Roger Tucker

director & writer

Waiting for Dublin won the Best Feature and Audience Awards at Moondance Film Festival (L.A.) 2007. Films directed by Roger Tucker have also been screened at fesivals in Shanghai, San Francisco, Montreal, Aukland, , and at the Bamff Televison Festival.

Extensive experience as a director in TV, both in the UK and Europe, includes over thirty series as well as single films, documentaries and arts programs. He also has screen credits as writer and producer.

He has shot commercials and longer promotions for many international brands; work has been screened at the IVCA Awards, and he is a winner of the Advertising Creative Circle Prize.

Tucker made his first film while still at school. It won a Young Film- makers’ Award and a grant from the BFI. After a degree in pyschology at Sussex University, he joined Granada as a production trainee, and worked in current affairs, arts features, and drama, before leaving to become a freelance director.

Work on many of the classic action series followed, including Gangsters, Shoestring, The Professionals, Dempsey & Makepeace, and Bergerac. He also directed the TV spy movie, Deadly Recruits with Terence Stamp, and two mini-series in , Bookie, and Winners & Losers, for which he also wrote the scenario.

He has since had wide international experience, with series in German (Die Wache), and Dutch (Villa Borhese); a Bollywood co- production (Bomay Blue): and location work in Lithuania and Zimbabwe.

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c r e d i t s as director

features & single dramas

Waiting for Dublin In the last days of WWII a US pilot is Producer Corsan/ forced to ditch his fighter in neutral Ireland. Paul Breuls Merlin/ There he meets a German pilot who has Scion deserted from the Nazi Luftwaffe; with Andrew Keagan, Jade Yourell, Pat Laferty, Frank Kelly Deadly Recruits Starring: Terence Stamp, Carmen Du Producer Richard Western- Sautoy, Michael Culver, Robin Sachs Two Everitt world Oxford students have died and the mystery involves an international network of intrigue. Rules of Justice drama documentary on the Confait Case; producer BBC a retarded boy is wrongly accused of Ruth Caleb murder; by William Humble; with Tony London, June Brown, Polly Perkins The Personal Touch two divorcees meet through the personal producer STV column of a newspaper; by Hector Robert Love Macmillan; with Morag Hood You’re a Good Boy, a journalist at the end of his tether returns producer STV Son to his roots; by C. P. Taylor; with Alex Robert Love Heggie, Andrew Crawford Released a rising soccer star is sacked for lack of producer BBC discipline; by Stephen Wakelam; with Tara Prem Christopher Blake, Sheila Felvin The Ghost of Adelphi George Bernard Shaw drags J. M. Barrie producer BBC Terrace out for a night on the town; by Gwyn Frank Hatherley Thomas; with Joseph O’Connor, John Barrard A Private Matter the family secret of a general who Producer Granada appeared stark naked on parade; with Ian Peter Eckersley Charleson, Rachel Kempson. Nineteen Thirty-nine a student’s psycho-analysis is interrupted producer Granada by the out-break of war; by John Grillo; Jonathan Powell with Harold Goldblatt as Freud

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Little Fears fear of the outside world is passed from producer Granada mother to son; by Emanuel Peluso; with Peter Eckersley Tom Bell, Ursula Howells Life and Soul a foreign correspondent is reconciled with producer Granada his dying father; by William Oaks; with Michael Dunlop Peter McEnery, Patrick Allen

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series / serials

The Bill Bad for Your Health — 2 hour story with producer Thames the police caught in the middle of the war Tom Cotter between two gangs involved in tobacco smuggling Soldier, Soldier the squad join a UN peace-keeping producer Carlton mission in a state torn by civil war; shot on Annie location in Zimbabwe Tricklebank Bombay Blue an Asian cop in the force is taken producer Fabulous back to his roots by a Super hell-bent on Trevor Davies Fruits / C4 getting to the source of a drug run; shot on location in Bombay; with Shan Kahn, Donald Sumpter The New Adventures the redoubtable hero and his merry men in producers Warner of Robin Hood a world of pagan magic; with Mathew Fred Weintraub, Bros. Porretta, Anna Galvin Tom Kuhn Die Wache 4 x I hour German police series shot in producer JE / RTL Cologne and the Rhineland in German Rob Herzet Villa Borghese life and death on a health & beauty farm; producer Stokvis / 12 part series in Dutch (complete ) René Stokvis AVRO Moon & Son a clairvoyant travelling the markets of producer BBC Normandy: with Millicent Martin Robert Banks Stewart Winners & Losers a young boxer tries to make it to the big producer STV time; with Leslie Grantham, Jimmy Logan Robert Love Bookie old time bookie is tempted by easy money: producer STV with Maurice Roëves, John Hannah Robert Love Saracen dangerous work of a security firm: with producer Central Christian Burgess, Michael Byrne Deirdre Keir Dempsey & American cop / Home Counties side-kick: producer LWT Makepeace series shown in USA, with Michael Ranald Graham Brandon, Glynis Barber Call Me Mister Australian exile returns to claim his producer BBC / inheritance; with Steve Bisley Robert Banks Channel 7 Stewart

