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name: "Claude Whatham"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/claude-whatham"
fi1m_id: "claude-whatham"
imdb_id: "nm0923613"
tmdb_id: 96411
wikidata_id: "Q1097219"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "7 December 1927"
died: "4 January 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:32:57.914461+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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# Claude Whatham

## Identity

Claude Whatham

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/claude-whatham
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** claude-whatham
- **IMDb ID:** nm0923613
- **TMDB ID:** 96411
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1097219
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Whatham, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1097219, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923613/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96411

Director. Born 7 December 1927 in Manchester, England, UK. Died 4 January 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 7 December 1927, Manchester, England, UK
- **Died:** 4 January 2008
- **Active:** 1960–1970
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan Grint](https://film.one/person/alan-grint.md), [Baz Taylor](https://film.one/person/baz-taylor.md), [Bob Hird](https://film.one/person/bob-hird.md), [Charles Sturridge](https://film.one/person/charles-sturridge.md), [Derek Bennett](https://film.one/person/derek-bennett.md), [Gerald Blake](https://film.one/person/gerald-blake.md), [John Black](https://film.one/person/john-black.md), [John Gorrie](https://film.one/person/john-gorrie.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Whatham, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1097219, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923613/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96411

## 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

Claude Whatham (7 December 1927 – 4 January 2008) was an English film and television director. He trained as an artist at Oldham Art School and began his career as a scene painter and set designer for the Oldham Repertory Company before joining Granada Television in 1956.

He directed episodes of *Coronation Street* (1964) and *Play for Today*, as well as other Granada and BBC productions including *The Wednesday Play*, *Cider with Rosie* (1971) and *Elizabeth R* (1971). His feature films include *That'll Be the Day* (1973) and *Swallows and Amazons* (1974). He received BAFTA nominations for his work.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, coronationstreet.fandom.com, theguardian.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (73)

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

- *Polyvinyl @ 33 1/3* (2006), Director
- *Buddy's Song* (1991), Director
- *Jumping The Queue* (1989), series, Director
- *C.A.T.S. Eyes* (1985), series, Director
- *Tornado* (1985), Director
- *Murder Elite* (1985), Director
- *The Gay Lord Quex* (1983), Director
- *The Captain's Doll* (1983), Director
- *Murder Is Easy* (1982), Director
- *Hoodwink* (1981), Director
- *Fothergill* (1981), Director
- *Can I Help You?* (1981), Director
- *Facing The Sun* (1980), Director
- *Sweet William* (1980), Director
- *Tales of the Unexpected* (1979), series, Director
- *Sorry...* (1978), Director
- *Betzi* (1978), Director
- *Disraeli* (1978), series, Director
- *Disraeli* (1978), Director
- *Supernatural* (1977), series, Director
- *In The Dead Spell* (1977), Director
- *Victorian Scandals* (1976), series, Director
- *The House of Bernarda Alba* (1976), Director
- *The Peddler* (1976), Director
- *Tiptoe Through the Tulips* (1976), Director
- *The Inventing of America* (1975), Director
- *All Creatures Great and Small* (1975), Director
- *Caesar and Claretta* (1975), Director
- *Private Affairs* (1975), series, Director
- *Snooker* (1975), Director
- *Swallows and Amazons* (1974), Director
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, Director
- *Jingle Bells* (1973), Director
- *Second City Firsts* (1973), series, Director
- *Centre Play* (1973), series, Director
- *That'll Be The Day* (1973), Director
- *Between the Wars* (1973), series, Director
- *Chéri* (1973), series, Director
- *Bermondsey* (1972), Director
- *Cider with Rosie* (1971), Director
- *Thank You Very Much* (1971), Director
- *Follyfoot* (1971), series, Director
- *Elizabeth R* (1971), series, Director
- *Circle Line* (1971), Director
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Director
- *Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary* (1970), Director
- *Is That Your Body, Boy* (1970), Director
- *Plays of Today* (1969), series, Director
- *W. Somerset Maugham* (1969), series, Director
- *Birthday* (1969), Director
- *Cause of Death* (1968), Director
- *All's Well That Ends Well* (1968), Director
- *Jamie, on a Flying Visit* (1968), Director
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, Director
- *The Fellows* (1967), series, Director
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, Director
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, Director
- *The Man in Room 17* (1965), series, Director
- *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, Director
- *It's a Woman's World* (1964), series, Director
- *Theatre 625* (1964), series, Director
- *Detective* (1964), series, Director
- *Friday Night* (1963), series, Director
- *You in Your Small Corner* (1962), Director
- *The Younger Generation* (1961), series, Director
- *Family Solicitor* (1961), series, Director
- *Coronation Street* (1960), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)
- *On Trial* (1960), series, Director
- *Knight Errant Limited* (1959), series, Director
- *Skyport* (1959), series, Director
- *Shadow Squad* (1957), series, Director
- *ITV Play of the Week* (1955), series, Director
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, Director

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