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
NRThree 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
NRGerald 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
6.5A 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
A comedy of an old man's attempt to get his own way.
Grandad
1982
4.0During 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
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
Behind the camera
NRThree 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
NRGerald 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
6.5A 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
A comedy of an old man's attempt to get his own way.
Grandad
1982
A comedy of an old man's attempt to get his own way.
Grandad
1982
4.0During 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
4.0During 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
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 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
9.0An 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
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
A strange religious cult has an effect on a young girl.
Children of the Gods
1979
NRKayo 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
Two long distance truck drivers talk about their sexual escapades to each other using CB Radio.
Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy
1982
Two long distance truck drivers talk about their sexual escapades to each other using CB Radio.
Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy
1982
Television adaptation of Peter Weiss's play about the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials.
The Investigation
1967
NRFay Weldon's play about adultery, middle age, and ambition.
A Splinter of Ice
1972
NRMichael 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
6.3When 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
