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name: "Christopher Morahan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christopher-morahan"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "9 July 1929"
died: "7 April 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:21:04.200935+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."
---

# Christopher Morahan

Director and producer. Born 9 July 1929 in London, England, UK. Died 7 April 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 9 July 1929, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 7 April 2017
- **Active:** 1962–1984
- **Also known as:** Christopher Thomas Morahan, Chris Morahan
- **Works often with:** Alan Bridges, Alan Gibson, Alan Plater, Anthony Page, Anthony Read, Bill Hays

## Biography

Christopher Morahan was a British stage and television director and producer. Born in London, he trained at the Old Vic Theatre School and began directing for television in the late 1950s, including episodes of *Z-Cars* and *Play for Today*.

He served as Head of Plays at the BBC from 1972 to 1976 and later joined the National Theatre as deputy director. Morahan produced and co-directed the acclaimed series *The Jewel in the Crown* (1984) for Granada Television. His feature film *Clockwise* (1986) starred John Cleese. He was appointed CBE in 2011 for services to drama and died in 2017.

*Sources: screenonline.org.uk, theguardian.com, nytimes.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Jewel in the Crown* (1984), Fi1m 85, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-jewel-in-the-crown.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Play for Today* (1970), Director
- *Z-Cars* (1962), Director

## Also known for

- *Clockwise* (1986), Director

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