---
name: "Ken Hannam"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ken-hannam"
fi1m_id: "ken-hannam"
imdb_id: "nm0360324"
tmdb_id: 125019
wikidata_id: "Q3195038"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "12 July 1929"
died: "16 November 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T12:03:54.758045+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."
---

# Ken Hannam

## Identity

Ken Hannam

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ken-hannam
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ken-hannam
- **IMDb ID:** nm0360324
- **TMDB ID:** 125019
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3195038
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Hannam, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3195038, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0360324/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/125019

Director. Born 12 July 1929 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Died 16 November 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 12 July 1929, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- **Died:** 16 November 2004
- **Active:** 1962–1986
- **Frequently works with:** [Baz Taylor](https://film.one/person/baz-taylor.md), [Bill Hays](https://film.one/person/bill-hays.md), [Jim Hill](https://film.one/person/jim-hill.md), [Charles Beeson](https://film.one/person/charles-beeson.md), [Douglas Watkinson](https://film.one/person/douglas-watkinson.md), [Gordon Flemyng](https://film.one/person/gordon-flemyng.md), [Graeme Harper](https://film.one/person/graeme-harper.md), [John Bruce](https://film.one/person/john-bruce.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 78 (1), 1980s 68 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Hannam, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3195038, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0360324/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/125019

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Casualty*](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md) (68)

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

## Biography

Ken Hannam (12 July 1929 – 16 November 2004) was an Australian film and television director. Born in St Kilda, Melbourne, he began his career in Australian radio, theatre and early television before moving to England in 1968, where he directed numerous drama series.

His British television credits include episodes of *Z-Cars* (1962), *The Day of the Triffids* (1981), *Minder* (1979 and 1994), *Lovejoy* (1986) and *Boon* (1986–1987). He also directed the Australian features *Sunday Too Far Away* (1975), *Summerfield* (1977) and *Dawn!* (1979). Hannam died of cancer in London.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Casualty* (1986), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Minder* (1979), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

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

- *Dangerfield* (1995), series, Director
- *Peak Practice* (1993), series, Director
- *Strathblair* (1992), series, Director
- *The House of Eliott* (1991), series, Director
- *Soldier Soldier* (1991), series, Director
- *The Paradise Club* (1989), series, Director
- *Campion* (1989), series, Director
- *Rockliffe's Folly* (1988), series, Director
- *Crossfire* (1988), Director
- *Hannay* (1988), series, Director
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Call Me Mister* (1986), series, Director
- *The Return of Sherlock Holmes* (1986), series, Director
- *Boon* (1986), series, Director
- *Lovejoy* (1986), series, Director
- *Drummonds* (1985), series, Director
- *Robbery Under Arms* (1985), Director
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Director
- *Sherlock Holmes* (1984), series, Director
- *The Day of the Triffids* (1981), series, Director
- *The Treachery Game* (1981), series, Director
- *Juliet Bravo* (1980), series, Director
- *The Assassination Run* (1980), series, Director
- *Minder* (1979), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)
- *Dawn!* (1979), Director
- *Summerfield* (1977), Director
- *Break of Day* (1976), Director
- *Sweeping Plains* (1976), Director
- *Luke's Kingdom* (1976), series, Director
- *Angels* (1975), series, Director
- *Sunday Too Far Away* (1975), Director
- *Moonbase 3* (1973), series, Director
- *Centre Play* (1973), series, Director
- *Armchair 30* (1973), series, Director
- *Colditz* (1972), series, Director
- *Emmerdale* (1972), series, Director
- *Spy Trap* (1972), series, Director
- *The Befrienders* (1972), series, Director
- *The Onedin Line* (1971), series, Director
- *Follyfoot* (1971), series, Director
- *To Lay a Ghost* (1971), Director
- *Paul Temple* (1969), series, Director
- *The Borderers* (1968), series, Director
- *Contrabandits* (1967), series, Director
- *Wandjina!* (1967), series, Director
- *Australian Playhouse* (1966), series, Director
- *Adventure Unlimited* (1965), series, Director
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, Director
- *Out of the Unknown* (1965), series, Director
- *The Troubleshooters* (1965), series, Director
- *I Have Been Here Before* (1964), Director, Producer
- *Jonah* (1962), series, Director
- *Dr. Finlay's Casebook* (1962), series, Director
- *Z-Cars* (1962), series, Director
- *The Story of Peter Grey* (1961), series, Director
- *Autumn Affair* (1958), series, Director

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