Christopher McMaster (1925 - 1995) was the most prolific director of Coronation Street in the programme's first few years with 99 episodes to his credit from February 1962 to March 1966, after which he went on to produce and direct episodes of Freewheelers (guest starring Ivan Beavis), and write The Flower of Gloster, Granada's first full-colour television series. He was the first child and only son of the actor manager Anew McMaster and his wife Marjorie Wilmore, who had just founded the touring company which they ran until the late 1950s. The company went to Australia in 1949 and Chris followed but left the profession for a while to work elsewhere – both on a cattle farm and on the Barrier Reef. Moving to Perth, he worked on radio with drama and other programmes and came back to UK in 19