Michael Samuels

Directing

Michael Samuels

Known for

Directing

Credits

10 titles

Michael Samuels is British television director, producer and writer

Known for

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers poster
5.5

The heads of Wall Street's biggest investment banks were summoned to an evening meeting by the US Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson, to discuss the plight of another - Lehman Brothers. After six months' turmoil in the world's financial markets, Lehman Brothers was on life support and the government was about to pull the plug. Lehman CEO, Dick Fuld, recently sidelined in a boardroom coup, spends the weekend desperately trying to resuscitate his beloved company through a merger with Bank of America or UK-based Barclays. But without the financial support of Paulson and Lehman's fiercest competitors, Fuld's empire - and with it, the stability of the world economy - teeters on the verge of extinction.

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers

2009

Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards poster
6.0

Docudrama following the downfall of BBC Presenter Huw Edwards.

Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards

2026

Caught in a Trap poster
6.0

Gemma collects money out of parking meters. But really she's obsessed with Elvis.

Caught in a Trap

2008

The Windermere Children poster
7.4

The story of the pioneering project to rehabilitate child survivors of the Holocaust on the shores of Lake Windermere.

The Windermere Children

2020

The Curse of Steptoe poster
5.8

In the early 1960s aspiring stage actor Harry H. Corbett jumps at the chance to play junk-dealer Harold Steptoe in a television comedy show 'Steptoe and Son'. However, the show's success proves to be a poisoned chalice for him, type-casting him and thwarting his stage ambitions. Wilfrid Brambell, the actor playing his father, is marginalized in a different way. He is a gay man in an England where homosexuality is still illegal.

The Curse of Steptoe

2008

Mrs Mandela poster
4.0

How Winnie Mandela went from innocent country girl to a fighter against apartheid.

Mrs Mandela

2010

Behind the camera

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers poster
5.5

The heads of Wall Street's biggest investment banks were summoned to an evening meeting by the US Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson, to discuss the plight of another - Lehman Brothers. After six months' turmoil in the world's financial markets, Lehman Brothers was on life support and the government was about to pull the plug. Lehman CEO, Dick Fuld, recently sidelined in a boardroom coup, spends the weekend desperately trying to resuscitate his beloved company through a merger with Bank of America or UK-based Barclays. But without the financial support of Paulson and Lehman's fiercest competitors, Fuld's empire - and with it, the stability of the world economy - teeters on the verge of extinction.

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers

2009

Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards poster
6.0

Docudrama following the downfall of BBC Presenter Huw Edwards.

Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards

2026

Caught in a Trap poster
6.0

Gemma collects money out of parking meters. But really she's obsessed with Elvis.

Caught in a Trap

2008

The Windermere Children poster
7.4

The story of the pioneering project to rehabilitate child survivors of the Holocaust on the shores of Lake Windermere.

The Windermere Children

2020

The Curse of Steptoe poster
5.8

In the early 1960s aspiring stage actor Harry H. Corbett jumps at the chance to play junk-dealer Harold Steptoe in a television comedy show 'Steptoe and Son'. However, the show's success proves to be a poisoned chalice for him, type-casting him and thwarting his stage ambitions. Wilfrid Brambell, the actor playing his father, is marginalized in a different way. He is a gay man in an England where homosexuality is still illegal.

The Curse of Steptoe

2008

Mrs Mandela poster
4.0

How Winnie Mandela went from innocent country girl to a fighter against apartheid.

Mrs Mandela

2010

Mrs Mandela poster
4.0

How Winnie Mandela went from innocent country girl to a fighter against apartheid.

Mrs Mandela

2010

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4.5

Based on the best-selling book by award-winning writer Simon Garfield, four stories from Britain's 'lost decade' (1945 - 1955) are presented from the diaries of four very distinct people. In his book, Garfield selected some of the most expressive diarists, and focused on the post-war years giving a vivid portrait of how Britain coped in the post-war years and how little, or how much, attitudes have changed over the past 60 years. The stories touch on homosexuality, single women making their way in life post-war and a housewife handling the less than welcome return of her husband.

Our Hidden Lives

2005

The Trial poster
5.0

In 2035, a new law holds parents responsible for their children’s crimes. Set in the United Kingdom, Dione and David Sinclair are thrust into a nightmarish legal battle when their teenage daughter, Teah, commits a serious crime.

The Trial

2025

The Falklands Play poster
7.0

The Falklands Play is a dramatic account of the political events leading up to, and including, the 1982 Falklands War. The play was written by Ian Curteis, an experienced writer who had started his television career in drama, but had increasingly come to specialise in dramatic reconstructions of history. It was originally commissioned by the BBC in 1983, for production and broadcast in 1986, but was subsequently shelved by Controller of BBC One Michael Grade due to its alleged pro-Margaret Thatcher stance and jingoistic tone. This prompted a press furore over media bias and censorship.The play was not staged until 2002, when it was broadcast in separate adaptations on BBC Television and Radio.

The Falklands Play

2002