---
name: "William Slater"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-slater"
fi1m_id: "william-slater"
imdb_id: "nm0805444"
tmdb_id: 169520
roles: ["Director"]
born: "27 February 1932"
died: "28 April 2006"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:27:09.446996+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."
---

# William Slater

## Identity

William Slater

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-slater
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-slater
- **IMDb ID:** nm0805444
- **TMDB ID:** 169520
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0805444/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/169520

Director. Born 27 February 1932 in UK. Died 28 April 2006.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 27 February 1932, UK
- **Died:** 28 April 2006
- **Active:** 1962–1985
- **Frequently works with:** [Barry Letts](https://film.one/person/barry-letts.md), [Bill Hays](https://film.one/person/bill-hays.md), [Gerald Blake](https://film.one/person/gerald-blake.md), [John Bruce](https://film.one/person/john-bruce.md), [Julia Smith](https://film.one/person/julia-smith.md), [Malcolm Taylor](https://film.one/person/malcolm-taylor.md), [Matthew Robinson](https://film.one/person/matthew-robinson.md), [Ronald Wilson](https://film.one/person/ronald-wilson.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0805444/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/169520

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)

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## Biography

William Slater (1932–2006) was a British television director and producer. He directed episodes of numerous BBC series from the early 1960s onwards, including *Z-Cars* (1963), *Dr. Finlay's Casebook* (1962–1965) and *Softly Softly*.

Slater directed 47 episodes of *EastEnders* between 1985 and 1989 and 53 episodes of *Emmerdale Farm* from 1984 to 1987. His later credits include *Tales of the Unexpected* (1984), *Jupiter Moon* (1990) and the Dutch series *Spijkerhoek* (1991–1993). In the 1970s he served as BBC television's Head of Serials.

*Sources: imdb.com, eastenders.fandom.com, emmerdale.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

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

- *Jupiter Moon* (1990), series, Director
- *Spijkerhoek* (1989), series, Director
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Tales of the Unexpected* (1979), series, Director
- *Tycoon* (1978), series, Producer
- *Who Pays the Ferryman?* (1977), series, Director
- *Circus* (1975), series, Director
- *Angels* (1975), series, Director
- *Colditz* (1972), series, Director
- *Emmerdale* (1972), series, Director
- *The Millionairess* (1972), Director
- *The Brothers* (1972), series, Director
- *The Regiment* (1972), series, Director, Producer, Creator
- *The Onedin Line* (1971), series, Director
- *Solo* (1970), series, Director
- *W. Somerset Maugham* (1969), series, Director
- *Bam! Pow! Zap!* (1969), Director
- *Maigret at Bay* (1969), Director
- *Boy Meets Girl* (1967), series, Director
- *Vendetta* (1966), series, Director
- *Adam Adamant Lives!* (1966), series, Director
- *Softly, Softly* (1966), series, Director
- *The Spies* (1966), series, Director
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, Director
- *The Mask of Janus* (1965), series, Director
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, Director
- *The Troubleshooters* (1965), series, Director
- *Londoners* (1965), series, Director
- *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, Director
- *Theatre 625* (1964), series, Director
- *Detective* (1964), series, Director
- *Dr. Finlay's Casebook* (1962), series, Director
- *Z-Cars* (1962), series, Director
- *On Trial* (1960), series, Writer

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