MATT BAKER
MATT BAKER
TV Screenwriter
LATEST PROJECTS
On air and in production
HOTEL PORTOFINO
Season 3
The third season of Matt's first original series for TV, Hotel Portofino, will air in six-parts on PBS, and across its digital streaming platforms in the US, from 28th July 2024. Again starring Natasha McElhone as an Englishwoman running a hotel for upmarket travellers in 1920s Italy, against the backdrop of the rise of Fascism, it was filmed in Italy and Croatia in the second half of 2023. To support the launch, Matt took part in a panel at the Television Critics Association's press tour in Los Angeles
PATIENCE
Season 1
Matt is the lead writer on a new six-part crime procedural, Patience, which is now confirmed to air on Channel 4 in the UK. The series stars Laura Fraser (right) as Detective Inspector Bea Metcalf, who befriends a young autistic woman, Patience Evans, played by Ella Maisy Purvis (left). Patience works in the Police archives and the two women team up to startling effect. The series is set in Matt's home city of York and was filmed there and in Belgium across the first half of 2024. The series is being produced by Eagle Eye Drama in association with Happy Duck Films and in partnership with PBS Distribution and Beta Film.
