Directing

Derek Bennett

Born — Died

1930-11-05 — 2005-01-01

Place of birth

Birmingham, England, UK

Known for

Directing

Credits

19 titles

Derek Bennett (5 November 1930 — 2005) was an English television director and producer.

Known for

Behind the camera

Hot Fat poster
NR

Three men meet in a sauna bath - one is a busy estate agent, one is in the middle of a sympathetic pregnancy and one is an annoying eccentric. The play shows how they spoil each other's relaxation.

Hot Fat

1974

Mutinies poster
NR

Gerald works in publisling. He was a pilot in World War 2 and enjoys talking about his aerial battles. His employees dislike him, apart from his loyal secretary. One evening, his wife tells him about her depression. Gerald has a solution: gin and tonic. He complains to her about the state of modern society, but his own problems are about to worsen...

Mutinies

1974

Out of the Shadows poster
6.5

A U.S. Embassy worker is helped by an Interpol agent to prove herself innocent of a murder in the Greek isles.

Out of the Shadows

1988

No artwork available
NR

A comedy of an old man's attempt to get his own way.

Grandad

1982

No artwork available
NR

A comedy of an old man's attempt to get his own way.

Grandad

1982

Missing Persons poster
4.0

During a visit to childhood friend Edith, retired housewife Hetty Wainthropp discovers that Edith's husband, Frank, has a son by a previous marriage. Hetty decides to turn amateur detective to trace him. When this gives her a taste for detection, Hetty decides to set up a private detective agency.

Missing Persons

1990

Missing Persons poster
4.0

During a visit to childhood friend Edith, retired housewife Hetty Wainthropp discovers that Edith's husband, Frank, has a son by a previous marriage. Hetty decides to turn amateur detective to trace him. When this gives her a taste for detection, Hetty decides to set up a private detective agency.

Missing Persons

1990

No artwork available
7.0

The perfect middle-class couple are holding a dinner party when Nicholas gets a telephone call from Sheila, the mother of his teenage daughter Joan, saying that she can no longer stand to be with her and he must look after her now.

A Catching Complaint

1966

No artwork available
7.0

The perfect middle-class couple are holding a dinner party when Nicholas gets a telephone call from Sheila, the mother of his teenage daughter Joan, saying that she can no longer stand to be with her and he must look after her now.

A Catching Complaint

1966

The Square of Three poster
9.0

An army private decides one day that he's not taking any more orders, precipitating a crisis of confidence for the Medical Corps major assigned to investigate his case.

The Square of Three

1973

No artwork available
NR

A reconstruction of an event in 1968 when a converted cargo ship the USS Pueblo was seized by the North Korean Navy as a spy ship. It was supposed to be protected by the US Pacific Fleet but they are out of range at this time. The play concerns Captain Bucher and his crew left on their own to deal with duty, their own lives and preventing another Korean War.

The Pueblo Affair

1970

No artwork available
NR

A strange religious cult has an effect on a young girl.

Children of the Gods

1979

Bad Bad Jo Jo poster
NR

Kayo Hathaway created a wildly successful comic strip featuring "Bad Bad Jo Jo", a murderous hulking white racist, and his cackling mother. Hathaway is about to go into tax exile but decides to entertain a couple of fans. Hathaway is louche and cynical. The two fans like to dress up as the characters and act out their fantasies. Hathaway is their next victim.

Bad Bad Jo Jo

1970

No artwork available
7.0

Two long distance truck drivers talk about their sexual escapades to each other using CB Radio.

Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy

1982

No artwork available
7.0

Two long distance truck drivers talk about their sexual escapades to each other using CB Radio.

Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy

1982

No artwork available
NR

Television adaptation of Peter Weiss's play about the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials.

The Investigation

1967

A Splinter of Ice poster
NR

Fay Weldon's play about adultery, middle age, and ambition.

A Splinter of Ice

1972

The Museum Attendant poster
NR

Michael Abbensetts’ first play for TV is a powerful, funny and shocking exposé of the racism faced by a black museum attendant in his place of work.

The Museum Attendant

1973

The Chelsea Murders poster
6.3

When a barmaid and part-time model becomes a murderer's third victim in Chelsea, the only apparent links are to a local reporter, Mary, and three art graduates financing a film with local part-time jobs.

The Chelsea Murders

1981