---
name: "Alan Dossor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alan-dossor"
fi1m_id: "alan-dossor"
imdb_id: "nm0234462"
tmdb_id: 179611
wikidata_id: "Q4706528"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "19 September 1941"
died: "7 August 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:17:06.194977+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alan Dossor

## Identity

Alan Dossor

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alan-dossor
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alan-dossor
- **IMDb ID:** nm0234462
- **TMDB ID:** 179611
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4706528
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Dossor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4706528, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0234462/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/179611

Director. Born 19 September 1941 in Kingston Upon Hull, UK. Died 7 August 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 19 September 1941, Kingston Upon Hull, UK
- **Died:** 7 August 2016
- **Active:** 1970–1992
- **Frequently works with:** [Peter Smith](https://film.one/person/peter-smith.md), [Roy Battersby](https://film.one/person/roy-battersby.md), [Alan Grint](https://film.one/person/alan-grint.md), [Alma Cullen](https://film.one/person/alma-cullen.md), [Anthony Simmons](https://film.one/person/anthony-simmons.md), [Baz Taylor](https://film.one/person/baz-taylor.md), [Ben Bolt](https://film.one/person/ben-bolt.md), [Bill Craig](https://film.one/person/bill-craig.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Dossor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4706528, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0234462/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/179611

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*A Touch of Frost*](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md) (76)

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## Biography

Alan Dossor was a British theatre and television director. Born in Kingston upon Hull, he trained at Bristol University and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School before beginning his career in regional theatre, including as assistant director at Nottingham Playhouse.

From 1970 to 1975 he served as artistic director of Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre, where he produced new plays by writers including Alan Bleasdale, John McGrath and Willy Russell, and worked with actors such as Julie Walters, Pete Postlethwaite, Alison Steadman and Antony Sher. After leaving the Everyman he directed in the West End and at other theatres including the Royal Court and West Yorkshire Playhouse.

From 1977 he directed television drama, including episodes of *Bergerac* (1981), *Play for Today* (from 1970), *Between the Lines* (1992) and *A Touch of Frost* (1992). He also directed and produced the television film *First and Last* (1989).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

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

- *The Brides in the Bath* (2003), Producer
- *A Is for Acid* (2002), Producer
- *Bessie and the Bell* (2001), Director
- *Stormin' Norman* (2000), Director
- *The Life and Crimes of William Palmer* (1998), Director
- *Dream Team* (1997), series, Director
- *The Locksmith* (1997), series, Director
- *Where the Heart Is* (1997), series, Director
- *The Missing Postman* (1997), series, Director
- *The Missing Postman* (1997), Director
- *No Bananas* (1996), series, Director
- *The Governor* (1995), series, Director
- *Fair Game* (1994), Director, Producer, Idea
- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), series, Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md)
- *Between the Lines* (1992), series, Director
- *Sam Saturday* (1992), series, Director
- *Flea Bites* (1992), Director, Producer
- *Broke* (1991), Director
- *First and Last* (1989), Director, Producer
- *Ice Dance* (1989), Director
- *The Bell-Run* (1988), Director
- *Lost Property* (1986), Director
- *Love Match* (1986), Director
- *Unnatural Causes* (1986), series, Director
- *Sunday Premiere* (1986), series, Director
- *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, Director
- *Star Quality* (1985), Director
- *Connie* (1985), series, Director
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, Director
- *Johnny Jarvis* (1983), series, Director
- *Good Night And God Bless* (1983), series, Producer, Director
- *Singles* (1983), Director
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, Director
- *Funny Man* (1981), series, Director
- *The Muscle Market* (1981), Director
- *Soldiers Talking, Cleanly* (1978), Director
- *Pickersgill People* (1978), series, Director
- *Daft Mam Blues* (1977), Director
- *Don't Forget to Write!* (1977), series, Director
- *Second City Firsts* (1973), series, Director
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Director
- *Softly Softly: Task Force* (1969), series, Director

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