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name: "Peter Cregeen"
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imdb_id: "nm0339543"
tmdb_id: 1217910
wikidata_id: "Q7173448"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "28 January 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T13:48:15.659682+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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# Peter Cregeen

## Identity

Peter Cregeen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-cregeen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-cregeen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0339543
- **TMDB ID:** 1217910
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7173448
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cregeen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7173448, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339543/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1217910

Director. Born 28 January 1940 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 28 January 1940, Wandsworth, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1962–1997
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan Plater](https://film.one/person/alan-plater.md), [Moira Armstrong](https://film.one/person/moira-armstrong.md), [Anthony Read](https://film.one/person/anthony-read.md), [Baz Taylor](https://film.one/person/baz-taylor.md), [Brian Parker](https://film.one/person/brian-parker.md), [Christopher Morahan](https://film.one/person/christopher-morahan.md), [Colin Bucksey](https://film.one/person/colin-bucksey.md), [David Maloney](https://film.one/person/david-maloney.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cregeen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7173448, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339543/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1217910

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Midsomer Murders*](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md) (66)

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

## Biography

Peter Cregeen (born 28 January 1940 in Wandsworth, London) is a British television director, producer and executive. He began directing for television in the 1960s, with credits including episodes of *Z-Cars* (1962) and *Play for Today* (1970).

Cregeen was the original director of the pilot for ITV's *The Bill* (originally titled *Woodentop*, 1983) and directed and produced numerous episodes of the series through the 1980s and 1990s. He later directed an episode of *Midsomer Murders* (1997) in 1999. From 1989 to 1993 he served as Head of Series for BBC television drama, during which he cancelled *Doctor Who* after its 26th season.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), Fi1m 66, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)

## Complete filmography (58)

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

- *Return of the Unknown* (2014), Actor
- *Man Dancin'* (2004), Executive Producer
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *The Choir* (1995), series, Producer
- *A Question of Guilt* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Performance* (1991), series, Producer
- *Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Director
- *King and Castle* (1986), series, Director
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Director, Producer, Executive Producer
- *Mitch* (1984), series, Director, Producer
- *Sharing Time* (1984), series, Director
- *Mr. Palfrey of Westminster* (1984), series, Director
- *Woodentop* (1983), Director
- *Storyboard* (1983), series, Director
- *Strangled* (1982), Producer
- *Grass* (1982), Producer
- *Broken Glass* (1982), Producer
- *Where Is Betty Buchus?* (1982), Director, Producer
- *A Gift of Tongues* (1982), Director, Producer
- *A Walk in the Dark* (1982), Producer
- *Saturday Night Thriller* (1982), series, Director, Producer
- *We'll Meet Again* (1982), series, Director
- *Blunt Instrument* (1981), Producer, Director
- *Sunday Night Thriller* (1981), series, Director
- *Nanny* (1981), series, Director
- *Juliet Bravo* (1980), series, Director
- *The Gentle Touch* (1980), series, Director
- *My Son, My Son* (1979), series, Director
- *The Sandbaggers* (1978), series, Director
- *Wings* (1977), series, Producer, Director
- *You're On Your Own* (1975), series, Producer
- *The Fortunes of Nigel* (1974), series, Director
- *Private Practice* (1973), Director
- *Colditz* (1972), series, Director
- *Scarborough* (1972), Director
- *The Onedin Line* (1971), series, Director, Producer
- *The Chopper* (1971), Director
- *The Man in My Head* (1971), Director
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Director
- *Menace* (1970), series, Director
- *Ryan International* (1970), series, Director
- *Softly Softly: Task Force* (1969), series, Director
- *Hadleigh* (1969), series, Director
- *Get Off My Cloud* (1969), Director
- *The Expert* (1968), series, Director
- *The Revenue Men* (1967), series, Director
- *King of the River* (1966), series, Director
- *Softly, Softly* (1966), series, Director
- *This Man Craig* (1966), series, Director
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, Director
- *Out of the Unknown* (1965), series, Director
- *The Troubleshooters* (1965), series, Director
- *The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling* (1964), series, Director
- *Sherlock Holmes* (1964), series, Director
- *Detective* (1964), series, Director
- *Dr. Finlay's Casebook* (1962), series, Director
- *Z-Cars* (1962), series, Director

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