Paul Unwin (Directing)

Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood

In this new documentary, Susan Kemp explores the life and work of the great British director Antonia Bird, who died in 2013. Bird blazed a trail from the radical hotbed of the Royal Court Theatre in the 70s, via the groundbreaking early days of EastEnders and Casualty in the 80s, all the way to Hollywood in the 90s and back again. She always had something urgent to say, but her career was a long struggle to get her voice heard. Featuring many of her close collaborators, including Robert Carlyle, Irvine Welsh, Kate Hardie and Mark Cousins, this documentary is the first to examine Bird’s legacy, and to place her where she belongs – among the most important British film, TV and theatre directors of her era.

Release Date: 2016-05-12

Character: Self

Vote Count: 1

Breathless

Hospital drama set in London during the early 1960s, following the staff of a busy gynecology ward at a time when abortion is illegal and the contraceptive pill is only just becoming available to married women.

Release Date: 2013-10-10

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 5

Vote Count: 8

Combat Hospital

The frantic lives of the resident doctors and nurses working at the only military hospital providing advanced surgical care in all of Southern Afghanistan. They navigate through the relentless life-and-death battles on the operating table as well as the never-ending conflicts that arise from working in a war zone military hospital.

Release Date: 2011-06-21

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 17

Elijah

The story of Elijah Harper.....

Release Date: 2008-05-28

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Kiss of Death

A killer has killed once and kidnapped another victim, challenging the investigative and forensic team to work out why. Suddenly everyone's past comes under scrutiny, everyone's version of the truth comes under suspicion. Kay Rousseau, who heads up the crime team, is back at work after the death of her child. Suspicion about her involvement in this death remains, not least in her own husband. Only Matt Costello, Kay's second-in-command and a dedicated, impassioned copper, is loyal to the core.

Release Date: 2008-01-14

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 2

Agatha Christie's Marple

The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over.

Release Date: 2004-12-12

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 123

NCS: Manhunt

NCS: Manhunt is a British crime drama television series starring David Suchet, and based on the National Crime Squad. Created by Malcolm McKay, the first series premiered with two episodes on BBC One on 26—27 March 2001. The second series debuted on 4 March 2002, and concluded its six episode run on 19 March 2002.

Release Date: 2002-03-04

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 1

Messiah

Crime drama series following the investigations of DCI Red Metcalfe.

Release Date: 2001-05-26

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 22

The American

After the horror of the Civil War, 'ignorant' Christopher Newman made his fortune. He travels to France is search of cultural treasures. He won't get past the Paris nightlife. After an affair with a haughty painter, he falls in love with the daughter of the late marquis de Bellegarde. She was married off and traumatized by her abusive late husband for the family's sake. Her elder brother supports their ruthless mother, but junior Valentin is besotted with the artist and strikes a partnership with Christopher.

Release Date: 1998-12-26

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 4

Trial & Retribution

Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect. Each episode of the Trial & Retribution series is broadcast over two nights. The 2008 series 10 had 10 episodes, the longest run of the drama so far. The latest series was number 12 which aired in February 2009.

Release Date: 1997-10-19

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 12

Silent Witness

Silent Witness is a British crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes.

Release Date: 1996-02-21

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 94

Bramwell

The story of Eleanor Bramwell , a pioneering female doctor in the late nineteenth century, and the struggles she has with her friends, her colleagues and society. Determined to take the medical profession out of the dark ages, her strongly held opinions often draw her into conflict with the chief surgeon, a man keener on tradition than he is on progress.

Release Date: 1995-05-01

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 5

Vote Count: 4

Rik Mayall Presents: Clair de Lune

Comedy thriller notable for the remarkably un-manic and restrained performance by Rik Mayall as single parent and part-time minicab driver Toby. Trying to juggle being Dad to seven -year old daughter Annie and study whilst also working at night for taxi controller Pete is hard enough. But when one night he crosses paths with mysterious femme fatal Clair, he finds himself plunged into a wild and hazardous adventure involving exploding manor houses, vengeful lovers and a magic medieval tournament.

Release Date: 1995-02-12

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town

A tramp called Raymond finds his life changes radically when he gets his hands on a sought-after film script.

Release Date: 1995-02-05

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Syrup

A man's life changes when he gets a hairpiece. Oscar nominated short film

Release Date: 1994-05-01

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 4

Rik Mayall Presents

Showcasing the talent and versatility of its star, Rik Mayall Presents comprises six episodes of dark humour spread over two series, where he plays such diverse roles as a paranoid TV show host, an uncontrollable liar who pretends to be a gangster and a man on a date who is trapped in a cycle of escalating comic violence!

Release Date: 1993-05-20

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 3

Agatha Christie's Poirot

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.

Release Date: 1989-01-08

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 492

Casualty

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.

Release Date: 1986-09-06

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 81

The Bill

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.

Release Date: 1984-10-16

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 39