Derek Bennett directed 20 episodes between 1990 and 1992.
Prior to that he worked for Granada Television on Biggles, Skyport and Knight Errant Limited and later on for the same company on The Odd Man, Bootsie and Snudge, Maupassant and The Caesars. Other directing credits include Upstairs, Downstairs (twelve episodes including the first version of episode one which was unbroadcast due to the ITV colour strike) and Rumpole of the Bailey. He was also a producer on shows such as Beryl's lot and Lytton's Diary, which he would often also direct.
Derek Bennett directed 20 episodes between 1990 and 1992.
Prior to that he worked for Granada Television on Biggles, Skyport and Knight Errant Limited and later on for the same company on The Odd Man, Bootsie and Snudge, Maupassant and The Caesars. Other directing credits include Upstairs, Downstairs (twelve episodes including the first version of episode one which was unbroadcast due to the ITV colour strike) and Rumpole of the Bailey. He was also a producer on shows such as Beryl's lot and Lytton's Diary, which he would often also direct. He retired from television in 1990. In the 2010 drama The Road to Coronation Street he was portrayed by Shaun Dooley.