---
name: "Michael Simpson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-simpson-1226610"
fi1m_id: "michael-simpson-1226610"
imdb_id: "nm0801111"
tmdb_id: 1226610
roles: ["Director"]
died: "1 January 2007"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:03:54.531056+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."
---

# Michael Simpson

## Identity

Michael Simpson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-simpson-1226610
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-simpson-1226610
- **IMDb ID:** nm0801111
- **TMDB ID:** 1226610
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0801111/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1226610

Director. Born in UK. Died 1 January 2007.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Died:** 1 January 2007
- **Active:** 1960–1984
- **Frequently works with:** [Bill Hays](https://film.one/person/bill-hays.md), [Herbert Wise](https://film.one/person/herbert-wise.md), [Alan Grint](https://film.one/person/alan-grint.md), [Baz Taylor](https://film.one/person/baz-taylor.md), [Bob Hird](https://film.one/person/bob-hird.md), [Brian Farnham](https://film.one/person/brian-farnham.md), [Brian Parker](https://film.one/person/brian-parker.md), [Derek Bennett](https://film.one/person/derek-bennett.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0801111/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1226610

## Streaming the US now

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

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

## Biography

Michael Simpson was a British television director and producer. He began his career at the BBC directing educational drama programmes and episodes of series including *Z-Cars* and *Play for Today*.

His credits include episodes of *Coronation Street* (1976) and *Rumpole of the Bailey* (1991). He also directed for *The Bill*, where he later served as a producer on many episodes, and worked on adaptations and theatre productions such as *Prince Regent*.

Simpson was married to actress Jane Freeman. He died in England in 2007.

*Sources: imdb.com, coronationstreet.fandom.com, omc.obta.al.uw.edu.pl.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (55)

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

- *Growing Pains* (1992), series, Director
- *Rich Tea and Sympathy* (1991), series, Director
- *Journey's End* (1988), Director
- *Miss Julie* (1987), Director
- *A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery* (1987), series, Director
- *Paying Guests (Part 2)* (1986), Director
- *Paying Guests (Part 1)* (1986), Director
- *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, Director
- *Absent Friends* (1985), Director
- *Theatre Night* (1985), series, Director
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Director
- *A Taste of Honey* (1984), Director
- *A Taste of Honey* (1984), series, Director
- *An Inspector Calls* (1984), Director
- *Driving Ambition* (1984), series, Director
- *Driving Ambition* (1984), Director
- *Love and Marriage* (1984), series, Director
- *Storyboard* (1983), series, Director
- *The Hard Word* (1983), series, Director
- *The Agatha Christie Hour* (1982), series, Director
- *An Inspector Calls* (1982), series, Director
- *Marriage* (1981), Director
- *Maybury* (1981), series, Director
- *Plays for Pleasure* (1981), series, Director
- *The Black Madonna* (1980), Director
- *The Misanthrope* (1980), Director
- *Prince Regent* (1979), series, Director
- *She Loves Me* (1979), Director
- *Scully's New Year's Eve* (1978), Director
- *For the Love of Albert* (1977), series, Director
- *Love for Lydia* (1977), series, Director
- *The Eagle of the Ninth* (1977), series, Director, Creator
- *Second Verdict* (1976), series, Director
- *I Want to Be Like You* (1976), Director
- *The Other Woman* (1976), Director
- *Rumpole of the Bailey* (1975), series, Director
- *Break In* (1975), Director
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, Director
- *The Medium* (1973), Director
- *Second City Firsts* (1973), series, Director
- *Centre Play* (1973), series, Director
- *The Fishing Party* (1972), Director
- *Barlow* (1971), series, Director
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Director
- *Scene* (1968), series, Director, Producer
- *Softly, Softly* (1966), series, Director
- *Macbeth* (1966), Director, Producer
- *Serjeant Musgrave's Dance* (1965), series, Director, Writer, Producer
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, Director
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, Director
- *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, Director
- *Catch Hand* (1964), series, Director
- *Television Club* (1962), series, Director
- *Z-Cars* (1962), series, Director
- *Coronation Street* (1960), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

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