Birthday:
03-07-1935
Deathday:
07-12-1995 (60 years)
Birthplace:
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Biography
Gordon William Flemyng was a Scottish television and film director. He was also a writer and producer. He directed six theatrical features, several television films and numerous episodes of television series, some of which he also wrote and produced.
Gordon William Flemyng (7 March 1934 – 12 July 1995) was a Scottish television and film director. He was also a writer and producer. He directed six theatrical features, several television films and numerous episodes of television series, some of which he also wrote and produced.
Flemyng directed episodes of various British TV series, including The Younger Generation, The Saint, The Avengers, The Baron, Crown Court, ITV Playhouse, Target, Screenplay, Take My Wife, Cribb, The Brack Report, One Summer, Wish Me Luck, The Bill, Emmerdale Farm, Bergerac, Taggart, Peak Practice, Lovejoy, Minder and Ellington (also produced).
Flemyng directed two entries in Edgar Wallace Mysteries (US: The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre) series of second features and the two Dalek feature films of the 1960s, Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966). Two episodes of The Baron that he directed were put together as a 1966 feature film entitled Mystery Island and released in some markets.
Flemyng directed a Hollywood film with an all-star cast, The Split, released in 1968, a crime drama with Jim Brown, Ernest Borgnine and Gene Hackman, based on a novel by Donald E. Westlake. He also directed the British war film The Last Grenade (1970).
His other credits include Saki (miniseries); Härte 10 (West German miniseries); Philby, Burgess and Maclean (TV); Flight Into Hell; Cloud Waltzing (TV), Marty Abroad (1971 - TV, produced only) and Confessional (1989 - TV, also produced).
Gordon William Flemyng (7 March 1934 – 12 July 1995) was a Scottish television and film director. He was also a writer and producer. He directed six theatrical features, several television films and numerous episodes of television series, some of which he also wrote and produced.
Flemyng directed episodes of various British TV series, including The Younger Generation, The Saint, The Avengers, The Baron, Crown Court, ITV Playhouse, Target, Screenplay, Take My Wife, Cribb, The Brack Report, One Summer, Wish Me Luck, The Bill, Emmerdale Farm, Bergerac, Taggart, Peak Practice, Lovejoy, Minder and Ellington (also produced).
Flemyng directed two entries in Edgar Wallace Mysteries (US: The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre) series of second features and the two Dalek feature films of the 1960s, Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966). Two episodes of The Baron that he directed were put together as a 1966 feature film entitled Mystery Island and released in some markets.
Flemyng directed a Hollywood film with an all-star cast, The Split, released in 1968, a crime drama with Jim Brown, Ernest Borgnine and Gene Hackman, based on a novel by Donald E. Westlake. He also directed the British war film The Last Grenade (1970).
His other credits include Saki (miniseries); Härte 10 (West German miniseries); Philby, Burgess and Maclean (TV); Flight Into Hell; Cloud Waltzing (TV), Marty Abroad (1971 - TV, produced only) and Confessional (1989 - TV, also produced).
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The Split
Director
event1968 star_border 6.7
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A group of thieves attempt a daring robbery of a football stadium.
Dr. Who and the Daleks
Director
event1965 star_border 5.6
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Scientist Doctor Who accidentally activates his new invention, the Tardis, a time machine disguised as a police telephone box. Who, his two granddaughters Barbara and Susan, and Barbara's boyfriend Ian are transported through time and space to the planet Skaro, where a peaceful race of Thals are under threat of nuclear attack from the planet's other inhabitants: the robotic mutant Daleks.
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
Director
event1966 star_border 6.1
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Doctor Who and his companions are hurled into the future and make a horrifying discovery: the Daleks have conquered Earth! The metal fiends have devastated entire continents and turned the survivors into Robomen.
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
Director
event1977 star_border 4.5
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Recruited by the Russians during their days at Cambridge, three young Englishmen rise to become high-ranked MI5 agents until their exposure in 1949.
The Last Grenade
Director
event1970 star_border 5.2
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Two ruthless mercenaries break their friendship when one of them changes sides.
Great Catherine
Director
event1968 star_border 5.6
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When British Capt. Charles Edstaston arrives at the court of Catherine the Great in St. Petersburg, Russia, he is stunned by the palace's disorderly condition. The severely intoxicated Prince Potemkin concludes that the handsome Edstaston would be a suitable lover for Catherine, and he coerces the bewildered visitor into her bedchamber. Edstaston manages to escape, but he is repeatedly recaptured and delivered to the mischievous Catherine.
Just for Fun
Director
event1963 star_border 3.7
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When the government cuts the quota of musical programs permitted on television, teenagers Mark and Cherry lead others youngsters in forming their own political party.
