Jack Thorne

Writer · Born 6 December 1978 in Bristol, England, UK · 24 credits in the Movie Owl catalogue

17 of Jack Thorne’s films and series stream in Sweden right now — 10 on Netflix, 3 on TV4 Play, 2 on Tele2 Play, 2 on Viaplay and 5 more services. 1 more is not on any service at the moment. Highest rated available: Skins (2007) ★ 8.2.

Jack Thorne (born 6 December 1978) is a British playwright, screenwriter, and producer.

Thorne is best known for writing the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2016), the films Wonder (2017), Enola Holmes (2020) and the latter's sequel (2022), and the television programme His Dark Materials (2019–2022). Between 2010 and 2015, Thorne co-wrote three connected mini-series based on the film This Is England – This Is England '86, This Is England '88and This Is England '90 – with director Shane Meadows.

In 2023, Thorne's four-part mini-series Best Interests was released starring Michael Sheen and Sharon Horgan. It was nominated for several awards and won Best Limited Series at the Banff Rockie Awards.

Thorne's two 2025 mini-series, Toxic Town and Adolescence, were released on Netflix to widespread critical acclaim.

In 2026, the first-ever TV series adaptation of William Golding's 1954 novel Lord of the Flies was released, with Thorne serving as screenwriter, and it received positive reviews.

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Created

• His Dark Materials (2019)
• Adolescence (2025)
• Toxic Town (2025)
• The Hack (2025)
• The Eddy (2020)
• Glue (2014)

Writing

• Skins (2007)
• His Dark Materials (2019)
• Adolescence (2025)
• Enola Holmes 3 (2026)
• Toxic Town (2025)
• Wonder (2017)
• The Aeronauts (2019)
• Enola Holmes (2020)
• The Hack (2025)
• Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
• Radioactive (2020)
• The Secret Garden (2020)

Not streaming in Sweden right now

• A Long Way Down (2014)
• Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (2017)
• Shameless (2004)
• This Is England '86 (2010)
• Help (2021)
• Lord of the Flies (2026)
• This Is England '88 (2011)
• This Is England '90 (2015)
• The Fades (2011)
• The Virtues (2019)
• Dirt Music (2020)
• Skins (2011)