---
name: "John Henderson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-henderson"
fi1m_id: "john-henderson"
imdb_id: "nm0376487"
tmdb_id: 107736
wikidata_id: "Q3181726"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "director"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T14:40:32.330779+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 Henderson

## Identity

John Henderson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-henderson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-henderson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0376487
- **TMDB ID:** 107736
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3181726
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henderson_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3181726, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0376487/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/107736

Director. Born 1 January 1949 in Newcastle-on-Tyne, Tyneside, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1949, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Tyneside, England, UK
- **Active:** 2004–2007
- **Frequently works with:** [Mark Brotherhood](https://film.one/person/mark-brotherhood.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as director, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henderson_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3181726, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0376487/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/107736

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md) (75)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Benidorm*](https://film.one/tv/benidorm.md) (50)

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## Biography

John Henderson is a British film and television director. He was born in 1949 in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.

After leaving advertising, his first directing job was on the ITV series *Spitting Image*. His television credits include episodes of *Shameless* (2012), *Benidorm* (2010–2012), *Hyperdrive* (2006–2007), *Spy* (2012) and *How Do You Want Me?* (1998–1999). He also directed the 1999 Comic Relief *Doctor Who* sketch *The Curse of Fatal Death*.

Feature films he has directed include *Loch Ness* (1996), *Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis* (1997), *Two Men Went to War* (2002) and *Mee-Shee: The Water Giant* (2005). He co-wrote *The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby* (2005).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Benidorm* (2007), Fi1m 50, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/benidorm.md)
- *Saxondale* (2006), Fi1m 75, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/saxondale.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

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

- *Brilliantman!* (2015), Director
- *Friday Download: The Movie* (2015), Director
- *Edge of Heaven* (2014), series, Director
- *Spy* (2011), series, Writer, Director
- *May Contain Nuts* (2009), series, Director
- *Ladies of Letters* (2009), series, Director
- *Tales of the Riverbank* (2008), Director, Writer
- *Benidorm* (2007), series, Director — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/tv/benidorm.md)
- *Saxondale* (2006), series, Director — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/saxondale.md)
- *Hyperdrive* (2006), series, Director
- *The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby* (2005), Director, Writer
- *Mee-Shee: The Water Giant* (2005), Director
- *Shameless* (2004), series, Director — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *In Search of an Impotent Man* (2003), Screenplay, Director
- *Two Men Went To War* (2002), Director
- *The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns* (1999), series, Director
- *Los Dos Bros* (1999), series, Director
- *Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death* (1999), Director
- *Alice Through the Looking Glass* (1998), Director
- *Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime* (1998), Director
- *Hospital!* (1997), Director
- *Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis* (1997), Director
- *Loch Ness* (1996), Director
- *The Last Englishman* (1995), Director
- *Julian Clary: Brace Yourself Sydney* (1993), Director, Writer
- *The Return of the Borrowers* (1993), series, Director
- *Bonjour la Classe* (1993), series, Director
- *The Borrowers* (1992), series, Director
- *Terry and Julian* (1992), series, Writer
- *Spitting Image: Election Special '92* (1992), Director
- *About Face* (1989), series, Director
- *Spitting Image: The Sound of Maggie* (1989), Director
- *Dad's Army* (1971), as Elliott
- *The Expert* (1968), series, as Foreman of the Jury

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