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name: "Thomas Hescott"
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updated: "2026-09-17T16:00:39.139636+00:00"
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# Thomas Hescott

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1819186

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Call the Midwife*](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md) (80)

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## Biography

Thomas Hescott is a British director and writer with more than twenty-five years' experience in television, theatre and film. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, the National Theatre Studio Directors Course and on the BBC’s Emerging Directors Scheme. In 2017 he was named on the BBC’s New Talent Hotlist.

His television directing credits include episodes of *Call the Midwife* (2021–2022), *EastEnders* (2016–2026), *Casualty* (2018–2023), *Holby City* (2017–2019), *Hollyoaks* (2023) and *Waterloo Road* (2025). He has also directed short films including *The Act* (2020), which he wrote and which was nominated for a Most Promising Playwright Award in its stage version, and *The Dark Room* (2015).

Hescott’s theatre work encompasses productions at venues including the Arcola, Southwark Playhouse and the West End. He is a member of Directors UK Inspire and has been mentored by film director Tom Harper.

*Sources: unitedagents.co.uk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Call the Midwife* (2012), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *The Gay Collection | Volume I | Presented by Shortz!* (2025), Director
- *Boys on Film 22: Love to Love You* (2022), Director
- *The Act* (2020), Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)
- *Ice Dance* (1989), as Young Boy
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Director
- *Dramarama* (1983), series, as Charlie
- *The Dark Room*, Director

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