---
name: "Richard Spence"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-spence"
fi1m_id: "richard-spence"
imdb_id: "nm0817811"
tmdb_id: 179616
wikidata_id: "Q7329178"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:04:30.000415+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."
---

# Richard Spence

## Identity

Richard Spence

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-spence
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-spence
- **IMDb ID:** nm0817811
- **TMDB ID:** 179616
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7329178
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Spence_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7329178, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0817811/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/179616

Director. Born 1 January 1957 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1957, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1981–1994
- **Also known as:** 리처드 스펜스
- **Frequently works with:** [Bill Craig](https://film.one/person/bill-craig.md), [Brian Farnham](https://film.one/person/brian-farnham.md), [Ken Grieve](https://film.one/person/ken-grieve.md), [Rod Beacham](https://film.one/person/rod-beacham.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Spence_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7329178, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0817811/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/179616

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Agatha Christie's Poirot*](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md) (83)

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## Biography

Richard Spence is a British film and television director and writer. Born in 1957 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, he studied Classics at Oxford University.

He has directed episodes of the series *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989) and *Bergerac* (1981), as well as *The Inspector Lynley Mysteries* (2002), *Lewis* (2007) and other television dramas. His feature film credits include *Different for Girls* (1996).

Spence won a BAFTA Television Award for Best Single Drama for the *Screen Two* episode "Skallagrigg" (1994) and received festival awards for *Different for Girls*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Lewis* (2007), series, Director
- *Wild at Heart* (2006), series, Director
- *Footprints in the Snow* (2005), Director
- *Murder City* (2004), series, Director
- *Promoted to Glory* (2003), Director
- *The Inspector Lynley Mysteries* (2002), series, Director
- *New World Disorder* (1999), Director
- *Deja Vu* (1999), Director
- *Shockers* (1999), series, Director
- *Big Cat* (1998), Director
- *Different for Girls* (1996), Director
- *Blind Justice* (1994), Director
- *Skallagrigg* (1994), Director
- *You, Me & Marley* (1992), Director
- *Thacker* (1992), Director
- *Night Voice* (1990), Director
- *El C.I.D.* (1990), series, Director
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, Director — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)
- *Making Out* (1989), series, Director
- *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, Director
- *The Real Buddy Holly Story* (1985), Director
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, Director
- *Brookside* (1982), series, Director
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, Director
- *Omnibus* (1967), series, Director

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