---
name: "Clive Arnold"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/clive-arnold"
fi1m_id: "clive-arnold"
imdb_id: "nm0036397"
tmdb_id: 1227578
wikidata_id: "Q5134479"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T12:20:08.297823+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."
---

# Clive Arnold

## Identity

Clive Arnold

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/clive-arnold
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** clive-arnold
- **IMDb ID:** nm0036397
- **TMDB ID:** 1227578
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5134479
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Arnold, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5134479, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0036397/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227578

Director. Born 1 January 1901.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1901
- **Active:** 1960–1985
- **Frequently works with:** [Afia Nkrumah](https://film.one/person/afia-nkrumah.md), [Alan Wareing](https://film.one/person/alan-wareing.md), [Audrey Cooke](https://film.one/person/audrey-cooke.md), [Daran Little](https://film.one/person/daran-little.md), [Gerald Blake](https://film.one/person/gerald-blake.md), [Gill Wilkinson](https://film.one/person/gill-wilkinson.md), [Graeme Harper](https://film.one/person/graeme-harper.md), [Ian Barber](https://film.one/person/ian-barber.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 74 (1), 1980s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Arnold, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5134479, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0036397/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227578

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Coronation Street*](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md) (74), [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Clive Arnold is a British television director. He began his career as an actor, working in theatre and television for seven years before joining the BBC as a runner. He spent eleven years progressing through the organisation to become a director.

Arnold's first episode of *EastEnders* aired in November 2000. He has directed numerous episodes of the series, including the live 25th anniversary episode in 2010, which won Best Single Episode at the British Soap Awards, and other notable instalments. He has also directed for *Coronation Street* since 2019, *Emmerdale*, *Hollyoaks*, *Holby City* and *Fair City*. Episodes of *Coronation Street* directed by Arnold won the BAFTA for Best Continuing Drama in 2022.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Coronation Street* (1960), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Coronation Street* (1960), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

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