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name: "George Spenton-Foster"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/george-spenton-foster"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "11 November 1926"
died: "26 December 1993"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:07:42.870416+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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# George Spenton-Foster

Director. Born 11 November 1926 in Lambeth, London, England, UK. Died 26 December 1993.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 11 November 1926, Lambeth, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 26 December 1993
- **Active:** 1962–1963
- **Works often with:** Anthony Read, Barry Letts, Bob Baker, Brian Hayles, Christopher Barry, Dave Martin

## Biography

George Spenton-Foster (born Thomas George Spenton) was a British television director and producer. Born on 11 November 1926 in Lambeth, London, he died on 26 December 1993 in the same borough. He joined the BBC in 1948 as a call boy under the name George Spenton and later became a production assistant before being promoted to director in 1963, adopting Spenton-Foster as his professional name by the mid-1960s.

He produced anthology series including *Thirty-Minute Theatre* and worked in Australia on the short-lived series *The Link Men* (1970). As a director he is known for episodes of *Doctor Who* (1963), *Coronation Street* (1960) and *Blake's 7* (1978). For *Doctor Who* he directed the stories *Image of the Fendahl* (1977) and *The Ribos Operation* (1978). He directed four episodes of the second series of *Blake's 7* in 1979: "Weapon", "Pressure Point", "Voice from the Past" and "Gambit".

His cousin was the actress and singer Queenie Watts.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Doctor Who* (1963), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Z-Cars* (1962), Director

## Also known for

- *Coronation Street* (1960), Director
- *Blake's 7* (1978), Director

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