Jack Thorne

Jack Thorne FRSL (born 6 December 1978) is a British playwright, screenwriter, and producer. A massive fan of hard science fiction, he is best known for writing the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the films Wonder (2017), Enola Holmes (2020) and the latter's sequel (2022), and the television programme His Dark Materials (2019–2022). Between 2010 and 2015, Thorne co-wrote three mini-series – This Is England '86, This Is England '88, and This Is England '90 – with director Shane Meadows.  In 2023, Jack Thorne's four-part mini-series Best Interests was released, starring Michael Sheen and Sharon Horgan. It was nominated for several awards, winning Best Limited Series at the Banff Rockie Awards. Thorne's two 2025 mini-series, Toxic Town and Adolescence, were released on Netflix to widespread critical acclaim. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Thorne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Crew

Then Barbara Met Alan

(Executive Producer)

Then Barbara Met Alan

(Writer)

The Swimmers

(Writer)

Enola Holmes 2

(Writer)

Don't Take My Baby

(Writer)

Jonah

(Writer)

Help

(Writer)

Joy

(Writer)

The Alchemist

(Screenplay)

A Long Way Down

(Screenplay)

National Theatre Live: After Life

(Writer)

Enola Holmes 2

(Executive Producer)

War Book

(Writer)

The Scouting Book for Boys

(Writer)

National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue

(Writer)

Sovereign

(Screenplay)

Wonder

(Screenplay)

The Aeronauts

(Story)

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

(Screenplay)

Dirt Music

(Screenplay)

Equal Play

(Executive Producer)

Enola Holmes

(Screenplay)

The Aeronauts

(Executive Producer)

The Aeronauts

(Screenplay)

Séance on a Wet Afternoon

(Screenplay)

Radioactive

(Screenplay)

The Secret Garden

(Screenplay)

A Christmas Carol

(Writer)

An Almost Christmas Story

(Story)

An Almost Christmas Story

(Screenplay)

Joy

(Story)

Enola Holmes 3

(Screenplay)

Help

(Executive Producer)

The Swarm

(Producer)

A Supermarket Love Song

(Screenplay)

The Mascot

(Screenplay)

The Beatles: Paul

(Writer)

The Beatles: John

(Writer)

The Beatles: George

(Writer)

The Beatles: Ringo

(Writer)

Jane

(Screenplay)

Chork

(Writer)

Let The Right One In

(Adaptation)

Let The Right One In

(Writer)

Skins

(Writer)

This Is England '86

(Writer)

The Fades

(Writer)

Glue

(Writer)

National Treasure

(Writer)

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

(Writer)

Glue

(Idea)

The Fades

(Screenplay)

This Is England '88

(Writer)

Kiri

(Writer)

The Virtues

(Writer)

The Accident

(Writer)

His Dark Materials

(Writer)

His Dark Materials

(Executive Producer)

The Eddy

(Executive Producer)

The Eddy

(Writer)

The Last Panthers

(Writer)

The Eddy

(Story)

Am I Being Unreasonable?

(Executive Producer)

Best Interests

(Writer)

The Accident

(Executive Producer)

Toxic Town

(Executive Producer)

Kiri

(Executive Producer)

This Is England '90

(Writer)

National Treasure

(Executive Producer)

Adolescence

(Executive Producer)

Glue

(Executive Producer)

Lord of the Flies

(Executive Producer)

Lord of the Flies

(Writer)

Adolescence

(Writer)

Toxic Town

(Writer)

Falling

(Screenplay)

CripTales

(Writer)

The Last Panthers

(Executive Producer)

Sinbad

(Writer)

The Fades

(Executive Producer)

Skins

(Writer)

Cast Offs

(Writer)

Cast Offs

(Executive Producer)

Cast Offs

(Associate Producer)

Cast Offs

(Co-Producer)

Coming Up

(Writer)

Shameless

(Writer)

This Is England '86

(Executive Producer)

Best Interests

(Executive Producer)

Wavewalker: Breaking Free

(Writer)

The Hack

(Writer)

Glue

(Creator)

The Last Panthers

(Creator)

Cast Offs

(Creator)

National Treasure

(Creator)

Kiri

(Creator)

The Eddy

(Creator)

The Accident

(Creator)

Best Interests

(Creator)

His Dark Materials

(Creator)

Adolescence

(Creator)

Toxic Town

(Creator)

The Hack

(Creator)

The Fades

(Creator)