Peter McKenna

Writer / Executive Producer / Showrunner

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Peter McKenna is a leading Irish writer and producer, best known for creating and showrunning the critically acclaimed crime dramas Kin (RTÉ/BBC/AMC), Hidden Assets (RTÉ/Acorn) and Red Rock (BBC/Amazon), which collectively have earned him five wins and four further nominations at the Irish Film and Television Awards. Kin won Best Television Drama and Best Script - Television Drama in 2024 (alongside a nomination for Best Scripted Series at the Royal Television Society Republic of Ireland Awards), with Hidden Assets nominated in the same categories the same year. From 2015 to 2018, Red Rock won Best Television Drama Series/Soap three times, with Peter earning an additional nomination in 2015 for Best Writer - Soap or Comedy. Peter was also nominated for Best Script for Television for The Clinic in 2009.

Peter was most recently the lead writer and executive producer of Gangs of London Series 3 (Sky/AMC). Further television credits include episodes of Around The World In 80 Days (BBC), The Last Kingdom (BBC/Netflix), The Gloaming (Stan/Starz) and The Musketeers (BBC). In 2018, Peter's genre-breaking episode of Eastenders, incorporating the testimonies of family members of knife crime victims, was met with critical acclaim.

Television

Production	Company	Notes
GANGS OF LONDON 2024	SKY Studios / AMC Networks / Pulse Films	Writer of Series 3 Episode 1. Starring: Joe Cole
KIN: SERIES 2 2024	Headline / Bron Studios
HIDDEN ASSETS 2022 - 2023	Facet4 Media	Executive Producer and Writer. Released to great reviews and nominated for an IFTA Award
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS 2021	BBC/ZDF/Seven West Media	Writer 1 x 60'. Series 1, Episode 6. Starring David Tennant.
KIN 2021	Headline/Bron Studios	Showrunner on eight episode series. Charlie Cox (LK), Ciaran Hinds and Emmett Scanlan starred. Well received in Ireland and swept the IFTA Awards. AMC picked up the first series.
THE GLOAMING 2020	ABC Studios/STAN	Writer 1 x 60'. Series 1, Episode 5.
THE LAST KINGDOM 2020	Netflix/BBC/Carnival	Writer 1 x 60'. Series 4, Episode 8.
THE LIVING AND THE DEAD 2015	BBC	Writer x 1 episode Created by Ashley Pharoah and Matthew Graham
THE MUSKETEERS 3 2015	BBC1 / BBC America	Writer x 1 episode Starring: Luke Pasqualino, Tom Burke, Marc Warren
RED ROCK 2014	Company / Element	Creator/Showrunner Prods: Paula Heffernan, Hugh Farley, Gareth Philips Dirs: Various
THE MUSKETEERS 2 2014	BBC1 / BBC America	Writer x 1 episode Prod: Colin Wratten Dir: John Strickland Starring: Luke Pasqualino, Tom Burke, Marc Warren
THE MUSKETEERS 2014	BBC1 / BBC America	Writer x 1 episode Prod: Colin Wratten Dir: Andy Hay Starring: Peter Capaldi, Luke Pasqualino, Tom Burke
FRANKIE 2013	BBC	Writer x 1 episode Prod: Erika Hossington Dir: Ashley Way
EASTENDERS 2012	BBC	Writer x 2 episodes Prods: Lorraine Newman, Jenny Robins Dirs: Lee Salisbury, Richard Lynn
HOLBY CITY 2012	BBC	Writer x 2 episodes Prod: Emma Stuart Dirs: Dermot Boyd, Julie Edwards
CASUALTY 2012	BBC	Writer x 1 episode Prod: Erika Hossington Dir: Paul Murphy
DOCTORS 2011	BBC	Writer x 1 episode Prods: Mike Hobson, Ella Kelly Dir: Lisa Clarke
THE CLINIC 2008	Parallel Films / RTE	Writer x 8 eps from 2005-2009 Prods: Orla Bleahen-Melvin, Jonathan Curling Dirs: Various