---
name: "Peter Whitmore"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-whitmore"
fi1m_id: "peter-whitmore"
imdb_id: "nm0926243"
tmdb_id: 1237122
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-07T10:58:07.746298+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 Whitmore

## Identity

Peter Whitmore

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-whitmore
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-whitmore
- **IMDb ID:** nm0926243
- **TMDB ID:** 1237122
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0926243/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1237122

Producer and director.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Active:** 1980–1986
- **Frequently works with:** [Antony Jay](https://film.one/person/antony-jay.md), [Derek Fowlds](https://film.one/person/derek-fowlds.md), [Jonathan Lynn](https://film.one/person/jonathan-lynn.md), [Nigel Hawthorne](https://film.one/person/nigel-hawthorne.md), [Paul Eddington](https://film.one/person/paul-eddington.md), [Sydney Lotterby](https://film.one/person/sydney-lotterby.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0926243/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1237122

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Yes Minister*](https://film.one/tv/yes-minister.md) (89)

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

## Biography

Peter Whitmore is a British television producer and director. He produced and directed episodes of the BBC sitcom *Yes Minister* (1980) from the second series onwards, and later worked on its sequel *Yes, Prime Minister* (1986).

His other credits as producer include series of *The Two Ronnies* (1971), *Dave Allen at Large* (1971) and *Terry and June* (1979). As director he worked on episodes of *Terry and June* and compilation releases featuring Ronnie Barker. He won two BAFTA Television Awards for his work on *Yes Minister*.

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Yes Minister* (1980), Fi1m 89, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/yes-minister.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Yes, Prime Minister* (1986), series, Producer
- *Yes Minister* (1980), series, Producer, Director — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/yes-minister.md)
- *Terry and June* (1979), series, Director
- *Battle of the Sexes* (1976), series, Producer
- *Happy Ever After* (1974), series, Producer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Dave Allen at Large* (1971), series, Producer

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