Introduction
Claude Whatham (7 December 1927 in Manchester - 4 January 2008 in Anglesey) was an English film and TV director mainly known for his work on dramas.
Career
He attended Oldham Art School and was a set designer for the Oldham Repertory Company, before joining Granada Television where he made documentaries and dramas including The Younger Generation featuring a young John Thaw, and You in Your Small Corner. He then moved to the BBC where he worked on The Wednesday Play, Play for Today, Disraeli and the 1969 adaptation of A Voyage Round My Father. Other television directing included the adaptation of Laurie Lee's childhood/coming of age memoir Cider with Rosie and Jumping the Queue.
Cinema films he directed included That'll Be the Day (1973), Swallows and Amazons (1974), All Creatures Great and Small (1975), Sweet William (1980), Hoodwink (1981), The Captain's Doll (1983), Murder Elite (1985) and Buddy's Song (1991).