Terry Bishop

Directing

Terry Bishop

Born — Died

1912-10-21 — 1981-10-30

Place of birth

Chiswick, London, England, UK

Known for

Directing

Credits

24 titles

Terry Bishop (21 October 1912 – 30 October 1981) was a British screenwriter, and television and film director. In the 1940s Bishop directed a series of public information and documentary films, including Daybreak in Udi (1949) for the Crown Film Unit which in 1950 won the Oscar for Best Documentary and a BAFTA for Best Documentary Film. From 1950–1962 he worked extensively in British TV, directing episodes of series including The Adventures of William Tell, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sword of Freedom, Danger Man, and Sir Francis Drake. Bishop also made several low budget British films during this period, including Cover Girl Killer (1959), featuring future Steptoe and Son star Harry H.…

Known for

Behind the camera

Cover Girl Killer poster
5.1

A madman is on the loose... killing fashion models that appear on the cover of magazines. The police start a manhunt in an attempt to capture the killer.

Cover Girl Killer

1959

Cover Girl Killer poster
5.1

A madman is on the loose... killing fashion models that appear on the cover of magazines. The police start a manhunt in an attempt to capture the killer.

Cover Girl Killer

1959

Bomb in the High Street poster
10.0

Thieves disguised as soldiers plan to use a bomb scare as part of their plan to rob a bank.

Bomb in the High Street

1963

Model for Murder poster
6.7

An American officer scours Britain in search of his dead brother's girlfriend and becomes involved in a jewel heist.

Model for Murder

1959

Model for Murder poster
6.7

An American officer scours Britain in search of his dead brother's girlfriend and becomes involved in a jewel heist.

Model for Murder

1959

Danger Tomorrow poster
6.4

A woman with extra-sensory perception has a vision of a murder.

Danger Tomorrow

1960

Daybreak in Udi poster
4.8

An African tribe in the Eastern Nigerian village of Umana work to build a maternity hospital, with the aid of government officials, and against the opposition of some tribal members.

Daybreak in Udi

1949

You're Only Young Twice! poster
6.1

Ada Shore (Diane Hart) arrives at Skerryvore University in Scotland in search of her long-lost uncle Connell O’Grady (Joseph Tomelty), who was once a subversive Irish poet but is now working under an assumed name as a University porter. Ada is mistaken by Principal Archibald Asher (Patrick Barr) as his new secretary, and she goes along with the impersonation. Archibald and Ada fall in love, which incurs the disapproval of the puritanical Professor Hayman (Duncan Macrae).

You're Only Young Twice!

1952

You're Only Young Twice! poster
6.1

Ada Shore (Diane Hart) arrives at Skerryvore University in Scotland in search of her long-lost uncle Connell O’Grady (Joseph Tomelty), who was once a subversive Irish poet but is now working under an assumed name as a University porter. Ada is mistaken by Principal Archibald Asher (Patrick Barr) as his new secretary, and she goes along with the impersonation. Archibald and Ada fall in love, which incurs the disapproval of the puritanical Professor Hayman (Duncan Macrae).

You're Only Young Twice!

1952

The Unstoppable Man poster
8.0

Mitchell is a rich American businessman whose son is kidnapped in England. Naturally, there's a huge ransom demand, but Scotland Yard tells Mitchell to butt out.

The Unstoppable Man

1961

The Unstoppable Man poster
8.0

Mitchell is a rich American businessman whose son is kidnapped in England. Naturally, there's a huge ransom demand, but Scotland Yard tells Mitchell to butt out.

The Unstoppable Man

1961

Life in Danger poster
8.3

Panic and fear overtake a small British farming community after a homicidal child-killer escapes from a local mental hospital.

Life in Danger

1959

Tim Driscoll's Donkey poster
8.0

Story of how a young Irish boy loses the donkey he has reared from birth.

Tim Driscoll's Donkey

1955

Tim Driscoll's Donkey poster
8.0

Story of how a young Irish boy loses the donkey he has reared from birth.

Tim Driscoll's Donkey

1955

No artwork available
9.0

Humphrey assigns a "watchdog" to keep an eye on his wife Rose, whom he thinks is a thief. She isn't - but the watchdog is.

Light Fingers

1957

No artwork available
7.5

Fred Tickle is commissionaire at a razor blade factory, and grows a beard after developing a shaving rash, but his new appearance doesn't go down well with management.

Hair of the Dog

1962

The Western Isles poster
8.0

A young man returns to his home of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland after surviving a German submarine attack.

The Western Isles

1941

The Western Isles poster
8.0

A young man returns to his home of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland after surviving a German submarine attack.

The Western Isles

1941

No artwork available
NR

A Ministry of Information film, in which three women, all from one street but different class backgrounds, mysteriously congregate at one house. Their paths may rarely have crossed in pre-war society, yet the experience of war appears to have helped remove some of their class prejudices. After all, these three housewives now share a common interest, their sons all serve in the armed forces.

Down Our Street

1942

Five Towns poster
NR

A look at a family living in Stoke-on-Trent in the 1940's and what it's like working in the pottery factories that Stoke is famous for.

Five Towns

1947

No artwork available
NR

This is the story of a lorry's solitary journey with a new propeller for a trawler laid up in a port on the rugged sea-coast of Wales. For the lorry-driver and his mate it is all in a day's work; minor mishaps are overcome on the journey from Preston through the beautiful Welsh countryside. The story ends with the trawler on its way to sea.

Journey to the Sea

1952

Hamile: The Tongo Hamlet poster
8.0

An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare, which takes place in the home of the Frafra people, in the far north of Ghana. Performed by students of the University of Ghana School of Music and Drama.

Hamile: The Tongo Hamlet

1964

No artwork available
NR

Three overseas servicemen take a tour of the Royal Mile - visiting the sights between Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace, and learning about the sometimes gruesome history of Scotland.

The Royal Mile: Edinburgh

1943

No artwork available
NR

"Tale in a teacup"- a short documentary on England's love affair with tea.

A Tale in a Teacup

1947