Christine Gernon (Director)

Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell

An uplifting and touching documentary special which tells the story of one of Britain's best loved sitcoms as it comes to an end after 17 years. Featuring unprecedented access to creators James Corden and Ruth Jones as well as the cast and crew, including filming the final episode as they all say goodbye to the much-cherished show.

Release Date: 2025-01-01

Character: Self

Vote Count: 3

Ghosts

Samantha and Jay throw caution to the wind when they convert their recently inherited country estate into a bed-and-breakfast. Call it mislaid plans. Not only is the place falling apart, but it’s also inhabited by spirits of previous residents -- whom only Samantha can see and hear.

Release Date: 2021-10-07

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 7

Vote Count: 259

Mr. Mayor

A retired businessman runs for mayor of Los Angeles to prove he's "still got it." Once he wins, he has to figure out what he stands for, gain the respect of his biggest critic and connect with his teenage daughter, all while trying to get anything right for America's second weirdest city.

Release Date: 2021-01-07

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 80

Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas

The Shipmans and the Wests get together once again for Christmas. Bryn is cooking dinner, Dawn is in shock, and there are revelations in the pub on Christmas Eve.

Release Date: 2019-12-25

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 1

Speechless

Maya DiMeo is a mom on a mission who will do anything for her husband, Jimmy, and kids Ray, Dylan, and JJ, her eldest son with special needs. As Maya fights injustices both real and imagined, the family works to make a new home for themselves and searches for just the right person to give JJ his “voice.”

Release Date: 2016-09-21

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 20

Vote Count: 100

The Real O'Neals

A contemporary take on a seemingly perfect Catholic family, whose lives take an unexpected turn when surprising truths are revealed. Instead of ruining their family, the honesty triggers a new, messier chapter where everyone stops pretending to be perfect and actually starts being real.

Release Date: 2016-03-02

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 69

Manhattan Love Story

The unfiltered internal monologues of a young man and a young woman are exposed as they begin a new relationship together.

Release Date: 2014-09-30

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 37

Selfie

After being the subject of an embarrassing viral video, a self-involved 20-something enlists the help of a marketing expert to revamp her image in the real world.

Release Date: 2014-09-30

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 90

black-ish

A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.

Release Date: 2014-09-24

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 311

Super Fun Night

Junior attorney Kimmie Boubier and her two best friends, Helen-Alice and Marika, have had a standing date every Friday night for the last 13 years. They even have a motto for what they call "Friday Night Fun Night": "Always together! Always Inside!" However Kimmie's recent promotion throws a monkey wrench into the tradition. Not only is she now working with her idol, "Lady Lawyer of the Year" Felicity Vanderstone, but she meets a dashingly handsome British attorney, Richard Lovell, who invites her to his party at a trendy club. Determined to spend time with Richard and heed Felicity's advice to network, Kimmie sets out to convince her friends to take Super Fun Night on the road.

Release Date: 2013-10-02

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 26

Trophy Wife

The third time's the charm, they say, and reformed party girl Kate is hoping that's true when she becomes the third wife of a slightly older man, Pete. They fell into each others' arms (literally) at a karaoke bar, and flash forward a year later, Kate finds herself with an instafamily complete with three stepchildren and two ex-wives. But Kate is determined to make this work and become a part of the family no matter what.

Release Date: 2013-09-24

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 56

Up the Women

It's 1910 and we're in Banbury church hall at the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle. Margaret has been to London and discovered the Women's Suffrage movement so she decides they need to set up their own movement and The Banbury Intricate Craft Circle becomes the hilariously ineffectual Banbury Intricate Craft Circle politely request women's Suffrage. Gwen is the only member who actually enjoys the craft element of the meetings, while Helen thinks that craft is a little unnecessary, but she's not interested in women's rights: "What on earth do women need a vote for? My husband votes for who I tell him to vote for. What could be a better system than that?"

Release Date: 2013-05-30

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 9

Vote Count: 6

Panto!

Morecambe FM disc jockey Lewis Loud is thrilled to be appearing in his first pantomime 'Dick Whittington' opposite glamorous soap star Tamsin.

Release Date: 2012-12-26

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Hebburn

Hebburn is a warm and affectionate tale of north east family life. It tells the tale of the Pearson family and their impetuous and ambitious son, Jack, who has left Tyneside for the bright lights and glamour of Manchester. He has secretly married a middle class Jewish girl, Sarah, and realises that it is about time he introduced her to his family.

Release Date: 2012-10-18

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 15

Bad Education

Young teacher Alfie Wickers is "the worst teacher ever to grace the British education system" – at Abbey Grove School, in Watford, Hertfordshire.

Release Date: 2012-08-14

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 12

Vote Count: 96

A Civil Arrangement

Mother of the bride Isobel speaks direct to camera about her selfish Lesbian daughter Kelly's upcoming civil partnership to the older, sensible Janice.

Release Date: 2012-05-06

Department: Directing

Job: Director

New Girl

Jessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys. Goofy, positive, vulnerable and honest to a fault, Jess has faith in people, even when she shouldn't. Although she's dorky and awkward, she's comfortable in her own skin. More prone to friendships with women, she's not used to hanging with the boys—especially at home.

Release Date: 2011-09-20

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 1489

Sugartown

Comedy drama revolving around a small seaside hamlet in the north of England, as a former resident returns with big plans for the community's re-development.

Release Date: 2011-07-24

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 1

Little Crackers

Little Crackers is a series of Christmas short films featuring stars of British and Irish comedy.

