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name: "Brian Farnham"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-farnham"
fi1m_id: "brian-farnham"
imdb_id: "nm0267862"
tmdb_id: 1323900
wikidata_id: "Q117863822"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:03:54.614477+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."
---

# Brian Farnham

## Identity

Brian Farnham

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brian-farnham
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brian-farnham
- **IMDb ID:** nm0267862
- **TMDB ID:** 1323900
- **Wikidata ID:** Q117863822
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117863822, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0267862/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1323900

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 1970–1989
- **Also known as:** 브라이언 판햄
- **Frequently works with:** [Bill Hays](https://film.one/person/bill-hays.md), [Alan Grint](https://film.one/person/alan-grint.md), [Baz Taylor](https://film.one/person/baz-taylor.md), [Bill Craig](https://film.one/person/bill-craig.md), [Herbert Wise](https://film.one/person/herbert-wise.md), [Jim Goddard](https://film.one/person/jim-goddard.md), [John Bruce](https://film.one/person/john-bruce.md), [Ken Grieve](https://film.one/person/ken-grieve.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117863822, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0267862/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1323900

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Agatha Christie's Poirot*](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md) (83)

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## Biography

Brian Farnham is a British television director. His credits include episodes of *Play for Today* (1970), *Rumpole of the Bailey* (1975) and *Rock Follies* (1976).

He directed multiple episodes of *Bergerac* (1981) and six episodes of *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989) between 1991 and 2001. Other long-running series on which he worked as director include *The Bill* (36 episodes, 1988–2000), *Rosemary & Thyme* (10 episodes, 2003–2006) and *Bugs* (nine episodes, 1995–1996).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

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

- *Powers* (2004), series, Director
- *Rosemary & Thyme* (2003), series, Director
- *Night and Day* (2001), series, Director
- *Where the Heart Is* (1997), series, Director
- *Crime Traveller* (1997), series, Director
- *Bugs* (1995), series, Director
- *Dangerfield* (1995), series, Director
- *(All Quiet on the) Preston Front* (1994), series, Director
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, Director
- *Growing Rich* (1992), series, Producer
- *The Chief* (1990), series, Director
- *Chelworth* (1989), series, Director
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, Director — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)
- *Campaign* (1988), series, Director
- *Heart of the Country* (1987), series, Director
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Director
- *Love and Marriage* (1984), series, Director
- *By the Sword Divided* (1983), series, Director
- *My Cousin Rachel* (1983), series, Director
- *The Agatha Christie Hour* (1982), series, Director
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, Director
- *The Borgias* (1981), series, Director
- *A Question of Guilt* (1980), series, Director
- *Kids* (1979), series, Director
- *I'm a Dreamer Montreal* (1979), Director
- *Jemima Shore Investigates* (1978), series, Director
- *The Girl Who Walked Quickly* (1978), Director
- *Armchair Thriller* (1978), series, Director
- *Hazell* (1978), series, Director
- *Nipper* (1977), Director
- *The Crezz* (1976), series, Director
- *Rock Follies* (1976), series, Director
- *Rumpole of the Bailey* (1975), series, Director
- *Couples* (1975), series, Director
- *Rooms* (1974), series, Director
- *Masquerade* (1974), series, Director
- *Censored Scenes from King Kong* (1973), Director
- *Beryl's Lot* (1973), series, Director
- *Centre Play* (1973), series, Director
- *Sutherland's Law* (1973), series, Director
- *The Edwardians* (1972), series, Director
- *Dead of Night* (1972), series, Director
- *Crown Court* (1972), series, Director
- *The Regiment* (1972), series, Director
- *Justice* (1971), series, Director
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Director
- *Hadleigh* (1969), series, Director
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, Director
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, Director

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