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name: "Peter Grimwade"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-grimwade"
roles: ["Director","Writer"]
born: "8 June 1942"
died: "15 May 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:07:42.839697+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 Grimwade

Director and writer. Born 8 June 1942 in Scotland. Died 15 May 1990.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer
- **Born:** 8 June 1942, Scotland
- **Died:** 15 May 1990
- **Active:** 1962–1963
- **Works often with:** Anthony Read, Barry Letts, Bob Baker, Brian Hayles, Christopher Barry, Dave Martin

## Biography

Peter Grimwade (8 June 1942 – 15 May 1990) was a British television director and screenwriter. He joined the BBC in the late 1960s and worked as a production assistant on several *Doctor Who* serials before directing model sequences for *The Robots of Death* (1977). His first full directorial credit was an episode of *The Omega Factor* (1979).

Grimwade directed four *Doctor Who* serials: *Full Circle* (1980), *Logopolis* (1981), *Kinda* (1982) and *Earthshock* (1982). He also wrote *Time-Flight* (1982), *Mawdryn Undead* (1983) and *Planet of Fire* (1984). He had earlier written episodes of *Z-Cars* and worked as a production assistant on series including *All Creatures Great and Small* (1978) and *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (1979).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Doctor Who* (1963), Fi1m 81, Director, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Z-Cars* (1962), Writer

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