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    Stephen Butcher

     

    Address: 21, Tullaghbrow, Tullaghgarley, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, BT42 2LY, UK

    E-mail: stephen.j.butcher@btinternet.com

    Tel: +44 28 2563 9479, +44 77 9852 8797

    Film Type: Live Action

    Bio

     

    Stephen Butcher is one of the most experienced network television directors based in Northern Ireland. He started his career as a staff director at Granada Television working on a very wide range of programmes, including live news, documentary and light entertainment, but specialising in drama.  Before going freelance he had directed three one-off dramas, various drama series and, not least, Coronation Street to which he has returned regularly.

     

    Work with the major ITV companies, independent producers and the BBC followed, but he became committed to developing drama production at Ulster Television and in 1989 decided to move to Northern Ireland.  In recent years he has worked mainly in the Republic of Ireland, on Fair City for RTÉ and Ros na Rún for TG4.

    Filmography

     

    CROSSROADS

    2003 – TV Series – 5 x 30mins

     

    FAMILIES

    2000 – TV Series – 36 episodes

     

    EMMERDALE FARM/EMMERDALE

    1998 – TV Series – 33 episodes

     

    ROS NA RUN

    1996 – TV Series – 107 x 25min

     

    FAIR CITY

    1995 – TV Series – 62 x 25min

     

    A TOUCH OF STEAM

    1993 – Drama Series

     

    ELDORADO

    1992 – TV Series – 9 episodes

     

    A FORCE UNDER FIRE

    1991 – Documentary – 90 mins

     

    COUNTRYFILE

    1991- Factual

     

    GOD’S FRONTIERSMEN

    1989 – Dramadoc – 4 x 60min

     

    UNDERTOW OF THE ARMADA

    1987 – TV Drama

     

    THE LAST OF A DYIN’ RACE

    1986 – TV Drama – 50min

     

    FELL TIGER

    1985 – Drama Series

     

    THE HIDDEN CURRICULUM

    1984 – TV Drama

     

    A PITCHER OF SNAKES

    1976 – TV Drama – 59mins

     

    BY CHRISTIAN JUDGES CONDEMNED

    1976 – TV Drama – 59mins

     

    THE TESTAMENT OF FRANÇOIS VILLON

    1976 – TV Drama – 50mins

     

    CORONATION STREET

    1973 – TV Series – 85 episodes

     

    CROWN COURT

    Drama Series – 24 x 3min

     

    SAM

    Drama Series

     

    THE ONEDIN LINE

    Drama Series

     

    TYCOON

    Drama Series

     

    ANGELS

    Drama Series – 21 episodes

     

    COUNTRY TIMES

    Factual – One off special

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