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name: "John F.D. Northover"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-f-d-northover"
fi1m_id: "john-f-d-northover"
tmdb_id: 1479892
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T17:19:05.305175+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."
---

# John F.D. Northover

## Identity

John F.D. Northover

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-f-d-northover
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-f-d-northover
- **TMDB ID:** 1479892
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1479892

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1479892

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Have I Got News for You*](https://film.one/tv/have-i-got-news-for-you.md) (80)

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

## Biography

John F.D. Northover is a British television director and producer. He directed 44 episodes of the panel show *Have I Got News for You* between 1990 and 1995.

His other credits include directing episodes of *Whose Line Is It Anyway?* (1993–1996), *Room 101* (1994–1995), *Satellite City* (1997–1999), and later series such as *Mastermind* (2022–2025) and *Celebrity Mastermind* (2022–2026). He has also directed music and comedy specials, including *The Music of Northern Ireland* (2014). Northover has won one BAFTA Award.

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Have I Got News for You* (1990), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/have-i-got-news-for-you.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Greatest Gardens with Diarmuid Gavin and Carol Klein* (2026), series, Director
- *The Fight* (2002), Director
- *Have I Got News for You: The Official Pirate Video* (1997), Director
- *Satellite City* (1996), series, Director

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