George Spenton-Foster

George Spenton-Foster (11 November 1926 – 26 December 1993) was a British television director and television producer.

After producing a few anthology series in his homeland like Thirty-Minute Theatre, he went to Australia in 1970 to produce a short-lived police series The Link Men. For the BBC, Spenton-Foster directed two Doctor Who stories: Image of the Fendahl (1977) and The Ribos Operation (1978). He also directed four Blake's 7 episodes from its second series in 1979: "Weapon", "Pressure Point", "Voice from the Past" and "Gambit".[1]

In late 1982, Spenton-Foster left the Liverpool-based soap opera Brookside four days before it aired because of a disagreement over bad language in the dialogue.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Muir, John Kenneth (2007). A Critical History of Doctor Who on Television. McFarland. p. 262. ISBN 9781476604541. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  2. ^ "New rumpus over Mersey soap opera". Liverpool Echo. 26 November 1982. p. 3. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Time to Adjust the Picture". Liverpool Echo. 29 November 1982. p. 3. Retrieved 13 July 2018.


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