Lovejoy first series of the rogue antique dealer; producer BBC including episode shown at Banff TV Robert Banks Festival Stewart Bergerac series one of the long-running Jersey cop: producer BBC with John Nettles, Cecile Paoli, Greta Robert Banks Scacchi Stewart Friends Till the End a woman with everything is consumed by producer BBC guilt; a narrated story in five 5min. Brian Morgan

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episodes Bulman retired cop becomes watch repair man: producer Granada with Don Henderson, Siobhan Redman Steve Hawes Chessgame Terence Stamp’s only TV series — spy producer Granada story in three parts: with Carmen du Richard Everitt Sautoy Strangers undercover police detective series: with producer Granada Don Henderson, Mark McManus Richard Everitt Boy Who Won the comic fantasy about a boy who buys a producer TVS Pools mansion, a tiger, and a reggae band; score Brenda Ennis by Dennis Bovell The Professionals first British film series to be shown in USA producer LWT and released on VHS & DVD: with Martin Ray Menmuir Shaw, Lewis Collins Shoestring series one of the cult classic on which producer BBC “Midnight Caller” was based, with Trevor Robert Banks Eve as the “private ear” Stewart Sexton Blake tongue-in-cheek Arabian adventure, set in producer BBC the 20’s; written by Simon Raven, with Barry Letts Jeremy Clyde, Natasha Parry; ( six episodes – complete ) Fallen Hero fall of a rugby league star; with Del producer Granada Henney, Wanda Ventham; written by Brian June Howson Finch Moody & Pegg comedy drama of reluctant flat-mates in producer Thames middle- age; with Judy Cornwell, Derek Robert Love Waring Gangsters cult fantasy thriller of inter-racial gangster producer BBC conflicts; with Maurice Colbourne, Saeed David Rose Jaffrey, Chai Lee Trinity Tales stories as told by Rugby League fans on producer BBC their way to Wembley in a mini- bus; by David Rose Alan Plater, with Francis Matthews, Bill Maynard, Gaye Brown The Enigma Files the department of unsolved cases; with producer BBC Tom Adams, June Bolton Joe Waters Nineteen Ninety political thriller starring Edward Woodward producer BBC with Lisa Harrow, Robert Lang Pru Fitzgerald The Bill (half-hour stories} four short stories from a south London producer Thames police station Peter Wolfes

Sutherland’s Law life and work of a Scottish Procurate producer BBC Fiscal; with Ian Cuthbertson, Patrick Frank Cox Malahide Nightingale’s Boys reunion of a schoolmaster’s most producer Granada promising class, with Derek Farr, Pauline Brian Armstrong Yates, John Carson Crown Court courtroom drama series – later used to producers Granada train real life barristers Michael Dunlop,

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Jonathan Powell Adam Smith life of a Church of Scotland minister; with producer Granada Andrew Keir, Tom Conti; scripts by Trevor June Howson Griffiths, Peter McDougal

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soaps

Hollyoaks on-going drama set in Chester, centring Producer Mersey TV around young people in their Teens and Jo Hallows Twenties. Also directed several specials. Brookside life in a Liverpool suburb; including producers Mersey TV episodes setting a record for the highest Mal Young, weekly ratings Sue Sutton Mayo Angels life among junior nurses in a training producer BBC hospital; script by Peter Ransley Julia Smith Rooms life in a London rooming house; with Jill producer Thames Gascoine, Dennis Lill Jacqueline Davis Coronation Street nine months turn-around on the world’s producers Granada longest running soap opera Harry Kershaw, Eric Prytherch, Brian Armstrong

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documentaries / current affairs

