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

Behind the camera

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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

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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

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The kids take part in a bicycle race and manage to win new bikes, in spite of the organiser's treachery.

Waterbikes

1978

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The children load up shopping trolleys and help their neighbours.

All in a Good Cause

1978

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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

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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

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Fiddler tricks Magpie into swapping her stamp collection for a supposed penguin egg.

Magpie Lays an Egg

1976

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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

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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

Cup Fever poster
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The 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

Cup Fever poster
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The 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

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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

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The kids decide to earn money by making jam from damaged apples, but disaster occurs.

Jam Session

1978