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== Before ''Doctor Who'' == | == Before ''Doctor Who'' == | ||
His directorial career started about [[1994]], with an entry to a Channel 4 film competition. This was soon followed by an busy eight years in which he was a dominant force in children's television. His [[1996]] adaptation of the | His directorial career started about [[1994]], with an entry to a Channel 4 film competition. This was soon followed by an busy eight years in which he was a dominant force in children's television. His [[1996]] adaptation of the {{wi|Coping With}} book, ''Coping with [[Christmas]]'', won a BAFTA Children's Award for Best Drama, and a regular BAFTA TV Award for Best (Fictional) Children's Programme. He also won a BAFTA Children's Award for the instructional programme, ''English Express''. | ||
About the turn of the [[21st century]], he moved to more adult television, often working in single-camera situation comedies. In [[2001]], he worked on a couple of projects with significant ''Doctor Who'' connections. | About the turn of the [[21st century]], he moved to more adult television, often working in single-camera situation comedies. In [[2001]], he worked on a couple of projects with significant ''Doctor Who'' connections. | ||
Zeff contributed to | Zeff contributed to {{wi|Linda Green}}, featuring [[Liza Tarbuck]], [[Sean Gallagher]], [[Claire Rushbrook]], [[Bruno Langley]] and [[Daniel Ryan]]. Other ''Doctor Who'' personnel on the series included [[cinematographer]] [[Ernie Vincze]], [[producer]] [[Phil Collinson]], [[executive producer]] [[Jane Tranter]], [[casting director]] [[Andy Pryor]] and [[editor]] [[Liana Del Giudice]]. | ||
Zeffe helmed a couple of episodes of the second series of | Zeffe helmed a couple of episodes of the second series of {{wi|At Home with the Braithwaites}}, starring [[Peter Davison]], [[Sarah Smart]] and [[Julie Graham]]. Just before his turn with ''Doctor Who'', he directed the whole of the first series of {{wi|The Worst Week of My Life}}, co-starring [[Dean Lennox Kelly]]. | ||
== After ''Doctor Who'' == | == After ''Doctor Who'' == | ||
Around and after his time on ''Love & Monsters'', Zeff was the initial director on | Around and after his time on ''Love & Monsters'', Zeff was the initial director on {{wi|Ideal (sitcom)|Ideal}}. He directed all of series 1 and 2 of that {{w|Johnny Vegas}} show. | ||
In 2008, his miniseries | In 2008, his miniseries {{wi|Lost in Austen}} was transmitted on [[ITV]]. The series featured several ''Doctor Who'' actors, including [[Jemima Rooper]], [[Alex Kingston]], [[Florence Hoath]], [[Hugh Bonneville]], [[Gugu Mbatha-Raw]], [[Christina Cole]], [[Lindsay Duncan]] and [[Michelle Duncan]]. Its [[production designer|production was designed]] by [[Michael Pickwoad]]. | ||
In 2011, his episodes of | In 2011, his episodes of {{wi|Case Histories (TV series)|Case Histories}} aired. it starred [[Paterson Joseph]] and [[Tom Goodman-Hill]]. In [[2012]], his series {{wi|Pramface (TV series)|Pramface}}, starring [[Yasmin Paige]], aired on [[BBC Three]]. | ||
== External link == | == External link == | ||
