Writing

David Pirie

Known for

Writing

Credits

10 titles

Known for

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood poster
6.4

A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Included are clips from Hammer productions and interviews with actors, actresses, directors and producers who worked on these films.

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

1987

The Wyvern Mystery poster
5.2

After precipitating the death of a tenant with whom he has been feuding, Squire Fairfield brings the dead man's young daughter to live in Wyvern Manor. Alice grows up thinking the squire is her kind benefactor, and falls in love with one of his two sons.

The Wyvern Mystery

2000

Masques, Monsters and Madmen - Part 1 poster
NR

Part 1 of a new, feature-length documentary about AIP, one of Hammer's main competitors in '60s/'70s British horror.

Masques, Monsters and Madmen - Part 1

2026

The Woman In White poster
6.6

Based upon Wilkie Collins Victorian mystery, the gothic tale tells of a pair of half sisters whose lives end up caught in a grand conspiracy revolving around a mentally ill woman dressed in white. As the story unfolds, murder, love, marriage, and greed stand between the two women and happy lives. Their only hope is the secret the woman in white waits to tell them.

The Woman In White

1997

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes poster
8.0

Arthur Conan Doyle reveals the story behind Sherlock Holmes and his mysteries by telling about Dr. Joseph Bell, from whom he drew his inspiration, after meeting him as a medical student in Edinburgh. This TV movie served as the pilot for the later released minisseries Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes produced by the BBC. The series then picks up with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's time as a general practitioner in Southsea, solving mysteries with the help of his mentor, Dr Joseph Bell, who is still based in Edinburgh.

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

2000

Element of Doubt poster
6.5

A woman has doubts about the intentions of her husband, even to the point where she thinks he might kill her.

Element of Doubt

1996

Film credits

Behind the camera

The Wyvern Mystery poster
5.2

After precipitating the death of a tenant with whom he has been feuding, Squire Fairfield brings the dead man's young daughter to live in Wyvern Manor. Alice grows up thinking the squire is her kind benefactor, and falls in love with one of his two sons.

The Wyvern Mystery

2000

The Woman In White poster
6.6

Based upon Wilkie Collins Victorian mystery, the gothic tale tells of a pair of half sisters whose lives end up caught in a grand conspiracy revolving around a mentally ill woman dressed in white. As the story unfolds, murder, love, marriage, and greed stand between the two women and happy lives. Their only hope is the secret the woman in white waits to tell them.

The Woman In White

1997

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes poster
8.0

Arthur Conan Doyle reveals the story behind Sherlock Holmes and his mysteries by telling about Dr. Joseph Bell, from whom he drew his inspiration, after meeting him as a medical student in Edinburgh. This TV movie served as the pilot for the later released minisseries Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes produced by the BBC. The series then picks up with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's time as a general practitioner in Southsea, solving mysteries with the help of his mentor, Dr Joseph Bell, who is still based in Edinburgh.

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

2000

Element of Doubt poster
6.5

A woman has doubts about the intentions of her husband, even to the point where she thinks he might kill her.

Element of Doubt

1996

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle poster
6.6

What led Arthur Conan Doyle to create, and then destroy the world famous detective, Sherlock Holmes? This compelling drama explores the dark secrets that surround the author and his creation.

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

2005

The Safe House poster
8.5

The brutal murder of her parents leaves daughter and only witness, Finn, injured and traumatised. The police place her at the remote house of trauma psychologist, Dr. Sam Graham. As Finn begins to recover, the cleaner who had first discovered the murdered couple dies suspiciously. When Finn and Sam's boyfriend, Danny, disappears, Sam must put herself and her little daughter at risk to uncover the truth.

The Safe House

2002

Rainy Day Women poster
7.0

In 1940, during World War II, an officer is sent to investigate rumours of German spies in a sleepy village where various people are the victims of war hysteria.

Rainy Day Women

1984

Black Easter poster
9.0

Continuing the Screen Two series of dramas is David Pirie's futuristic thriller starring Trevor Eve Germany, March 2000: Detective Alex Fischer investigates the murder of a young Danish woman, whose body has been slashed from head to foot. On the ground beside her are the words in Arabic: "We are crossing. "As the threat grows of a mass exodus of refugees caused by civil war in Russia, Fischer sets out on a hazardous search for the truth with refugee Anna.

Black Easter

1995