Release Date: 2010-12-19

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 5

Grandma's House

Sitcom about a former television presenter searching for something more meaningful to do in life.

Release Date: 2010-08-09

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 12

Vote Count: 19

A Child's Christmases in Wales

One-off period comedy, peeping into the lives of a south Wales family's Christmases across the 1980s, written by comedian Mark Watson and inspired by a Dylan Thomas short story. Christmas in this household may be a less than poetic affair, but it is just as eventful. So much changes across a decade in any family, and yet so much manages to remain the same.

Release Date: 2009-12-17

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 3

Home Time

Gaynor Jacks, aged 29, returns to her mum and dad's house in Coventry after running off to find her place in the big wide world when she was 17-years-old.

Release Date: 2009-09-14

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 1

Gavin & Stacey

Gavin is an ordinary boy from Billericay, Essex. Stacey is an ordinary girl from Barry Island, South Wales. They’ve spoken on the phone every day at work for months but they’ve never actually met… until now.

Release Date: 2007-05-13

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 19

Vote Count: 116

I'm with Stupid

I'm with Stupid is a British television programme starring Paul Henshall and Mark Benton. The series was created by BBC Comedy North. Peter Keeley was series consultant and it was written by Danny Peak. The original pilot episode aired on BBC Three in March 2005. The main character, Paul, portrayed by disabled actor Paul Henshall, has cerebral palsy and Mark Benton's character, Sheldon, is a homeless man who Paul takes in to Bramble Lodge and offers him a place to stay. Bramble Lodge is a home for disabled people governed by Jean. The cast also includes Alan Martin as Graham, Kevin Davids as Syd, Cherylee Houston as Dorothy and Steve Edge as Sergeant Swithenback. The series aired from 10 September to 15 October 2006 on BBC Three.

Release Date: 2006-09-10

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 7

Vote Count: 2

Love Soup

Bittersweet comedy drama about the eternal search for the perfect partner.

Release Date: 2005-09-27

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 5

The Catherine Tate Show

Comedy legend Catherine Tate plays all her best-loved characters in this riotous sketch show. Expect sulky teens, offensive nans and the most tactless women in the world.

Release Date: 2004-02-16

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 31

Eyes Down

Eyes Down is a comedy starring Paul O'Grady as Ray Temple, the manager of a bingo hall in Liverpool, England called The Rio, although the series was filmed in Rayners Lane in London. Although it had moderate ratings, the programme only lasted for two series until it was cancelled by the BBC in 2004. The show was written by Angela Clarke and directed by Christine Gernon.

Release Date: 2003-08-15

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 15

Vote Count: 4

Fun at the Funeral Parlour

Fun at the Funeral Parlour was a comedy series broadcast on BBC Choice for two series in 2001 and 2002. It was set in a Welsh funeral directors called "Thomas, Thomas, Thomas and Thomas". The series was written by Rhys Thomas, who also starred alongside William Thomas, Alex Lowe and Tony Way. Thomas created the show at the age of 20, after contributing to The Fast Show.

Release Date: 2001-01-01

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 7

Vote Count: 1

Let Them Eat Cake

Let Them Eat Cake is a British sitcom starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders set in France, 1782, just seven years before the French Revolution. It is one of the few programmes in which French and Saunders have appeared which they did not create themselves.

Release Date: 1999-09-09

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 5

Ted & Ralph

One-off comedy drama featuring characters from award-winning BBC sketch series 'The Fast Show'. Ralph Mayhew (Charlie Higson) lives alone in a faded stately home. His only friend is Ted (Paul Whitehouse), the elderly Irish estate worker. But their way of life is under threat: Ralph must marry before his 35th birthday or lose everything. Just when it all seems hopeless, along comes Wendy (Kathy Burke). As Ralph's affection for Wendy grows, his dependence on Ted wanes. Is this the end of a beautiful friendship ? Is Wendy all that she seems ? Will Ralph go through with the marriage ? And will he save the Hall ?

Release Date: 1998-12-26

Department: Sound

Job: Music

Vote Count: 5

Jonathan Creek

Working from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek is a magician with a natural ability for solving puzzles. He soon puts this ability to the use of solving impossible crimes and mysterious murders.

Release Date: 1997-05-09

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 62

The Fast Show

The Fast Show is a multi BAFTA award winning sketch comedy show written and produced by Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson.

Release Date: 1994-09-27

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 46

Absolutely Fabulous

Set in the world of fashion and PR, immature fun-loving mother Edina Monsoon and her best friend Patsy drive Eddie's sensible daughter, Saffron, up the wall with their constant drug abuse and outrageous selfishness. Numerous in-jokes and heavy doses of cruel humour have made this series a cult hit in the UK and abroad.

Release Date: 1992-11-12

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 161

One Foot In the Grave

One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series The series features the exploits of Victor Meldrew and his long-suffering wife, Margaret. The programmes invariably deal with Meldrew's battle against the problems he creates for himself. Living in a typical household in an unnamed English suburb, Victor takes involuntary early retirement. His various efforts to keep himself busy, while encountering various misfortunes and misunderstandings are the themes of the sitcom. The series was largely filmed on location in Walkford, near New Milton in Hampshire, although several clues show that the series may have been set in Hampshire – possibly Winchester. Despite its traditional production, the series supplants its domestic sitcom setting with elements of black humour and surrealism.

Release Date: 1990-01-04

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 81