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== Prior to ''Doctor Who'' == | == Prior to ''Doctor Who'' == | ||
His directorial career appears to have started in about [[1994]], with an entry to a Channel 4 film competition. This was swiftly followed by an extremely | His directorial career appears to have started in about [[1994]], with an entry to a Channel 4 film competition. This was swiftly followed by an extremely eight years in which he was a dominant force in children's television. His [[1996]] adaptation of the ''[[wikipedia:Coping With|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''. | ||
At about the turn of the [[21st century]], he moved to more adult television, typically working in single-camera situation comedies. In [[2001]], he worked on a couple of projects with significant ''Doctor Who'' connections. | At about the turn of the [[21st century]], he moved to more adult television, typically working in single-camera situation comedies. In [[2001]], he worked on a couple of projects with significant ''Doctor Who'' connections. | ||
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Then he helmed a couple of episodes of the second series of ''[[wikipedia:At Home with the Braithwaites|At Home with the Braithwaites]]'', starring [[Peter Davison]], [[Sarah Smart]] and [[Julie Graham]]. Just prior to his involvement with ''Doctor Who'', he directed the whole of the first series of ''[[wikipedia:The Worst Week of My Life|The Worst Week of My Life]]'', which co-starred [[Dean Lennox Kelly]]. | Then he helmed a couple of episodes of the second series of ''[[wikipedia:At Home with the Braithwaites|At Home with the Braithwaites]]'', starring [[Peter Davison]], [[Sarah Smart]] and [[Julie Graham]]. Just prior to his involvement with ''Doctor Who'', he directed the whole of the first series of ''[[wikipedia:The Worst Week of My Life|The Worst Week of My Life]]'', which co-starred [[Dean Lennox Kelly]]. | ||
== After ''Doctor Who'' == | == After ''Doctor Who'' == | ||
Around and after his time on ''Love & Monsters'', he was the initial director on ''[[wikipedia:Ideal (sitcom)|Ideal]]'', directing all of series 1 and 2 of that [[wikipedia:Johnny Vegas|Johnny Vegas]] vehicle. | Around and after his time on ''Love & Monsters'', he was the initial director on ''[[wikipedia:Ideal (sitcom)|Ideal]]'', directing all of series 1 and 2 of that [[wikipedia:Johnny Vegas|Johnny Vegas]] vehicle. | ||
