
Directing
Alan Dossor
Born — Died
1941-09-19 — 2016-08-07
Place of birth
Kingston Upon Hull, UK
Known for
Directing
Credits
22 titles
Known for
5.0It is 1970, there is World Cup and General Election fever. Marco, a wealthy Italian, has come to England to discover his true identity. Carl, a student, is torn between canvassing for the Labour party, watching the World Cup or going on a walking holiday with his girlfriend Ellie. Their paths cross in Preston library and the three take an epic journey across the Pennines.
Fair Game
1994
6.9Dramatisation of the true story of the notorious 'acid bath murderer' John Haigh, who murdered women and disposed of their bodies in vats of acid in the 1940s. He was only caught when the gallstones of one of his victims failed to dissolve in the acid and were detected by the pathologist who examined the residue from the acid bath.
A Is for Acid
2002
NRA pair of teenagers are determined to achieve their ambition and become professional ice skaters, alternately helped and hindered by their families and friends.
Ice Dance
1989
7.0The story of a retired man who decides to fulfil his life-long ambition of walking from one end of Britain to the other.
First and Last
1989
5.7Dramatisation of the real-life case of George Joseph Smith who was hanged in 1915 for the murder of his three wives, each of whom he killed in turn by drowning them in the bath while trying to make the deaths look like accidents.
The Brides in the Bath
2003
5.0When Dorset postman Clive Peacock is forced into early retirement, the years ahead look bleak. But on his last day in the job, in a moment of unexpected rebellion he makes a decision that will change his life. As he makes his final collection from the postbox in the small seaside town where he lives, he decides to deliver the letters himself, by hand, no matter the destination. Mounting his trusty bicycle, he sets off on what proves to be an odyssey of self-discovery. Pursued by the police and lionised by the media, Clive becomes both a fugitive and a reluctant hero.
The Missing Postman
1997
Behind the camera
5.0It is 1970, there is World Cup and General Election fever. Marco, a wealthy Italian, has come to England to discover his true identity. Carl, a student, is torn between canvassing for the Labour party, watching the World Cup or going on a walking holiday with his girlfriend Ellie. Their paths cross in Preston library and the three take an epic journey across the Pennines.
Fair Game
1994
5.0It is 1970, there is World Cup and General Election fever. Marco, a wealthy Italian, has come to England to discover his true identity. Carl, a student, is torn between canvassing for the Labour party, watching the World Cup or going on a walking holiday with his girlfriend Ellie. Their paths cross in Preston library and the three take an epic journey across the Pennines.
Fair Game
1994
6.9Dramatisation of the true story of the notorious 'acid bath murderer' John Haigh, who murdered women and disposed of their bodies in vats of acid in the 1940s. He was only caught when the gallstones of one of his victims failed to dissolve in the acid and were detected by the pathologist who examined the residue from the acid bath.
A Is for Acid
2002
NRA pair of teenagers are determined to achieve their ambition and become professional ice skaters, alternately helped and hindered by their families and friends.
Ice Dance
1989
7.0The story of a retired man who decides to fulfil his life-long ambition of walking from one end of Britain to the other.
First and Last
1989
7.0The story of a retired man who decides to fulfil his life-long ambition of walking from one end of Britain to the other.
First and Last
1989
5.7Dramatisation of the real-life case of George Joseph Smith who was hanged in 1915 for the murder of his three wives, each of whom he killed in turn by drowning them in the bath while trying to make the deaths look like accidents.
The Brides in the Bath
2003
5.0When Dorset postman Clive Peacock is forced into early retirement, the years ahead look bleak. But on his last day in the job, in a moment of unexpected rebellion he makes a decision that will change his life. As he makes his final collection from the postbox in the small seaside town where he lives, he decides to deliver the letters himself, by hand, no matter the destination. Mounting his trusty bicycle, he sets off on what proves to be an odyssey of self-discovery. Pursued by the police and lionised by the media, Clive becomes both a fugitive and a reluctant hero.
The Missing Postman
1997
NRRehana is studying for her A-levels. She is a Muslim and her father thinks it's time he arranged a marriage for her. But Rehana has other ideas....
Love Match
1986
7.0Danny Duggan runs a failing building contractors, and resorts to sub-gangster thuggery to keep the business afloat. However, with the bottom falling out of the building game, Duggan finds that playing at gangster is only fun when you're on the winning side.
The Muscle Market
1981
NRAs sisters, Gladys and Iris never agree about anything - but on one point they're clear: their old mam can't hear a word of their arguments, can she?
Daft Mam Blues
1977
NROne man's view of the British Army in Germany - the social life, discipline, drink, women and, occasionally, the defence of the West.
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
1978
9.0Francis and his wife, Elaine, are proprietors of a struggling window-covering business, agree to install curtains in an exclusive club patronized by Ron, a wealthy friend of theirs. After completing the job, the shop owner has great difficulty collecting payment for the job. His "friend" becomes scarce and Francis finds he has no legal foot to stand on since there is no written record of the informal transaction. With the couple's business floundering due to mounting debts, and their former friend Ron's crass attitude towards their predicament, anger and frustration reach the boiling point.
Broke
1991
6.7Lorraine Barrie, a fading but brilliant actress with a penchant for manipulating every theatrical endeavour to her best advantage, meets her match when she must trust her success to an equally willful stage director.
Star Quality
1985
Bessie Foley, kindly ladies' lavatory attendant, tells her tragic story.
Bessie and the Bell
2001
8.7Keith Allen plays William Palmer in this true story of a Victorian-era English surgeon who uses poison to settle scores and ward off debt. William lacks a sense of regret, even after killing his wife, brother and three of his own children.
The Life and Crimes of William Palmer
1998
NRDeep-sea diving is well paid and glamorous. But the strain is huge, living in a tiny compression chamber for four weeks at a time. And if anything goes wrong, you're a dead man.No wonder Joe can't sleep easy at nights. His nightmares might become reality.
The Bell-Run
1988
Set on the international tennis circuit, tension mounts in the dressing room as a major quarter-final approaches.
Singles
1983
The friendship of a young boy and an old Polish emigre as they struggle to re-create 'the smallest show on earth' - a flea circus
Flea Bites
1992
The friendship of a young boy and an old Polish emigre as they struggle to re-create 'the smallest show on earth' - a flea circus
Flea Bites
1992
NRAnne and John Forrest live in an old Victorian school building. But what for Anne is the fulfillment of her childhood fantasy about a “pretend” school is too real for John and a former pupil at the school.
Lost Property
1986
NRA monologue drama from Chris Chibnall starring James Bolam as a tube driver on his last day before retirement
Stormin' Norman
2000
