---
name: "Laurence Moody"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/laurence-moody"
fi1m_id: "laurence-moody"
imdb_id: "nm0600503"
tmdb_id: 1215733
wikidata_id: "Q6500738"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "28 January 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T12:03:54.501956+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."
---

# Laurence Moody

## Identity

Laurence Moody

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/laurence-moody
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** laurence-moody
- **IMDb ID:** nm0600503
- **TMDB ID:** 1215733
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6500738
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Moody, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6500738, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0600503/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215733

Director. Born 28 January 1948 in London, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 28 January 1948, London, England
- **Active:** 1960–1986
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan Grint](https://film.one/person/alan-grint.md), [Baz Taylor](https://film.one/person/baz-taylor.md), [Graeme Harper](https://film.one/person/graeme-harper.md), [Ken Grieve](https://film.one/person/ken-grieve.md), [Alan Wareing](https://film.one/person/alan-wareing.md), [Anthony Garner ](https://film.one/person/anthony-garner.md), [Ben Bolt](https://film.one/person/ben-bolt.md), [Bill Craig](https://film.one/person/bill-craig.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 74 (1), 1980s 68 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Moody, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6500738, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0600503/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215733

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Coronation Street*](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md) (74), [*Casualty*](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md) (68)

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

## Biography

Laurence Moody (born 28 January 1948) is an English television director. After reading English at Cambridge University, he trained as a drama director at Granada Television, where he directed numerous episodes of *Coronation Street*.

His credits include *Shoestring* (1979), *Bergerac* (1981), *Boon* (1986), *Casualty* (1986), *Taggart*, *Chancer*, *Bad Girls* (1999) and *Footballers' Wives*. He has also directed episodes of *The Bill*, *Hollyoaks*, *Waterloo Road* and *Emmerdale*, and has taught at the National Film and Television School and the London Film School.

*Sources: coronationstreet.fandom.com, en.wikipedia.org, laurencemoody.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Casualty* (1986), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Coronation Street* (1960), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

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

- *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, Director
- *Ultimate Force* (2002), series, Director
- *Footballers' Wives* (2002), series, Director
- *Bad Girls* (1999), series, Director
- *Hollyoaks* (1995), series, Director
- *Harry* (1993), series, Director
- *Runaway Bay* (1992), series, Director
- *Love Hurts* (1992), series, Director
- *Soldier Soldier* (1991), series, Director
- *Chancer* (1990), series, Director
- *Fair City* (1989), series, Director
- *Saracen* (1989), series, Director
- *Truckers* (1987), series, Director
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Call Me Mister* (1986), series, Director
- *King and Castle* (1986), series, Director
- *Boon* (1986), series, Director
- *Travelling Man* (1984), series, Director
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Director
- *Big Deal* (1984), series, Director
- *It Could Happen to Anybody* (1984), Director
- *Taggart* (1983), series, Director
- *Alexa* (1982), series, Director
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, Director
- *The Chinese Detective* (1981), series, Director
- *The Spoils of War* (1980), series, Director
- *Shoestring* (1979), series, Director
- *Print-Out* (1979), Director
- *Strangers* (1978), series, Director
- *Send in the Girls* (1978), series, Director
- *Here I Stand...* (1977), series, Director
- *Crown Court* (1972), series, Director
- *Emmerdale* (1972), series, Director
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Director
- *Coronation Street* (1960), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

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