And On The Eighth an ex-ballet dancer fights a running battle producer Granada Day with tough kids of Liverpool 8 to set up an Mike Scott arts centre – shown at the San Francisco Film Festival When Britain Stopped industry at a standstill; shown as part of producer Richard Granada Growing the World In Action series Thomas

A Clown Out of the last of a long line of circus clowns producer Granada Season retires to a terraced house in Bolton Dennis Mitchell Home from the Sea an old sailors’ home, amidst derelict producer Granada dockland, finally closes down Brian Truman This is Your Right community and consumer service producer Granada programmes, linked by Michael Winstanley Brian Winston

Scene Granada’s nightly local magazine producers Granada programme, with music, interviews, and Mike Scott, news Barry Cockcroft, Brian Moser, Nick Elliott

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music / arts / education

Access All Areas behind the scenes investigation into love exec. producer Mersey TV and sex, with the cast of Hollyoaks Jo Hallows The Prisoner ballet adapted for TV; music by Bartok; producer Granada choreography, Peter Darrell Mike Scott The Southbank Show drama excerpts from plays by David Hare; producer LWT Kate Nelligan, Stephen Moore Nick Elliot Lulu Presents song and dance video sponsored by producer Hamp Panasonic Colin Hamp Group Sculptor on the Rates Skelmersdale new-town decides to appoint producer Granada a civic sculptor Nick Elliot The Liverpool Scene event with music, poetry, and painting by producer Granada Liverpool artists Nick Elliot Cinema interview and review programme, with producer Granada Michael Parkinson John Hamp Clapperboard behind the scenes cinema programme for producer Granada young people Muriel Young HeartWorks a group of young people investigate producer EBC healthy living — for the British Heart Martin Rubach Foundation

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commercials / promos / corporate

Cardöen "Dream" — car supermarket commercial Living Stone Nissan “Smashing Days” — Sunny ARX commercial MJM Honda “Splish Splash” — Accord commercial MJM “HEDS You Win” — car servicing infomercial Westpoint The Aerodeck promo Westpoint The Range point-of-sale Westpoint “Banging HEDS Together”— power infomercial A Team equipment Rover Rover 91 show intro Wyvern The New Metro point-of sale Wyvern “I’m not a Salesman” training. Wyvern 1. Parts 2. Service Fiat “Once upon a Time” — fleet leasing promo Purchase- point Toyota “The Art of Negotiation” training Jambers Ford Eva Electronics training Hamp Vidal Sassoon “The Cut” US TV promo London Video Etam “The Shoot” — Orlando Fashions; commercial Greystoke featuring Patrick Litchfield, Marie Helvin World Hairdressing “Hair Olympics” promo London Federation Video Panasonic “Lulu Presents” — home VHS promo Hamp “Bob Hope Pro-Am Golf” — Camcorder promo Karst Sony “Shhh!” — Conference Display Unit point-of-sale Wyvern News International “Tiger” — The Sun commercial Greystoke Blockbuster Video “Blockbuster UK” infomercial Infovision Marks & Spencer North America Launch promo Crown Ukay Furnishing “Come Right In” commercial Greystoke General Accident Road Safety Competition — shown at Interactive live- Wyvern

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IVCA Awards action laser-disk British Gas “Privatisation” internal Infovision communication Northern & Scottish “The Customer Counts “ training Wyvern Breweries 1. Restaurants 2. Pubs Berger Britain "Team Spirit" promo Spafax Avon Rubber "The Story of Rubber" documentary Karst British Heart “HeartWorks” educational E.B.C. Foundation drama Builders Federation "Safety First" training Wyvern BK Holdings "Quit Now" hypnotic London induction tape Video

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theatre

The Wages of Thin first production: play set in a gents urinal, by Stables with Richard Wilson, William Symonds, Trevor Griffiths Theatre Richard Howard, Robert Morris It’s Called The first British production of an off-Broadway by Stables Sugarplum black comedy; with Maureen Lipman, John Israel Horowitz Theatre Shrapnel Purity first production: play set in a censor’s by Stables office; with Fiona Walker, Richard Howard, David Mowat Theatre Ewen Solon, Katherine Barker Adrift Space, fantasy of voyagers become lost in workshop Stables inner and outer space production Theatre

