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Feb 14, 2014 · Sophie Neville saying goodbye to director Claude Whatham. After working for a short time as a production designer he became a television director at the age of about thirty – evolving his craft in the early years of Granada Television. Being both a craftsman and artist he loved innovation and being avant guard.
Claude Whatham was born on 7 December 1927 in Manchester, England, UK. Claude was a director and producer, known for Hoodwink (1981), Plays of Today (1969) and The Verdict Is Yours (1958). Claude was married to Ann Shaw. Claude died on 4 January 2008 in Anglesey, Wales, UK.
- December 7, 1927
- January 4, 2008
Oct 28, 2021 · 50th Anniversary of the 1971 BBC play ‘Cider With Rosie’ directed by Claude Whatham. Christmas Day 2021 marked the 50th Anniversary of the first BBC adaptation of Laurie Lee’s evocative book ‘ Cider With Rosie ‘, a story that tells of growing up in rural Gloucestershire before the combustion engine destroyed rural life as it had been ...
With a screenplay by David Butler, it stars Ian McShane and was directed by Claude Whatham. Spanning five decades of Disraeli's life, the serial focuses as much on Disraeli's personal life as it does on his political persona.
Obituary by Philip Purser for British television and film director Claude Whatham, published in The Guardian, 10 January 2008.
Swallows and Amazons: Directed by Claude Whatham. With Virginia McKenna, Ronald Fraser, Simon West, Sophie Neville. Set in 1929, and based upon Arthur Ransome's immortal children's novel, "Swallows and Amazons" is the story of a group of children who man two sailing dinghies,'Swallow' and 'Amazon', and plan mock 'sea-battles'.
That'll Be the Day is a 1973 British coming of age drama film directed by Claude Whatham, written by Ray Connolly, and starring David Essex, Rosemary Leach and Ringo Starr. Set primarily in the late 1950s and early 1960s, it tells the story of Jim MacLaine (Essex), a British teenager raised by his single mother (Leach).
