---
name: "Bob Hird"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bob-hird"
fi1m_id: "bob-hird"
imdb_id: "nm0386324"
tmdb_id: 1971248
wikidata_id: "Q136470826"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "14 September 1936"
died: "1 January 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:03:54.730738+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."
---

# Bob Hird

## Identity

Bob Hird

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bob-hird
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bob-hird
- **IMDb ID:** nm0386324
- **TMDB ID:** 1971248
- **Wikidata ID:** Q136470826
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136470826, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386324/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1971248

Director. Born 14 September 1936 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. Died 1 January 1991.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 14 September 1936, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- **Died:** 1 January 1991
- **Active:** 1960–1984
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan Grint](https://film.one/person/alan-grint.md), [Baz Taylor](https://film.one/person/baz-taylor.md), [John Black](https://film.one/person/john-black.md), [Laurence Moody](https://film.one/person/laurence-moody.md), [Michael Simpson](https://film.one/person/michael-simpson-1226610.md), [Alan Wareing](https://film.one/person/alan-wareing.md), [Audrey Cooke](https://film.one/person/audrey-cooke.md), [Bill Hays](https://film.one/person/bill-hays.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136470826, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386324/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1971248

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Coronation Street*](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Bob Hird (1936–1991) was a Scottish television director. Born in Aberdeen, he began his career in 1957 as a cameraman at STV before moving to Granada Television, where he directed current affairs, drama and documentaries.

He directed 39 episodes of *Coronation Street* between 1965 and 1966, and later worked freelance on series including *Dr Finlay's Casebook*, *A Family at War*, *Crown Court*, *Emmerdale Farm*, *Play for Today* (1979) and *The Bill*. In 1974 he served briefly as Production Controller at Grampian Television.

*Sources: coronationstreet.fandom.com, imdb.com, wiki.scotlandonair.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Coronation Street* (1960), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *Flying Lady* (1987), series, Director
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Director
- *Barriers* (1981), series, Director
- *Take the High Road* (1980), series, Director
- *The Slab Boys* (1979), Director
- *Quest of Eagles* (1979), series, Director
- *Huntingtower* (1978), series, Director
- *Wilde Alliance* (1978), series, Director
- *1990* (1977), series, Director
- *Rob Roy* (1977), series, Director
- *Scotch on the Rocks* (1973), series, Director
- *Crown Court* (1972), series, Director
- *Emmerdale* (1972), series, Director
- *The Adventures of Don Quick* (1970), series, Director
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Director
- *A Family at War* (1970), series, Director
- *Hadleigh* (1969), series, Director
- *The Main Chance* (1969), series, Director
- *The Inside Man* (1969), series, Director
- *City '68* (1967), series, Director
- *Inheritance* (1967), series, Director
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, Director
- *Escape* (1967), series, Director
- *The Fellows* (1967), series, Director
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, Director
- *The Man in Room 17* (1965), series, Director
- *Dr. Finlay's Casebook* (1962), series, Director
- *Coronation Street* (1960), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

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