---
name: "Ken Riddington"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ken-riddington"
fi1m_id: "ken-riddington"
imdb_id: "nm0725735"
tmdb_id: 1233960
wikidata_id: "Q16735222"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "8 May 1922"
died: "26 December 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T11:16:15.055775+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 Riddington

## Identity

Ken Riddington

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ken-riddington
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ken-riddington
- **IMDb ID:** nm0725735
- **TMDB ID:** 1233960
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16735222
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Riddington, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16735222, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0725735/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1233960

Producer. Born 8 May 1922 in Leicester. Died 26 December 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 8 May 1922, Leicester
- **Died:** 26 December 2014
- **Active:** 1980–1990
- **Frequently works with:** [Andrew Davies](https://film.one/person/andrew-davies.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 1990s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Riddington, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16735222, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0725735/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1233960

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*House of Cards*](https://film.one/tv/house-of-cards.md) (84)

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## Biography

Ken Riddington (1922–2014) was an English television producer who worked predominantly in BBC drama from the 1970s. Born in Leicester, he began his career as a stage actor before moving into backstage roles, including stage manager at the Adelphi Theatre from 1950 and company manager at the London Palladium and Palace Theatres. He joined the BBC as a floor manager in the early 1970s and later became a producer.

Riddington produced several notable BBC series and serials, including *Anna Karenina* (1977), *Tenko* (1981–1984), *A Very Peculiar Practice* (1986–1988) and *The House of Eliott* (1991). He is best known for the political thriller trilogy adapted by Andrew Davies from Michael Dobbs’s novels: *House of Cards* (1990), *To Play the King* (1993) and *The Final Cut* (1995). He was married to Elizabeth Chambers and died in London.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *House of Cards* (1990), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/house-of-cards.md)
- *A Very Peculiar Practice* (1986), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-very-peculiar-practice.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *The Final Cut* (1995), series, Producer
- *To Play the King* (1993), series, Producer
- *A Year in Provence* (1993), series, Producer
- *A Very Polish Practice* (1992), Producer
- *House of Cards* (1990), series, Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-of-cards.md)
- *Mother Love* (1989), series, Producer
- *A Very Peculiar Practice* (1986), series, Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-very-peculiar-practice.md)
- *Diana* (1984), series, Producer
- *To Serve Them All My Days* (1980), series, Producer
- *Breakaway* (1980), series, Producer
- *The Legend of King Arthur* (1979), series, Producer
- *A Horseman Riding By* (1978), series, Producer, Creator
- *Anna Karenina* (1977), series, Producer
- *Late Call* (1975), series, Producer
- *An Unofficial Rose* (1974), series, Producer

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