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name: "Oliver Horsbrugh"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/oliver-horsbrugh"
fi1m_id: "oliver-horsbrugh"
imdb_id: "nm0395379"
tmdb_id: 1221327
wikidata_id: "Q16018473"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "13 November 1937"
died: "1 August 2009"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:32:53.487867+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."
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# Oliver Horsbrugh

## Identity

Oliver Horsbrugh

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/oliver-horsbrugh
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** oliver-horsbrugh
- **IMDb ID:** nm0395379
- **TMDB ID:** 1221327
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16018473
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Horsbrugh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16018473, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0395379/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1221327

Director. Born 13 November 1937 in London, England. Died 1 August 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 13 November 1937, London, England
- **Died:** 1 August 2009
- **Active:** 1960–1981
- **Frequently works with:** [Tristan de Vere Cole](https://film.one/person/tristan-de-vere-cole.md), [Alan Grint](https://film.one/person/alan-grint.md), [Baz Taylor](https://film.one/person/baz-taylor.md), [Bob Baker](https://film.one/person/bob-baker.md), [Colin Bucksey](https://film.one/person/colin-bucksey.md), [Colin Cant](https://film.one/person/colin-cant.md), [Derrick Goodwin](https://film.one/person/derrick-goodwin.md), [Desmond McCarthy](https://film.one/person/desmond-mccarthy.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Horsbrugh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16018473, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0395379/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1221327

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Oliver Horsbrugh (13 November 1937 – August 2009) was a British television director. Born in London to actors Walter Horsbrugh and Sheila Beckett, he trained at the BBC. His first directing credit was an episode of *Thirty-Minute Theatre* in 1968.

He directed episodes of *Z-Cars*, *Crown Court*, *Juliet Bravo*, *Bergerac* (1984) and *Coronation Street* (1972–2004). He also directed many episodes of *Emmerdale* (1991–2006) and was part of the production team that won a BAFTA for Best Soap in 2001.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Trial and Error* (1993), series, Director
- *Dramarama* (1983), series, Director
- *A Kind of Loving* (1982), series, Director
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, Director
- *Juliet Bravo* (1980), series, Director
- *Cribb* (1980), series, Director
- *Take the High Road* (1980), series, Director
- *Fallen Hero* (1978), series, Director
- *The Law Centre* (1978), series, Director
- *Strangers* (1978), series, Director
- *Send in the Girls* (1978), series, Director
- *Marked Personal* (1973), series, Director
- *Crown Court* (1972), series, Director
- *Harriet's Back in Town* (1972), series, Director
- *Emmerdale* (1972), series, Director
- *New Scotland Yard* (1972), series, Director
- *The Brothers* (1972), series, Director
- *Kate* (1970), series, Director
- *Boy Meets Girl* (1967), series, Director
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, Director
- *The Newcomers* (1965), series, Director
- *No Place Like Earth* (1965), Production Assistant
- *Z-Cars* (1962), series, Director
- *Coronation Street* (1960), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

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