Richard Laxton (Directing)
Little is known about Richard Laxton, a figure with a modest footprint in Directing. Stay tuned for updates as more details become available.
Works
Joan
A penniless mother makes an impulsive decision in the jewellery shop where she works, and is propelled into a different world.
Release Date:2024-09-29
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:27
Marriage
Marriage sees married couple Ian and Emma negotiate the ups and downs of their 30-year marriage. We see them dealing with the insecurities, the ambiguities, the hopes and the fears that are part of all marriages, as the drama explores the risks and the gifts of a long-term intimate relationship.
Release Date:2022-08-14
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Episode Count:4
Vote Count:13
The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe
The extraordinary and compelling story of how John Darwin faked his own death to claim life insurance and avoid bankruptcy will be told in The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe. The drama relates how Anne Darwin's husband, a prison officer, came up with the hare-brained scheme to defraud insurance companies, unbeknownst to their two sons.
Release Date:2022-04-17
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:4
Vote Count:37
Honour
Based on the heartbreaking true story of Banaz Mahmod, the young Londoner murdered by her own family for falling in love with the wrong man, Honour follows Detective Chief Inspector Caroline Goode's passionate search to discover the fate of missing 20-year old Banaz.
Release Date:2020-09-28
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:28
Mrs Wilson
After the sudden death of ex-Secret Intelligence Service man Alexander, his wife Alison investigates when mysteries from her husband's past come knocking.
Release Date:2018-11-27
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:86
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
A comedic thriller that follows the bizarre adventures of eccentric “holistic” detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant Todd. An adaptation of Douglas Adams’ wildly successful comic novels.
Release Date:2016-10-22
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:788
Mum
A comedy about a mother at a milestone in her life. We follow her and her family through a year of new beginnings as she rebuilds her life following the death of her husband. Mum is joined by her supportive life-long friend Michael. Through a year of new beginnings she rebuilds her life surrounded by her family: son Jason and his girlfriend Kelly; her brother Derek and his new partner, Pauline; and her in-laws.
Release Date:2016-05-13
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:12
Vote Count:36
River
Respected police officer John River, a gifted cop with a troubled mind, struggles to come to terms with the recent loss of a colleague, and chases a suspect across London - with tragic consequences. Now at odds with the authorities, River ends up in a precarious position as he seeks to bring closure to the mother of murdered teenager, who blames him for failing to keep his promise.
Release Date:2015-10-13
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:191
Effie Gray
A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.
Release Date:2014-03-08
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:184
Burton and Taylor
Legendary acting duo and married couple Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor prepare for a 1983 theatrical production of the play "Private Lives."
Release Date:2013-07-22
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:55
The Night Watch
Four Londoners are inseparably linked by their wartime experiences. In a time when the barriers of sexuality and social convention have been broken down, they enjoy a freedom never experienced before.
Release Date:2011-04-04
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:40
Accused
How certain people end up being accused of a crime.
Release Date:2010-11-15
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:50
Him & Her
An acutely observed, forensically honest, warts-and-all look at a working-class couple in their mid-20s.
Release Date:2010-09-06
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:25
Vote Count:39
An Englishman in New York
Biographical drama based on the last 20 years of Crisp's life. The literary figure and gay iconoclast emigrated to New York in 1981 and lived there until his death. The film observes Crisp in both his public and private lives, from his seemingly cavalier response to the outbreak of AIDS to his tender relationship with his friend Patrick Angus and his own response to growing old.
Release Date:2009-02-07
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:40
Hancock & Joan
Drama which tells the story of comedian Tony Hancock's love affair with his friend's wife, and her fight to save the man and his career.
Release Date:2008-03-26
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:4
Grow Your Own
A refugee family are given an allotment plot and are met with suspicion by the people who have worked the gardens for years
Release Date:2007-06-15
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:14
Life and Lyrics
As a posse of South London DJs battle their rivals to the North, Danny (Walters) falls for a singer from the other crew.
Release Date:2006-08-24
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:9
Sea of Souls
Sea of Souls follows para-psychologist Monaghan and his two sidekicks from a fictitious Scottish University that investigates paranormal activity.
Release Date:2004-02-02
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:5
Hearts of Gold
An old-fashioned love story set in the South Wales valleys during the 1930s. Well-to-do doctor Andrew joins his father's infirmary, and in miner's daughter Bethan finds a spirit lacking in his previous girlfriends. The two fall in love, but their differing backgrounds prove a major sticking point.
Release Date:2003-07-05
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Border Cafe
Comedy drama series from Preston Front writer Tim Firth. Set in the fictional town of Hale Point on the borders of England and Wales, home to a cross-section of amazing, colourful characters who, under normal circumstances, would never have met. Rock star Charlotte Smith quits at the height of her fame and buys the American diner on the outskirts of her home town so she can settle down with her builder boyfriend David Doyle. He invites his daft elder brother Kidder to become the chef while the nervous Ronnie gives up her life as "Charlotte" in a copycat band to become waitress. The Border Cafe becomes a meeting place for all sorts of curious characters and a centre of intrigue. But as the cafe takes off, the whole notion of whose life depends on whose starts to shift with dramatic consequences
Release Date:2000-07-18
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:8
Invasion: Earth
Invasion: Earth is a BBC science fiction mini-series. It was made in collaboration with the Sci Fi Channel, and released in 1998 as six fifty minute episodes.
Release Date:1998-05-08
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:14
Poldark
The Cornish military captain, now a member of Parliament, is drawn into the war with France while his son falls in with smugglers. Historical drama, starring John Bowe and Mel Martin, and featuring a young Ioan Gruffudd in one of his earliest roles.
Release Date:1996-10-03
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:4
Band of Gold
A mother leads a life of prostitution after separating from her abusive boyfriend in order to support her family.
Release Date:1995-03-12
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Lovejoy
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.
Release Date:1986-01-10
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:49
The Innocent
A young Yorkshire boy struggles to come to grips with squabbling parents, a doctor who wants to institutionalize him because of his epilepsy, and a mother who refuses to accept that he is different in any way – and that is only the half of it. The boy, Tim, also acts as a go-between for his friend Carns, who is having an affair with a married woman. Eventually, things start to sort themselves out, and Tim sees life getting more interesting when he and his friend Win slowly get a relationship going.
Release Date:1985-03-18
Character:Reg Reid
Vote Count:1
Babies
Lisa and Stephen are dealing with the painful struggle of pregnancy loss while life continues around them. However, despite facing dark times of grief and loneliness, they are finding their way through it with a burning sense of hope, humour, and love, realising the strength of their relationship, which will ultimately bring them closer than ever.
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer