Claude Whatham
Claude Whatham (7 December 1927 in Manchester - 4 January 2008 in Anglesey) was an English film and TV director mainly known for his work on dramas.
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| Born | 7 December 1927 Manchester, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 4 January 2008 (aged 80) Anglesey, Wales |
Career
He attended Oldham Art School and was a set designer for the Oldham Repertory Company, before joining Granada Television where he made documentaries and dramas including The Younger Generation featuring a young John Thaw, and You in Your Small Corner. He then moved to the BBC where he worked on The Wednesday Play, Play for Today, Disraeli and the 1969 adaptation of A Voyage Round My Father. Other television directing included the adaptation of Laurie Lee's childhood/coming of age memoir Cider with Rosie and Jumping the Queue.
Filmography
- Frontiers (1967 documentary short)
- All's Well That Ends Well (1968 TV film)
- Cider with Rosie (1971 TV film)
- That'll Be the Day (1973)
- Swallows and Amazons (1974)
- All Creatures Great and Small (1975 TV film)
- The Inventing of America (1975 TV documentary)
- Betzi (1978 TV film)
- Sweet William (1980)
- Hoodwink (1981)
- Can I Help You? (1981 short)
- Murder Is Easy (1982 TV film)
- The Captain's Doll (1983 TV film)
- Tornado (1985 documentary short)
- Murder Elite (1985)
- Jumping the Queue (1989 TV miniseries)
- Buddy's Song (1991)
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