Stewart Harcourt (born 1968) is an English screenwriter for film and television, whose work includes Jericho (2005), Murder on the Orient Express (2010), Maigret (2016) and several Miss Marple teleplays.
Early life and education Harcourt is from Coventry. He attended the Coventry Blue Coat Church of England School. He studied drama at the University of Hull and earned an MA in playwriting from the University of Birmingham.
In 1985, while still at secondary school, he won the RSC Young Playwrights competition. In 1988 he was awarded a prize as part of the National Student Drama Festival in Cambridge. In 1994 he was nominated as Best New Playwright at the London Fringe Awards.
Career His writing for film and television includes: YearProductionRole2000, 2001Hearts and BonesCreator, writer2005JerichoCreator, writerMarple: A Murder is AnnouncedWriter2006Marple: By the Pricking of my ThumbsWriterDraculaWriter2007Marple: Ordeal by InnocenceWriter2009The ClocksWriter2010Marple: The Blue GeraniumWriterMurder on the Orient ExpressWriter2011George GentlyWriter, Series 4, Episode 12012Treasure IslandWriter2013Love and MarriageCreator, writer2014Agatha RaisinWriter, Series 1Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of DeathWriter2016MaigretWriterChurchill's SecretWriter2023DalglieshWriter, Series 2 A Certain Justice with Helen Edmundson2024A Gentleman in MoscowWriter2026The Physician II Writer
Also In the early 1990s, Harcourt was artistic director at the Man in the Moon Theatre, King's Road, London. In 1994 he became director of the Old Bull Arts Centre, Barnet.
Harcourt has written the following plays: Middle England (1990) The Good Times Will Come (1994) Somogyi's Monologue (1996)
In 2001 he published A practical guide for writers & companies Pub. Independent Theatre Council. In 2010, along with Jeff Dowson, Nic Jeune, Harcourt was part of a BAFTA-led mentoring project helping young people make film in Bristol. Harcourt has been a guest speaker at Liverpool John Moores University screenwriting MA course.
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