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credits as writer

screenplays

Touch teen romance between a girl who has temporarily lost her sight and a boy born that way. Exclusive (forever or A woman gives up her top city job for the producer Fabulator else) love of a Formula 1 driver, but finds she Fredrick Muller has been betrayed. Rhapsody for Rita film noir set during the London Blitz; a crippled soldier returns from the front to take over his father’s detective agency (adapted and expanded from the TV script) Overcoming the (co-written with Todd Sikorski) Negatives A burnt-out war photographer is hunted down by a man who thinks his life has been blighted by one of his pictures. The Power of Fire After a despot rapes a young Jewish producer Cine 3 woman, fleeing oppression in 1950s Iran, Martin Dewitte he spends the rest of his life searching for her son, whom he believes to be his heir. Based on the novel by Bob Mendes. Extraordinary Women based on the novel by Compton producer Kennedy MacKenzie; a group of raffish women, Lora Kennedy Co. meet on the isle of Capri in the last days of the First World War. Dorabella (co-written with Michael Cameron) — producer Mr Punch Elgar’s love for a young girl who became Stewart Richards Pictures. the inspiration for one of the Enigma Variations. Loving Garbo the extraordinary affair between the effete producer Metro- English photographer, Cecil Beaton, and Paul Brooks dome the most desired woman in the world, Greta Garbo The Secret Keeper based on the novel by Shirley Eskapa; producers Case when the “perfect marriage” breaks up a Sue Francis Films / twelve-year-old boy becomes a pawn in Jette Bonnevie Buxton the battle between wife and mistress, with Raven horrific results Flms

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Wide-Eyed Dreamer a young woman account executive joins a class on lucid dreaming in an attempt to escape her nightmares, but finds that if you change your dreams, you change your life. The Sweetest Thing (co-written with Robb Squire) — a producers Charisma Hollywood star sets out to find her long- James Atherton Films / lost brother; they are reunited on a remote David Wicht Fiction African farm, and fall in love Film NOW (You and Me ) based on an episode from the life of 60’s guru, Fritz Perls; after retiring with a heart condition, he has the affair of his life, and becomes idolised by a younger generation

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tv / video scripts

Rhapsody for Rita a film noir for C5 Web of Mystery series. producer Mike Mike Mansfield Mansfield TV Villa Borghese final two episodes of Dutch TV series — producer Stokvis life and death on a health farm René Stokvis /AVRO Winners and Losers scenario for three-part mini-series the producer Robert STV exploitation of a young boxer Love Gems daytime drama series — soap set in the producer Thames fashion industry Brenda Ennis Short Sharp Shock writer of additional material — drama producer Granada documentary on errant youth Brenda Ennis HeartWorks drama of four young people on a media producer EBC course — for the Heart Foundation. Martin Rubach Banging HEDS corporate video — comedy set on a producer Westpoint Together flooded building site — for Honda Georgie Burrell

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treatments / formats

Going for Broke A gambler, down on his luck, thinks that he producer Samuelson has been mugged: a story for a projected Mark Samuelson Productions series on urban legends. Deadline Omega A tabloid journalist investigating an apparently random killing finds himself on a one way trip into a doomsday cult. Family Man 4 part series treatment — a man in search producer STE of a family ends up a bigamist Philip Hinchcliffe Spirits of the Wind based on a story by Terry Raven; a producer Case delinquent boy is sent to a rehabilitation Sue Francis Films camp in Nevada where he is taught to tame wild stallions Dog Days of Berlin series format — a policeman blinded in an producer Phoenix explosion seeks revenge Markus Film Brunnemann Midnight Oil outline for a 90 minute pilot for German TV producer Phoenix — commissioned for the “Dog Days of Markus Film Berlin” series Brunnemann Love’s Executioner based on the story by Irvin D. Yalom of the producer Mr Punch psychotherapy of an elderly woman’s Stewart Richards Pictures obsession with a young man Night City two story-lines for a “film noir” anthology producer R & B series: 1/ Rhapsody for Rita, 2/ Nice Guys Bob Baker Prod. Finish Last No More Mr Nice Guy (co-written with Alex de Jonge); the story producer Passer of Vera Davydova, an opera singer at the Sahri Passer Prod. Bolshoi, who became Stalin’s mistress.

A Singular Passion (co-written with Robert Love) — story-line producer Polytel / for a six part series; the love affair between Robert Love STV Robert Louis Stevenson and his American wife, Fanny. Femme Fatale an older woman searching for the young man who jilted her is trailed by her husband seeking to play out his own story

Mr Nice & Mr Nasty series format; unlikely buddies who work as a team of reporters for a tabloid