Biography
Stephen Butcher is a British television director. Born on 23 February 1946 in Northampton, he began his career as a staff director at Granada Television, where he worked on a range of programmes including live news, documentaries and drama. His early drama credits included Coronation Street, which he directed regularly from 1973.
He went freelance in 1977 and directed episodes of series such as Emmerdale Farm and EastEnders. Butcher directed 16 episodes of EastEnders across 1985, 1991 and 2001. In the 1980s he became Drama Producer at Ulster Television and later moved to Northern Ireland, where he has continued to work on productions including Ros na Rún and Fair City.
