---
name: "Peter Lydon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-lydon"
fi1m_id: "peter-lydon"
imdb_id: "nm0528001"
tmdb_id: 152134
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T14:35:02.787624+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."
---

# Peter Lydon

## Identity

Peter Lydon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-lydon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-lydon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0528001
- **TMDB ID:** 152134
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528001/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/152134

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 1984–2004
- **Frequently works with:** [Paul Unwin](https://film.one/person/paul-unwin.md), [Richard Standeven](https://film.one/person/richard-standeven.md), [Andy Goddard](https://film.one/person/andy-goddard.md), [Brian Farnham](https://film.one/person/brian-farnham.md), [Catherine Morshead](https://film.one/person/catherine-morshead.md), [Chris Clough](https://film.one/person/chris-clough.md), [Ciarán Griffiths](https://film.one/person/ciaran-griffiths.md), [David Moore](https://film.one/person/david-moore.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as director, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 83 (1), 2000s 71 (3)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 2, Crime 2, Mystery 2
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528001/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/152134

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Agatha Christie's Poirot*](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md) (83)
- **Tubi:** [*Teachers*](https://film.one/tv/teachers.md) (76)
- **Apple TV:** [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md) (75)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Murphy's Law*](https://film.one/tv/murphys-law.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Peter Lydon is an English television and film director, producer and writer. He began his career as a documentary maker, directing for BBC Arena and The South Bank Show.

His three-part biography of Peter Sellers for Arena was nominated for a BAFTA Television Award. Lydon has directed episodes of series including *Shameless* (2005), *Teachers* (2002), *Secret Diary of a Call Girl* (2008), *Garrow's Law* (2009) and *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (2013). His work on *Garrow's Law* won a Royal Television Society Award.

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk, shootonline.com, lbbonline.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *Murphy's Law* (2001), Fi1m 63, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/murphys-law.md)
- *Teachers* (2001), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/teachers.md)
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Change the Ending* (2023), Director
- *Little Crackers* (2010), series, Director
- *Garrow's Law* (2009), series, Director
- *Fairy Tales* (2008), series, Director
- *Mistresses* (2008), series, Director
- *Secret Diary of a Call Girl* (2007), series, Director
- *Aftersun* (2006), Director
- *Vincent* (2005), series, Director
- *Island at War* (2004), series, Director
- *Shameless* (2004), series, Director — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *The Silent Treatment* (2003), Writer, Director
- *The Peter Sellers Story - As He Filmed It* (2003), Director
- *Dumping Elaine* (2001), Director, Writer
- *Murphy's Law* (2001), series, Director — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/murphys-law.md)
- *The Residents* (2001), series, Director
- *Teachers* (2001), series, Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/teachers.md)
- *Hope and Glory* (1999), series, Director
- *Ballykissangel* (1996), series, Director
- *The Peter Sellers Story* (1995), Director
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, Director — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Director
- *Arena* (1975), series, Director

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