---
name: "Derek Banham"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/derek-banham"
fi1m_id: "derek-banham"
tmdb_id: 1989655
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T10:43:02.988744+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."
---

# Derek Banham

## Identity

Derek Banham

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/derek-banham
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** derek-banham
- **TMDB ID:** 1989655
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1989655

Director. Born in London.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1989655

## Biography

Derek Banham is a British television and film director. He directed the episode 'The Greatest Show in Willesden' of the ITV series *Minder* in 1991.

His other directing credits include episodes of *Boon* (1986), *Mr Majeika* (1988) and *The Paradise Club* (1989), as well as the Channel 4 film *Last Day of Summer* (1984). Earlier in his career he directed episodes of the Thames Television drama series *Couples*.

Banham trained at Wimbledon School of Art and worked in advertising and film production before focusing on directing drama. He has since retired from the industry.

*Sources: comedy.co.uk, vimarsana.com, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Minder* (1979), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *The Paradise Club* (1989), series, Director
- *Last Day of Summer* (1984), Director
- *Minder* (1979), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)

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