---
name: "Les Chatfield"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/les-chatfield"
fi1m_id: "les-chatfield"
tmdb_id: 1531923
roles: ["Director"]
born: "9 January 1932"
died: "2 November 2002"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 54
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T11:28:01.092968+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."
---

# Les Chatfield

## Identity

Les Chatfield

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/les-chatfield
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** les-chatfield
- **TMDB ID:** 1531923
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1531923

Director. Born 9 January 1932 in Horsham, Sussex, England, UK. Died 2 November 2002.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 9 January 1932, Horsham, Sussex, England, UK
- **Died:** 2 November 2002
- **Active:** 1960–1984
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan Grint](https://film.one/person/alan-grint.md), [Baz Taylor](https://film.one/person/baz-taylor.md), [Laurence Moody](https://film.one/person/laurence-moody.md), [Alan Dossor](https://film.one/person/alan-dossor.md), [Ben Bolt](https://film.one/person/ben-bolt.md), [Bill Craig](https://film.one/person/bill-craig.md), [Bob Hird](https://film.one/person/bob-hird.md), [Brian Farnham](https://film.one/person/brian-farnham.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 54, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 74 (1), 1980s 34 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1531923

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Les Chatfield (9 January 1932 – 2 November 2002) was an English television director and producer. He was born in Horsham, Sussex, and died in Audlem, Cheshire.

He directed episodes of the series *Duty Free* (1986), *Bergerac* (1985) and *Play for Today* (1970). His other credits include *Coronation Street*, on which he worked from the 1960s, and multiple episodes of sitcoms such as *Watching* (1987–1993, as director and producer), *Brass* (1990), *Moving* (1985) and *Pig in the Middle* (1980–1983).

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Duty Free* (1984), Fi1m 34, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/duty-free.md)
- *Coronation Street* (1960), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

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

- *The Craig Ferguson Show* (1990), Director
- *A Bit of a Do* (1989), series, Director
- *Watching* (1987), series, Director, Producer, Director of Photography
- *Moving* (1985), series, Director
- *Scully* (1984), series, Director
- *Duty Free* (1984), series, Director — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/tv/duty-free.md)
- *A Brother's Tale* (1983), series, Director
- *Atlantis* (1983), Director
- *Brass* (1983), series, Director
- *Take Three Women* (1982), series, Director
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, Director
- *Kinvig* (1981), series, Director, Producer
- *Kinvig (TV pilot)* (1981), Producer, Director
- *Fancy Wanders* (1980), series, Director
- *Holding the Fort* (1980), series, Director
- *Juliet Bravo* (1980), series, Director
- *The Enigma Files* (1980), series, Director
- *Pig In The Middle* (1980), series, Director, Producer
- *Tycoon* (1978), series, Director
- *A Soft Touch* (1978), series, Director, Producer
- *Parables* (1978), series, Director, Producer
- *The Sound of Laughter* (1977), series, Director, Creator
- *A Sharp Intake of Breath* (1977), series, Director, Producer
- *Cottage to Let* (1977), series, Director
- *The Sunday Drama* (1977), series, Director
- *Cilla's World Of Comedy* (1976), series, Director
- *Big Boy Now!* (1976), series, Director
- *Yes, Honestly* (1976), series, Director
- *Sadie, It's Cold Outside* (1975), series, Director
- *Cilla's Comedy Six* (1975), series, Director
- *Nightingale's Boys* (1975), series, Director
- *A Little Bit of Wisdom* (1974), series, Director, Producer
- *Sam* (1973), series, Director
- *Thirty Minutes Worth* (1972), series, Director
- *The Lovers* (1970), series, Director
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Director
- *A Family at War* (1970), series, Director
- *All Star Comedy Carnival* (1969), series, Director
- *The Dustbinmen* (1969), series, Director
- *The House That Jigger Built* (1968), Director
- *City '68* (1967), series, Director
- *Coronation Street* (1960), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

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