Directing
David Bracknell
Born — Died
1932-07-10 — 1987-09-01
Place of birth
Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK
Known for
Directing
Credits
13 titles
David Bracknell was born on 10 July 1932 in Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK. He was an assistant director and director, known for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Cup Fever (1965) and Battle of Britain (1969). He was married to Lier Hwang. He died in September 1987 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.
Known for
Magpie wins a duck which proves to be alive and no use for the Sunday dinner. The kids invent a device which makes the duck seem to talk.
Magpie's Talking Duck
1978
A race is arranged after Magpie boasts about her pet snail. Paid to catch snails in the Colonel's cabbage patch, Fiddler later persuades Magpie's Mum to give her daughter's snail collection to a French restaurant.
The Great Snail Race
1976
The kids take part in a bicycle race and manage to win new bikes, in spite of the organiser's treachery.
Waterbikes
1978
The children load up shopping trolleys and help their neighbours.
All in a Good Cause
1978
Putting on a pantomime, the kids find they must share the Church hall with a rock group. They decide to present a rock panto.
Slimderella
1978
A supermarket offers free groceries to the winner of a Shrove Tuesday pancake race. The kids, after messy experiments with pancake batter, enter Susie in the race; she wins, despite the efforts of the unscrupulous "Mrs. Shove".
Shove Tuesday
1976
Behind the camera
Magpie wins a duck which proves to be alive and no use for the Sunday dinner. The kids invent a device which makes the duck seem to talk.
Magpie's Talking Duck
1978
A race is arranged after Magpie boasts about her pet snail. Paid to catch snails in the Colonel's cabbage patch, Fiddler later persuades Magpie's Mum to give her daughter's snail collection to a French restaurant.
The Great Snail Race
1976
The kids take part in a bicycle race and manage to win new bikes, in spite of the organiser's treachery.
Waterbikes
1978
The children load up shopping trolleys and help their neighbours.
All in a Good Cause
1978
Putting on a pantomime, the kids find they must share the Church hall with a rock group. They decide to present a rock panto.
Slimderella
1978
A supermarket offers free groceries to the winner of a Shrove Tuesday pancake race. The kids, after messy experiments with pancake batter, enter Susie in the race; she wins, despite the efforts of the unscrupulous "Mrs. Shove".
Shove Tuesday
1976
Fiddler tricks Magpie into swapping her stamp collection for a supposed penguin egg.
Magpie Lays an Egg
1976
The Chiffy Kids go camping on a farm. Magpie causes a tent to collapse and as a punishment is tied to a large cooking pot. Freeing herself, she prepares a stew which is eaten by Herbert. The kids find only bones in the pot, and the repentant Herbert returns with sausages.
Pot Luck
1976
In hopes of winning a home decoration competition, the overbearing Mrs. Foster employs two men to repaint her flat. The kids volunteer to decorate the neighbouring flat of the elderly sisters. The front door keys are mixed up...
Decorators Limited
1976
8.0The children of Barton United are trying to win the cup in their local football (soccer) league. Nasty councillor Mr Bates doesn't like them and wants the team his son plays for to win instead so he makes life as difficult as he can for them. But Barton United are offered help by the local professional team that just happens to be Manchester United with boss man Matt Busby.
Cup Fever
1965
8.0The children of Barton United are trying to win the cup in their local football (soccer) league. Nasty councillor Mr Bates doesn't like them and wants the team his son plays for to win instead so he makes life as difficult as he can for them. But Barton United are offered help by the local professional team that just happens to be Manchester United with boss man Matt Busby.
Cup Fever
1965
Smoke bombs fail to dislodge an old busker who has taken over the kids' headquarters, an abandoned circus caravan. One of Magpie's hidden treasures, a half-eaten fish, finally drives him out.
Room to Let
1976
The kids decide to earn money by making jam from damaged apples, but disaster occurs.
Jam Session
1978
