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Paul Seed

Paul Seed

Known For Directing
Birthday Sep 18, 1947 (77)
Birthplace Bideford, Devon UK
Popularity 0.1 (history)
Updated Aug 07, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 20, 2024
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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Seed (born 18 September 1947) is a British television director and former actor. Born in Bideford in Devon, he began his career as an actor, appearing in numerous television series, including Z Cars, Softly Softly: Task Force, Survivors, Doctor Who, Secr ... et Army, Coronation Street, Crown Court and Tales of the Unexpected. In the late 1970s, Seed chose to pursue a career in TV drama directing and completed the BBC Directors' course, following which he directed numerous TV plays, series and serials during the 1980s. He is perhaps best known for directing the BBC's smash-hit 1990 mini-series House of Cards and its sequel To Play the King, adapted by Andrew Davies from Michael Dobbs' novels and famously starring Ian Richardson as Francis Urquhart. He continued to direct for television drama series throughout the 1990s including A Touch of Frost and Playing the Field, and in 2002 directed all six episodes of the revival of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. In recent years, he has directed episodes of New Tricks, Northern Lights and Lark Rise to Candleford, and in 2010 directed the BBC adaptation of Just William. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Seed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Known For

Filmography

Nearly a Happy Ending

Nearly a Happy Ending

1980

as Tony

The Human Factor

The Human Factor

1979

as Shop Assistant

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Clash of the Santas

Clash of the Santas

2008

Director

A Risk Worth Taking

A Risk Worth Taking

2008

Director

Roman Road

Roman Road

2004

Director

Christmas Lights

Christmas Lights

2004

Director

The Booze Cruise

The Booze Cruise

2003

Director

My Beautiful Son

My Beautiful Son

2001

Director

Dirty Tricks

Dirty Tricks

2000

Director

The Affair

The Affair

1995

Director

Ex

Ex

1991

Director

The Picnic

The Picnic

1989

Director

Fighting Back

Fighting Back

1986

Director

Across the Water

Across the Water

1983

Director

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Doctor Who

as Graff Vynda-K

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 23, 1963

Tales of the Unexpected

as Director of Commercial

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 24, 1979

Secret Army

as Dominique

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 07, 1977

Survivors

as Grant

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 16, 1975

Doomwatch

as Michael Pratt

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 09, 1970

Secret Army

as Van Hoyt

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 07, 1977

Escape

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1980

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