Terry Bishop


Terry Bishop was a British screenwriter, and television and film director.

Career

In the 1940s Bishop directed a series of public information and documentary films, including Daybreak in Udi for the Crown Film Unit which in 1950 won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film and a BAFTA for Best Documentary Film.
From 1950–1962 he worked extensively in British TV, directing episodes of series including The Adventures of William Tell, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sword of Freedom, Danger Man, and Sir Francis Drake.
Bishop also made several low budget British films during this period, including Cover Girl Killer, featuring future Steptoe and Son star Harry H. Corbett as a serial murderer of glamour models.

Director credits (film)

  • The Western Isles – documentary short
  • Kill That Rat! – public information short
  • Out of the Box – documentary short
  • The Royal Mile: Edinburgh – documentary short
  • Five Towns – documentary short
  • A Tale in a Teacup – documentary short
  • A Power in the Land – documentary short
  • Daybreak in Udi – documentary
  • You're Only Young Twice
  • Journey to the Sea – documentary short
  • Savage World – documentary
  • Tim Driscoll's Donkey
  • Light Fingers
  • Model for Murder
  • Life in Danger
  • Cover Girl Killer
  • Danger Tomorrow
  • The Unstoppable Man
  • Hair of the Dog
  • Bomb in the High Street
  • Hamile a.k.a. The Tonga Hamlet
  • A Small Miracle – short
  • Suddenly Among Strangers – short

    Director credits (television)

  • The Adventures of Sir Lancelot, 4 episodes, Sapphire Films/ITV
  • The Adventures of Robin Hood, 35 episodes, Sapphire Films/ATV
  • The Buccaneers, 2 episodes, Sapphire Films/ITC
  • Sword of Freedom, 14 episodes, Sapphire Films/ITV
  • The Adventures of William Tell, 6 episodes, ITC
  • Danger Man, 4 episodes, ITC/ATV
  • Kraft Mystery Theater, 1 episode, NBC
  • Sir Francis Drake, 6 episodes, ITC