Paul Seed

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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

13

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-09-18 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Bideford, Devon UK

Paul Seed

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Paul Seed (born 18 September 1947) is a British television director and former actor.

Born in Bideford in Devon, he began his career as an actor, appearing in numerous television series, including Z Cars, Softly Softly: Task Force, Survivors, Doctor Who, Secret Army, Coronation Street, Crown Court and Tales of the Unexpected.

In the late 1970s, Seed chose to pursue a career in TV drama directing and completed the BBC Directors' course, following which he directed numerous TV plays, series and serials during the 1980s. He is perhaps best known for directing the BBC's smash-hit 1990 mini-series House of Cards and its sequel To Play the King, adapted by Andrew Davies from Michael Dobbs' novels and famously starring Ian Richardson as Francis Urquhart.

He continued to direct for television drama series throughout the 1990s including A Touch of Frost and Playing the Field, and in 2002 directed all six episodes of the revival of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.

In recent years, he has directed episodes of New Tricks, Northern Lights and Lark Rise to Candleford, and in 2010 directed the BBC adaptation of Just William.

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Known For

Doctor Who
7.9%

Doctor Who

Nov 23, 1963

Tales of the Unexpected
6.7%

Tales of the Unexpected

Mar 24, 1979

The Human Factor
5.9%

The Human Factor

Dec 18, 1979

Survivors
7.9%

Survivors

Apr 16, 1975

Secret Army
7.5%

Secret Army

Sep 7, 1977

Secret Army
7.5%

Secret Army

Sep 7, 1977

Doomwatch
6.0%

Doomwatch

Feb 9, 1970

Nearly a Happy Ending
0.0%

Nearly a Happy Ending

May 31, 1980

Preview
0.0%

Preview

Jan 29, 1982

A Matter of Time
0.0%

A Matter of Time

Sep 24, 2007

The Ribos File
0.0%

The Ribos File

Sep 24, 2007

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Acting

2007
A Matter of Time
2007
The Ribos File
1982
Preview as TV Director
1980
Escape
1980
Nearly a Happy Ending as Tony
1979
The Human Factor as Shop Assistant
1979
Tales of the Unexpected as Director of Commercial
1978
Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation as Graff Vynda-K
1977
Secret Army as Dominique
1977
Secret Army as Van Hoyt
1975
Survivors as Grant
1970
Doomwatch as Michael Pratt
1963
Doctor Who as Graff Vynda-K

Directing

2013
Blandings as Director
2010
Just William as Director
2008
Clash of the Santas as Director
2008
A Risk Worth Taking as Director
2008
Lark Rise to Candleford as Director
2006
The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering as Director
2005
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt as Director
2004
Roman Road as Director
2004
Christmas Lights as Director
2004
Doc Martin as Director
2004
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill as Director
2004
New Tricks as Director
2003
The Booze Cruise as Director
2003
The Booze Cruise as Director
2001
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes as Director
2001
My Beautiful Son as Director
2000
Dirty Tricks as Director
2000
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes as Director
1998
A Rather English Marriage as Director
1998
Heat of the Sun as Director
1995
The Affair as Director
1993
To Play the King as Director
1992
A Touch of Frost as Director
1992
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster as Director
1991
Ex as Director
1990
House of Cards as Director
1989
Capital City as Director
1989
The Picnic as Director
1987
Inappropriate Behaviour as Director
1986
Fighting Back as Director
1985
Wynne and Penkovsky as Director
1984
A Coming to Terms for Billy as Director
1983
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet as Director
1983
Across the Water as Director
1983
A Matter of Choice for Billy as Director
1982
Too Late to Talk to Billy as Director
1970
Play for Today as Director
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