films for the Children's Film Foundation, including Sammy's Super T-shirt. During the 1980s, he directed multiple episodes of dramas for the BBC and independent television, including Tenko (1982–84), Strangers and Brothers, Big Deal (1985–86), All Creatures Great and Small (1988), Howard's Way (1989–90), and Hannay''' (1988, with Robert Powell appearing as Richard Hannay). In the 1990s he directed many episodes of the television soap operas Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Brookside (including the film spin offs The Lost Weekend, Friday the 13th and Double Take!) before his retirement in 2001. While on Brookside, he also directed the Liverpool FC feature The Last night of the Kop'' commemorating the final time the football stand was used before Anfield became an all-seater stadium. References External links 1931 births 2016 deaths British television directors English television directors People from St Albans English film directors