Robert Murphy

Creator Context

Summary

Robert Murphy is a British television writer and producer whose career has focused mainly on mainstream crime and mystery drama. He created Murder City and has written for series including DCI Banks, Vera, Shetland, Strike Back and Inspector George Gently. He served as an executive producer on DCI Banks and later created and executive-produced McDonald & Dodds. His work is generally genre-driven, built around police investigations, adaptations and ensemble detective partnerships, with no well-documented public profile centered on political activism, DEI advocacy, identity campaigning or culture-war commentary.