Mick Ford is an acclaimed, award-winning British screenwriter and former actor who first gained prominence for his screen roles, most notably as Archer in Alan Clarke’s cult film SCUM (1979) and as Detective Superintendent Peter Ross in the BBC drama SILENT WITNESS (1997-1998).

Transitioning into writing, he created the BAFTA-nominated ITV drama WILLIAM AND MARY (2003-2005), starring Martin Clunes and Julie Graham, co-wrote the BBC crime miniseries HUNTER (2009), wrote acclaimed 4-part BBC drama SINGLE FATHER (2010) starring David Tennant, and contributed to the Sky comedy-drama LIVING THE DREAM (2017-2019). He also adapted Blake Morrison’s thriller THE LAST WEEKEND (2012), starring Shaun Evans and Rupert Perry-Jones, and Sathnam Sanghera’s memoir THE BOY WITH THE TOPKNOT (2017), starring Sacha Dhawan, for the BBC, which earned an RTS Award and the Drama Special Award at the New York Film & TV Festival. In addition to writing for hit series such as ASHES TO ASHES (2008) and INSPECTOR GEORGE GENTLY (2008- 2009), Mick has written several Harlan Coben screen adaptations including THE FIVE (2016) for Sky, THE STRANGER (2020), STAY CLOSE (2021) for Netflix, and LAZARUS (2025) for Amazon Prime.

Most recently, Mick adapted Dirk Kurbjuweit’s novel into the Amazon Prime psychological thriller FEAR (2025), starring Martin Compston and Anjli Mohindra, and created and wrote ITV’s acclaimed police drama AFTER THE FLOOD (2024-2026) starring Sophie Rundle, Philip Glenister, and Lorraine Ashbourne, which returned for a second series in January 2026.