Peter Harness creates boundary-pushing television from sci-fi epics to literary adaptations, with credits spanning Doctor Who, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, and the psychological space thriller Constellation.
About Peter Peter is a versatile screenwriter whose latest creation is the psychological thriller series Constellation for Apple TV+, starring Noomi Rapace and Jonathan Banks.
His ability to adapt complex material for television has led to acclaimed series including BBC’s Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and multiple episodes of Doctor Who.
Peter served as lead writer and executive producer for the third and fourth seasons of Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh, writing five of the six films. His work spans genres, from the crime drama McMafia to his 2019 adaptation of The War of the Worlds for BBC One. His first original screenplay, Is Anybody There? starring Michael Caine, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and earned him a Writers Guild Award nomination.
His adaptation work on Case Histories won a Scottish BAFTA for Best Television Drama, while his early series City of Vice earned him a Writers Guild of Great Britain Award nomination for Best Series.
About Constellation: Created by Peter Harness for Apple TV+, is a psychological space thriller that explores the dark edges of human psychology, space travel, and the boundaries between reality and paranoia.
The series follows Jo (Noomi Rapace), an astronaut who returns to Earth after a disaster in space, only to discover that key pieces of her life seem to be missing.
The show weaves together space exploration, conspiracy, and human drama to create a compelling narrative about the nature of reality and human consciousness. This ambitious project represents Harness’s continued evolution as a creator of sophisticated, genre-defying television.
