---
name: "Tim Dowd"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tim-dowd"
fi1m_id: "tim-dowd"
imdb_id: "nm0235693"
tmdb_id: 3423564
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T11:32:28.692922+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."
---

# Tim Dowd

## Identity

Tim Dowd

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tim-dowd
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tim-dowd
- **IMDb ID:** nm0235693
- **TMDB ID:** 3423564
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0235693/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3423564

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 1960–1986
- **Frequently works with:** [Graeme Harper](https://film.one/person/graeme-harper.md), [Laurence Moody](https://film.one/person/laurence-moody.md), [Alan Grint](https://film.one/person/alan-grint.md), [Alan Wareing](https://film.one/person/alan-wareing.md), [Anthony Garner ](https://film.one/person/anthony-garner.md), [Baz Taylor](https://film.one/person/baz-taylor.md), [David Kester](https://film.one/person/david-kester.md), [Gill Wilkinson](https://film.one/person/gill-wilkinson.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 74 (1), 1980s 68 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0235693/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3423564

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Coronation Street*](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md) (74), [*Casualty*](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md) (68)

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## Biography

Tim Dowd is a British television director. He began his career in production roles, working as first assistant director and unit manager on series including *Supergran*, *Harry's Game* and *Robin of Sherwood*.

From the late 1980s he directed episodes of *Casualty* (1986), *Boon* (1986), *Heartbeat*, *Emmerdale* (1972) and *The Royal*. He directed 187 episodes of *Coronation Street* (1960) between 1994 and 2018.

In 2019 Dowd was convicted of three counts of attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity and one count of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child; he received a two-year community order.

*Sources: coronationstreet.fandom.com, pro.imdb.com, mirror.co.uk, birminghammail.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Casualty* (1986), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Coronation Street* (1960), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *The Royal Today* (2008), series, Director
- *Steel River Blues* (2004), series, Director
- *The Royal* (2003), series, Director
- *Emmerdale: Don't Look Now! - The Dingles in Venice* (1999), Director
- *Harbour Lights* (1999), series, Director
- *Emmerdale: The Dingles Down Under* (1997), Director
- *Ellington* (1996), series, Director
- *Five on a Treasure Island* (1995), Director
- *The Famous Five* (1995), series, Director
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, Director
- *Runaway Bay* (1992), series, Director
- *Yellowthread Street* (1990), series, Director
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Boon* (1986), series, Director
- *Super Gran* (1985), series, Director
- *Operation Julie* (1985), Assistant Director
- *Robin of Sherwood* (1984), series, First Assistant Director
- *Emmerdale* (1972), series, Director
- *Coronation Street* (1960), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

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