---
name: "Chris Clough"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-clough"
fi1m_id: "chris-clough"
imdb_id: "nm0167171"
tmdb_id: 1221055
wikidata_id: "Q5106205"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "9 March 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T18:31:27.066860+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."
---

# Chris Clough

## Identity

Chris Clough

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-clough
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-clough
- **IMDb ID:** nm0167171
- **TMDB ID:** 1221055
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5106205
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Clough, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5106205, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0167171/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1221055

Director and producer. Born 9 March 1951 in Harrogate.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 9 March 1951, Harrogate
- **Active:** 1963–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 4 directing, 2 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan Wareing](https://film.one/person/alan-wareing.md), [Graeme Harper](https://film.one/person/graeme-harper.md), [Paul Harrison](https://film.one/person/paul-harrison.md), [Andrew Morgan](https://film.one/person/andrew-morgan.md), [Antonia Bird](https://film.one/person/antonia-bird.md), [Chris Murray](https://film.one/person/chris-murray-2716243.md), [Claire Winyard](https://film.one/person/claire-winyard.md), [Gill Wilkinson](https://film.one/person/gill-wilkinson.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as director, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 81 (1), 1980s 69 (2), 2000s 72 (1), 2010s 83 (1), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Soap 2, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Clough, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5106205, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0167171/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1221055

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Missing*](https://film.one/tv/the-missing-2014.md) (83), [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70), [*Casualty*](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md) (68)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Doctor Who*](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md) (81)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Mr Bates vs The Post Office*](https://film.one/tv/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office.md) (80)
- **Disney+:** [*Skins*](https://film.one/tv/skins.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Chris Clough is an English television producer and director. Born on 9 March 1951 in Harrogate, Yorkshire, he studied English literature at Leeds University and began his career as a researcher at Granada Television before moving into directing.

He went freelance in 1982 and directed episodes of soap operas including *Brookside* and *EastEnders*. Clough directed six serials of *Doctor Who* between 1986 and 1988: *Terror of the Vervoids*, *The Ultimate Foe*, *Delta and the Bannermen*, *Dragonfire*, *The Happiness Patrol* and *Silver Nemesis*. In the 1990s he directed and later produced episodes of *The Bill*.

Clough produced series including *Ballykissangel*, *The Ghost Squad* and *Sirens*. He produced the E4 drama *Skins* (2007–2013), on which he also directed one episode, and has produced later series such as *Mr Bates vs. The Post Office* (2024). He has won BAFTA awards.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

### Directed (4) — the average rests on these

- *Skins* (2007), Fi1m 72, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)
- *Casualty* (1986), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Doctor Who* (1963), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

### Produced (2)

- *Mr Bates vs The Post Office* (2024), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office.md)
- *The Missing* (2014), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-missing-2014.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *Mr Bates vs The Post Office* (2024), series, Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office.md)
- *World on Fire* (2019), series, Producer
- *Dark Heart* (2018), series, Producer
- *Killed by My Debt* (2018), Producer
- *Rellik* (2017), series, Producer
- *The Missing* (2014), series, Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-missing-2014.md)
- *Lucan* (2013), series, Producer
- *Skins: Rise* (2013), Producer
- *Sirens* (2011), series, Producer
- *Above Suspicion* (2009), series, Producer
- *The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord* (2008), Actor
- *Skins* (2007), series, Director, Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)
- *The Ghost Squad* (2005), series, Producer
- *Black Cab* (2000), series, Producer
- *The Bill: Target* (1996), Producer
- *Ballykissangel* (1996), series, Director
- *Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis* (1988), Director
- *The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis* (1988), Actor
- *Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol* (1988), Director
- *Doctor Who: Dragonfire* (1987), Director
- *Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen* (1987), Director
- *Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe* (1986), Director
- *Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids* (1986), Director
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Director
- *Brookside* (1982), series, Director
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/chris-clough