Release Date2012-08-27
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count6
In a swashbuckling special adventure, the Doctor, Yaz and Dan come face to fin with one of the Doctor’s oldest adversaries, the Sea Devils. Why has legendary pirate queen Madam Ching come searching for a lost treasure? What terrifying forces lurk beneath the oceans of the 19th century? And did Yaz really have to dress Dan up as a pirate?
Release Date2022-04-17
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
The Doctor is locked away in a high-security alien prison with no hope of escape. Her best friends, Yaz, Ryan and Graham, have to pick up their lives without her. However, old habits die hard when they discover a disturbing plan involving the Daleks.
Release Date2021-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
In a South Yorkshire city, Ryan Sinclair, Yasmin Khan and Graham O'Brien are about to have their lives changed forever, as a mysterious woman, unable to remember her own name, falls from the night sky. Can they believe a word she says? And can she help solve the strange events taking place across the city?
Release Date2018-10-08
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count17
As the new year begins, a terrifying evil from across the centuries of Earth's history is stirring. As the Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz return home, will they be able to overcome the threat to planet Earth?
Release Date2019-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
New Year’s Eve. Sarah is working - again. Nick is her only customer - again. Same old same old. Except this year, their countdown to midnight will be the strangest and deadliest they have ever known. Why is an executioner Dalek targeting these two people, in this place, on this night? Why are they having to live through the same moments again? Can the Doctor, Yaz and Dan save them and survive into the New Year?
Release Date2022-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
The Doctor and Bill are chased by a group of Daleks in a short introductory video to present Bill, the new companion, to audiences for the first time.
Release Date2016-04-23
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
A monologue drama from Chris Chibnall starring James Bolam as a tube driver on his last day before retirement
Release Date2000-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Rory says goodbye to his father.
Release Date2012-10-12
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
