Mike Walden

MIKE WALDEN is the writer and co-creator of hit Channel Four Show, IN FLIGHT.

Broadcast in August 2025, the Telegraph called IN FLIGHT, ‘A brilliant drama… gripping, propulsive and masterfully paced.’ Digital Spy called it ‘Perfect and unmissable’, while the Irish Independent described it as ‘a masterclass in how to build nail biting tension’. In Flight received 5 star reviews in the Mail and the TV Times and 4 stars in The Times, The Telegraph, the I, The Herald Scotland, and Digital Spy.

Mike has also written ten episodes of the Acorn crime show, WHITSTABLE PEARL. After the success of Season One, he was promoted to lead writer and executive producer for Seasons Two and Three.

Mike’s other writing credits include his debut feature, the 2013 film UWANTME2KILLHIM and episodes of acclaimed thrillers MARCELLA and THE FRANKENSTEIN CHRONICLES. He graduated with an MFA in screenwriting from Columbia School of the Arts in 2007. While at Columbia University, Mike won the William Goldman Screenwriting Fellowship, The Columbia Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay, and The Zaki Gordon Award for Excellence in Screenwriting.

Mike has projects in development with Buccaneer, Fremantle, Mammoth, Big Talk and Birdie Pictures.