---
name: "Paul Annett"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-annett"
fi1m_id: "paul-annett"
imdb_id: "nm0030365"
tmdb_id: 1227826
wikidata_id: "Q36842946"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "19 February 1937"
died: "11 December 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:27:16.286442+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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# Paul Annett

## Identity

Paul Annett

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-annett
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-annett
- **IMDb ID:** nm0030365
- **TMDB ID:** 1227826
- **Wikidata ID:** Q36842946
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Annett, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36842946, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0030365/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227826

Director. Born 19 February 1937 in London, England, UK. Died 11 December 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 19 February 1937, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 11 December 2017
- **Active:** 1970–1985
- **Frequently works with:** [Andrew Morgan](https://film.one/person/andrew-morgan.md), [Bill Hays](https://film.one/person/bill-hays.md), [David Hopkins](https://film.one/person/david-hopkins.md), [Frank Cox](https://film.one/person/frank-cox.md), [Gerald Blake](https://film.one/person/gerald-blake.md), [Gilly Fraser](https://film.one/person/gilly-fraser.md), [Jim Hawkins](https://film.one/person/jim-hawkins.md), [John Bruce](https://film.one/person/john-bruce.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Annett, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36842946, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0030365/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227826

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Paul Annett (19 February 1937 – 11 December 2017) was an English film and television director, producer and writer. Born in London, he began his career in television in 1957 as a camera operator before moving into directing in the late 1960s.

He directed episodes of series including *Play for Today* (1970), *Secret Army* (1977), *Widows* (1983), *The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes* (1984–1985), *EastEnders* (1998–2009) and *Emmerdale* (1995–1996). He also wrote an episode of *Secret Army* (1978) and directed the feature film *The Beast Must Die* (1974).

Annett was married to actress Margo Andrew and was the father of actress Chloë Annett.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, eastenders.fandom.com, directors.uk.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

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

- *Ricky and Bianca* (2002), series, Producer, Director
- *Tonight at 8.30* (1991), series, Director
- *Byker Grove* (1989), series, Director
- *Menace Unseen* (1988), series, Director
- *The Witching of Ben Wagner* (1987), Director
- *The Girl From Mani* (1986), Director
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Producer, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *And the Wall Came Tumbling Down* (1984), Director
- *Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense* (1984), series, Director
- *Sherlock Holmes* (1984), series, Director
- *The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes* (1984), series, Director
- *Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime* (1983), series, Director, Adaptation, Writer
- *Widows* (1983), series, Director
- *Strangled* (1982), Director
- *Grass* (1982), Director
- *Saturday Night Thriller* (1982), series, Director
- *Brookside* (1982), series, Director
- *Never Never Land* (1980), Director
- *The Gentle Touch* (1980), series, Director
- *A Question of Guilt* (1980), series, Director
- *Heartland* (1979), series, Director
- *Tales of the Unexpected* (1979), series, Director
- *Degree of Uncertainty* (1979), Director
- *Grange Hill* (1978), series, Director
- *Secret Army* (1977), series, Director, Writer
- *Little Lord Fauntleroy* (1976), series, Director
- *Poldark* (1975), series, Director
- *Against the Crowd* (1975), series, Director
- *Seven Faces of Woman* (1974), series, Director
- *The Beast Must Die* (1974), Director
- *Within These Walls* (1974), series, Director
- *Dead of Night* (1972), series, Director
- *Crown Court* (1972), series, Director
- *Emmerdale* (1972), series, Director
- *New Scotland Yard* (1972), series, Director
- *Spy Trap* (1972), series, Director
- *Suspicion* (1971), series, Director
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Director
- *Kate* (1970), series, Director
- *Fraud Squad* (1969), series, Director
- *ITV Saturday Night Theatre* (1969), series, Director
- *The Worker* (1965), series, Director

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