Pete McTighe

Pete McTighe is a leading writer of genre drama, currently co-writing and Executive Producing the first new era Doctor Who spin-off, THE WAR BETWEEN THE LAND AND THE SEA with Russell T Davies.

He has written episodes of DOCTOR WHO, and wrote and Exec Produced A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES (Bad Wolf/Sky/AMC) and THE RISING (Sky Studios). In 2021 he created, wrote and Exec Produced his BBC thriller THE PACT, which returned for a second season in 2022. He was the originating writer of female prison drama WENTWORTH, writing most of the first series and key episodes of the subsequent eight years; the show was an international hit and won dozens of Australian industry awards including Most Outstanding Drama several years in a row. He has been nominated for Writers Guild and Welsh BAFTA Awards.

Pete also writes and directs regular DOCTOR WHO content for BBC Studios, is developing new material in the UK and internationally and has collaborated with numerous production companies including BBC Studios, ITV Studios, Drama Republic, Moonage Pictures, Red, Hillbilly, Mammoth Screen, Kudos, NBC-Universal and Lionsgate.