Val McDermid

Biography

Val McDermid, FRSE, FRSL is a Scottish crime writer, best known for a series of suspense novels featuring Dr. Tony Hill.

Career Overview

Val McDermid has 16 screen credits in a career dating back to 1990. Signature works include Beyond Burns, Selling Scotland, Terry Pratchett: Back in Black. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

female

Known Credits

16

Birth Date

1955-06-04 00:00:00

Birth Place

Kirkcaldy, Scotland

Known For

• 

  Beyond Burns
• 

  Selling Scotland
• 

  Terry Pratchett: Back in Black
• 

  Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line

Frequent Collaborators

• James Robertson (1 collaborations)
• Hannah Lavery (1 collaborations)
• Kevin MacNeil (1 collaborations)
• Jackie Kay (1 collaborations)
• Jack Docherty (1 collaborations)
• Stuart Cosgrove (1 collaborations)
• Lorraine Kelly (1 collaborations)
• Iain Stirling (1 collaborations)
• Alex Norton (1 collaborations)
• KT Tunstall (1 collaborations)

Credits

• production (1 credits)

  • Karen Pirie

    executive producer

    production

    - Episode 3 (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Episode 2 (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Episode 1 (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Episode 3 (2022) ... executive producer production

    - Episode 2 (2022) ... executive producer production
    2022

• actors (11 credits)

  • Have I Got a Bit More News for You

    - Episode 2 (2018) ... Self - Panellist actor actors
    2026
  • Beyond Burns

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Selling Scotland

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Queer as Art

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Terry Pratchett: Back in Black

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Richard Osman's House of Games

    - Week 3: Friday (2022) ... Self - Contestant actor actors

    - Week 3: Thursday (2022) ... Self - Contestant actor actors

    - Week 3: Wednesday (2022) ... Self - Contestant actor actors

    - Week 3: Tuesday (2022) ... Self - Contestant actor actors

    - Week 3: Monday (2022) ... Self - Contestant actor actors
    2017
  • Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Elementary My Dear Viewer

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Lefties: A Lot Of Balls

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Wire in the Blood

    - Wounded Surgeon (2006) ... Journalist actor actors

    - The Mermaids Singing (2) (2002) ... Journalist actor actors
    2002
  • Have I Got News for You

    - Victoria Coren Mitchell, Richard Osman, Val McDermid (2018) ... Self actor actors
    1990

• writing (4 credits)

  • Karen Pirie

    - Episode 3 (2022) ... novel writing

    - Episode 2 (2022) ... novel writing

    - Episode 1 (2022) ... novel writing
    2022
  • 4 garçons dans la nuit

    novel

    writing
    2010
  • Wire in the Blood: Prayer of the Bone

    characters

    writing
    2008
  • Wire in the Blood

    - The Dead Land (1) (2008) ... characters writing

    - From the Defeated (1) (2008) ... characters writing

    - Fall the Shadow (1) (2008) ... novel writing

    - Unnatural Vices (1) (2008) ... characters writing

    - Anything You Can Do (2007) ... characters writing
    2002