Ted Childs
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Ted Childs | |
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| Born | Edward Samuel Childs 26 December 1934 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Television producer, screenwriter, and director |
Ted Childs is a British television producer, screenwriter, and director.
Career
Childs commenced training as a programme director with ABC Weekend TV in 1962. He went on to produce and direct a wide variety of factual programmes and documentary films, including episodes of This Week, the then ITV current affairs flagship, and also contributed to the acclaimed series The World at War.
He was one of the founders of Euston Films, the film production company established by Thames Television in the early 1970s. Whilst there he produced The Sweeney, Special Branch and the Quatermass series, together with a number of theatrical and television films, as well as writing and/or directing films and series episodes for both ITV and the BBC.
In 1984, Childs was appointed Controller of Drama at
Following the acquisition of Central Television by Carlton Communications, Childs opted to assume a freelance role. He continued to write and develop new television drama and films as an executive producer. As such, he was responsible for the series Heat of the Sun, the Inspector Morse episode The Wench Is Dead, the television films Into the Blue, Goodnight Mister Tom and The Waiting Time, together with a Kavanagh QC film special, the Monsignor Renard series, and The Remorseful Day, the final episode of Inspector Morse. From 2004 to 2005 he was responsible for developing The Brief, a legal series, on which he acted as executive producer on two series. He also acted as executive producer on Lewis, a spin-off series from Inspector Morse.
In October 2012 Ted Childs was the very special guest at a 43tv Retro TV Sweeney Meet in Twickenham, where he gave a lunchtime talk about his career in TV & Film and also answered questions from members of 43tv.
Awards
In 1991, The Production Guild honoured him with its annual Award of Merit. He was elected a Fellow of the
In July 2015, the University of Nottingham awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters.
References
External links
- Ted Childs at IMDb
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