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# Adrian Shergold

Director. Born 24 March 1948 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 24 March 1948, Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
- **Active:** 1987–2011
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Shergold, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2389609, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792120/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/84737

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Vera*](https://film.one/tv/vera.md) (72)

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## Biography

Adrian Shergold (born 24 March 1948) is a British film and television director. He began his career as an actor before moving into directing in the 1980s.

Shergold has directed episodes of long-running series including *Inspector Morse* (1987) and *Vera* (2011). His other notable credits include the television films *Persuasion* (2007) and *Clapham Junction* (2007), the feature *Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman* (2005), and the series *Mad Dogs* (2011). He won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Serial for *Holding On* (1997).

He is represented by United Agents.

*Sources: imdb.com, unitedagents.co.uk, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Vera* (2011), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)

## Complete filmography (65)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Four Letters of Love* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Rose & Layla* (2024), series, Director
- *The Window* (2021), series, Director
- *Wolfe* (2021), series, Director
- *Denmark* (2019), Director
- *Cordelia* (2019), Writer, Director
- *Funny Cow* (2018), Director
- *My Mother and Other Strangers* (2016), series, Director
- *The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells* (2016), series, Director
- *The Trials of Jimmy Rose* (2015), series, Director
- *Lucan* (2013), series, Director
- *Lucan* (2013), Director
- *Eternal Law* (2012), series, Director
- *Vera* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *Mad Dogs* (2011), series, Director
- *Fiona's Story* (2008), Director
- *He Kills Coppers* (2008), series, Director
- *Clapham Junction* (2007), Director
- *Persuasion* (2007), Director
- *Low Winter Sun* (2006), Director
- *Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman* (2005), Director
- *Ahead of the Class* (2005), Director
- *Dirty Filthy Love* (2005), Director
- *Disappeared* (2004), Director
- *Early Doors* (2003), series, Director
- *Danielle Cable: Eyewitness* (2003), Director
- *The Second Coming* (2003), series, Director
- *The Second Coming* (2003), Director
- *Micawber* (2001), series, Director
- *Swallow* (2001), series, Director
- *Buried Treasure* (2001), Director
- *Last Christmas* (1999), Director
- *Eureka Street* (1999), series, Director
- *Births, Marriages and Deaths* (1999), series, Director
- *Heat of the Sun* (1998), series, Director
- *Holding On* (1997), series, Director
- *Devil's Advocate* (1995), series, Director
- *Stages* (1994), series, Director
- *Speaking In Tongues* (1994), Director
- *The Knock* (1994), series, Director
- *Stalag Luft* (1993), Director
- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), series, Director
- *The Life and Times of Henry Pratt* (1992), series, Director
- *Goodbye Cruel World* (1992), series, Director
- *Close Relations* (1990), Director
- *Christabel* (1988), series, Director
- *Lily My Love* (1987), Director
- *Will You Love Me Tomorrow* (1987), Director, Screenplay
- *Inspector Morse* (1987), series, Director
- *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, Director
- *The Best Years of Your Life* (1986), Director
- *Hold the Back Page* (1985), series, Director
- *Reservations* (1985), Director
- *Summer Season* (1985), series, Director
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, Director, Writer
- *Juliet Bravo* (1980), series, Director
- *The Great Riviera Bank Robbery* (1980), as Young Leftie
- *A Bunch of Fives* (1977), series, as Larry Tucker
- *Spaghetti Two-Step* (1977), as Waiter
- *Star Maidens* (1976), series, as Youth
- *The Naked Civil Servant* (1975), as Gloria
- *Poldark* (1975), series, as Travis
- *The Sweeney* (1975), series, as Don Edwards — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md)
- *New Scotland Yard* (1972), series, as PC Benson
- *Mandog* (1972), series, as Duncan

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