---
name: "David Reid"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-reid-53678"
fi1m_id: "david-reid-53678"
imdb_id: "nm0717229"
tmdb_id: 53678
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 March 1938"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:26:30.598150+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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# David Reid

## Identity

David Reid

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-reid-53678
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-reid-53678
- **IMDb ID:** nm0717229
- **TMDB ID:** 53678
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0717229/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53678

Writer. Born 1 March 1938 in London.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 March 1938, London
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0717229/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53678

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

David Reid is a British television director, producer and writer. Born in London on 1 March 1938, he worked extensively in British television from the 1960s onwards.

As a director he contributed episodes to series including *The Power Game* (1966–1969), *Catweazle* (1971), *Clayhanger* (1976) and *Scorpion Tales* (1978). He also produced several of these programmes. His writing credits include the 1989 episode "The Incredible Theft" of *Agatha Christie's Poirot*, as well as *The English Wife* (1996) and episodes of *Mortimer's Law* (1998).

*Sources: imdb.com, screenonline.org.uk, web.archive.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (30)

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

- *Exchange of Fire* (2025), Sound
- *Come in Number Five* (2011), Actor
- *Trials and Tribulations* (2008), Actor
- *Mean Machine* (2001), as Barman
- *Best* (2000), as Art Direction
- *The Mountain and the Molehill* (1989), Writer
- *Screen One* (1989), series, Writer
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)
- *Sunday Premiere* (1986), series, Writer
- *Cold Warrior* (1984), series, Writer
- *Vice Versa* (1981), series, Executive Producer
- *The Two Faces of Evil* (1980), Executive Producer
- *Visitor from the Grave* (1980), Executive Producer
- *Carpathian Eagle* (1980), Executive Producer
- *Hammer House of Horror* (1980), series, Executive Producer
- *Sapphire & Steel* (1979), series, Executive Producer
- *Scorpion Tales* (1978), series, Producer, Director, Creator
- *The Sunday Drama* (1977), series, Writer
- *The Daedalus Equations* (1976), Director
- *Clayhanger* (1976), series, Producer, Director
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, Director
- *Miss Nightingale* (1974), Director
- *That Sinking Feeling* (1973), Director
- *The Strauss Family* (1972), series, Producer, Writer, Director, Creator
- *The Frighteners* (1972), series, Director
- *Big Brother* (1970), series, Director
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, Director, Writer
- *The Power Game* (1965), series, Producer, Director
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, Director
- *ITV Play of the Week* (1955), series, Director

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