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name: "Alice Troughton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alice-troughton"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T04:28:24.784784+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."
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# Alice Troughton

Director. Born 1 January 1901 in Aylesbury.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, Aylesbury
- **Active:** 2005–2006
- **Works often with:** Ashley Way, Catherine Tregenna, Chris Chibnall, Colin Teague, Euros Lyn, Helen Raynor

## Biography

Alice Troughton is a British film and television director. She studied drama at the University of Kent and began directing short films before entering television in 2002 with episodes of *Doctors* and *EastEnders*.

From 2006 she directed episodes of *Torchwood*, *Doctor Who* and *The Sarah Jane Adventures*, becoming only the second person to work across all three shared-universe series. She directed 13 episodes of *Merlin* (2009–2012) and has since worked on series including *The Flash* (2016), *Lost in Space* (2018) and *A Discovery of Witches* (2018). Her feature debut, *The Lesson*, premiered in 2023.

Troughton received a Royal Television Society Craft & Design Award nomination for directing on *Cucumber* (2015).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Torchwood* (2006), Fi1m 73, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/torchwood.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Doctor Who* (2005), Director

## Also known for

- *The Flash* (2014), Director
- *Teen Wolf* (2011), Director
- *DC's Legends of Tomorrow* (2016), Director
- *Lost in Space* (2018), Director
- *Merlin* (2008), Director
- *A Discovery of Witches* (2018), Director
- *Lore* (2017), Director
- *EastEnders* (1985), Director

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