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| Film credits |
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| A DOLL'S HOUSE | 1973 | screenplay |
| GESCHICHTEN AUS DEM WIENERWALD / TALES FROM THE VIENNA WOODS | W. Germany/Austria, 1979 | screenplay |
| THE HONORARY CONSUL / BEYOND THE LIMIT | 1983 | screenplay |
| THE GOOD FATHER | 1986 | screenplay |
| GAUGUIN, LE LOUP DANS LE SOLEIL / THE WOLF AT THE DOOR / HOUR OF THE WOLF | France/Denmark, 1986 | screenplay |
| DANGEROUS LIAISONS | US, 1988 | co-producer; screenplay; original play |
| CARRINGTON | UK/France, 1994 | director; screenplay |
| TOTAL ECLIPSE / RIMBAUD VERLAINE | France/UK, 1995 | screenplay / the judge |
| THE SECRET AGENT / JOSEPH CONRAD'S SECRET AGENT | US/UK, 1996 | director; screenplay |
| MARY REILLY | US/UK, 1996 | script |
| THE QUIET AMERICAN | US/Germany/UK, 2002 | screenplay |
| IMAGINING ARGENTINA | US/Spain, 2002 | director; screenplay |
| ATONEMENT | US/UK, 2007 | screenplay |
| COCO AVANT CHANEL / COCO BEFORE CHANEL | France/Belgium, 2008 | screenplay collaborator |
| CHÉRI | UK/France, 2009 | screenplay; executive producer |
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| Television credits |
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| RELEASE | BBC2 tx 7/9/1968 | interviewee |
| TOTAL ECLIPSE | BBC2 tx 10/4/1973 | script |
| THE PHILANTHROPIST | BBC2 tx 29/10/1975 | script |
| SAVAGES | BBC2 tx 12/11/1975 | script |
| ARENA: THEATRE: Happy Birthday, Royal Court | BBC2 tx 31/3/1976 | on-screen participant |
| PLAY OF THE WEEK: Able's Will | BBC2 tx 5/10/1977 | script |
| THE SUNDAY DRAMA: Treats | ITV tx 11/12/1977 | script |
| PLAY OF THE MONTH: Marya | BBC2 tx 14/1/1979 | script |
| THE SOUTH BANK SHOW: No Need to Lie | ITV tx 7/12/1980 | script |
| THE HISTORY MAN | BBC2 tx 4/1-25/1/1981 (4 pts) | script |
| DID YOU SEE...? | BBC2 tx 10/1/1981 | interviewee |
| PAPERBACKS | BBC1 tx 29/4/1981 | on-screen participant |
| THE THEATRE QUIZ | BBC2 tx 14/7/1981 | on-screen participant |
| FRANK DELANEY | BBC2 tx 17/10/1983 | interviewee |
| DID YOU SEE...? | BBC2 tx 7/10/1984 | guest |
| SATURDAY REVIEW | BBC2 tx 28/9/1985 | interviewee |
| THEATRE NIGHT: Tartuffe | BBC2 tx 3/11/1985 | adaptation |
| FILM OF THE BOOK: The History Man | BBC2 tx 17/3/1986 | on-screen participant |
| SCREEN TWO: Hotel du Lac | BBC2 tx 2/3/1986 | adaptation |
| THE SOUTH BANK SHOW: Christopher Hampton | ITV tx 5/2/1989 | subject of programme |
| THE LATE SHOW | BBC2 tx 1/3/1989 | on-screen participant |
| BREAKFAST TIME | BBC1 tx 9/3/1989 | interviewee |
| THE EVENING STANDARD DRAMA AWARDS 1989 | ITV tx 14/11/1989 | on-screen participant |
| THE LATE SHOW | BBC2 tx 22/2/1990 | on-screen participant |
| THE GINGER TREE | BBC1 tx 26/11-17/12/1990 (4 pts) | script |
| THE LATE SHOW | BBC2 tx 16/4/1991 | on-screen participant |
| PERFORMANCE: Tales from Hollywood | BBC2 tx 14/11/1992 | script |
| THE LATE SHOW | BBC2 tx 16/11/1994 | on-screen participant |
| FILM 95 SPECIAL: Barry Norman at the Cannes Film Festival | BBC1 tx 31/5/1995 | interviewee |
| EX-S: 30-Year Itch | BBC1 (Scotland) tx 21/1/1998 | on-screen participant |
| OMNIBUS: Pierre Bonnard, A Love Exposed | BBC1 tx 10/2/1998 | on-screen participant |
| THE GREENE FACTOR | BBC Knowledge tx 4/4/2001 | on-screen participant |
| CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON TALKS TO JOAN BAKEWELL | BBC Four tx 3/12/2002 | interviewee |
| THREE SISTERS | BBC Four tx 7/2/2004 | adaptation |
| ARENA: Paul Scofield | BBC2 tx 24/12/2008 | interviewee |
| BBC FOUR WORLD CINEMA AWARDS | BBC Four tx 9/10/2010 | jury member |
| IN CONVERSATION: Christopher Hampton | Sky Arts tx 8/4/2010 | interviewee |