Dr. Who: Classic Movie Double Bill
Director
event2022
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A double dose of the doctor! Two classic Dr. Who adventures return in new 4K restorations. Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) and Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966) were the first time the good Doctor was ever seen in colour and on the big screen. The films, directed by Gordon Flemyng, remain the doctor’s only cinematic outings and feature the legendary Peter Cushing as everyone’s favourite timelord alongside a supporting cast that includes Roy Castle, Bernard Cribbins, Jennie Linden and Roberta Tovey.
The Baron: Mystery Island
Director
event1972 star_border 7
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The Baron and Cordelia find themselves held prisoner on a renegade ship up to no good. Two TV episodes of THE BARON edited into a theatrical movie.
Five to One
Director
event1963 star_border 6
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Alan Roper tells Bookie Larry Hart that he is planning to steal £60,000 and Hart offers to launder the money for him. What Hart doesn't know is that it is actually his money Roper intends to steal.
Solo for Sparrow
Director
event1962
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A group of crooks accidentally kill an elderly shop assistant while stealing the keys to the jewellery shop where she works. When his superiors think that the case is better handed over to Scotland Yard, the local detective inspector, Sparrow, decides to go solo to investigate the crime himself.
Mirage
Director
event1978
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Documentary drama about how the Israeli Air Force obtained the plans for the French Mirage fighter planes through jet engine designer Alfred Frauenknecht.
Scab
Director
event1987
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Drama based on events during the 1984/85 miners strike. One of the first dramatised accounts, it was written by Geoffrey Case and directed by Gordon Flemyng for Yorkshire Television and won the Rai award at the Prix Italia and the Prix Futura at the Berlin Film Festival in 1987.
Cloud Waltzing
Director
event1987 star_border 7
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Journalist Meredith travels to Europe to do a story on vineyard owner Francois De Paul and won't stop until she learns his secrets.
Matchfit
Director
event1976
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A grumpy Scottish soccer boss meets a young fan in a TB sanatorium.
For Services to Myself
Director
event1976
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A proud socialist and community activist wrestles with the decision to accept an honour from the Queen
Lucky
Director
event1974
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“Set in Liverpool in the early 70s, the film tells the story of Samuel 'Lucky' Ubooto, a half African, half Irish man in his 20s whose decidedly unlucky career as a criminal has resulted in a series of stretches in prison for theft. The story follows Lucky on the day of his release from his latest sentence. As he wanders around Liverpool, not really belonging anywhere, it becomes clear that he is still waiting for his father, a man who has long since abandoned Lucky and his family, to return and take him back 'home' to Africa.” - Richard Parkin
Number on End
Writer
event1980
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A documentary filmmaker’s latest work attracts the attentions of African secret agents - but what is it they want from the film?
Feet Foremost
Director
event1983
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The new owners of a Manor House discover a legend that whoever is carried across the threshold shall unleash unknown forces...
A Good Human Story
Director
event1977
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A trio of journalists look into the murder of a young girl in a seaside town. For the men though it’s more about who gets the big story than solving the crime. (Memorable TV)
Present Laughter
Director
event1967
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An aging and self-obsessed actor finds himself in a situation bordering on farce when he is besieged by the demands of his estranged wife, women who want to seduce him, and a crazed playwright.
The Baron
Director (2 ep.)
event1966 star_border 5.4
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The Baron is a British television series, made in 1965/66 based on the book series by John Creasey, written under the pseudonym Anthony Morton, and produced by ITC Entertainment. It was the first ITC show without marionettes to be produced entirely in colour.
Minder
Director (5 ep.)
event1979 star_border 6.8
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This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye for a nice little earner. Alongside his many business ventures, Arthur would regularly hire Terry out as a minder or bodyguard, later replaced by nephew, Ray Daley.
Cribb
Director (1 ep.)
event1980 star_border 7.3
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Adapted from Peter Lovesey's Sergeant Cribb novels and set in Victorian London around the time of the Jack the Ripper murders in 1888, Alan Dobie starred as the tough Detective Sergeant who worked for the newly formed Criminal Investigation Department, determined to remove crime from the streets of London using the latest detection methods.
The Bill
Director (2 ep.)
event1984 star_border 6.7
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The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.
The Saint
Director (1 ep.)
event1962 star_border 7.3
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Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
Wish Me Luck
Director (8 ep.)
event1988 star_border 6.2
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The second world war experiences of brave women recruited as undercover agents behind enemy lines.
Lovejoy
Director (2 ep.)
event1986 star_border 7.3
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The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.
Taggart
Director (1 ep.)
event1983 star_border 6.4
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Taggart is a Scottish detective television programme.The series revolves around a group of detectives initially in the Maryhill CID of Strathclyde Police, though various storylines have happened in other parts of the Greater Glasgow area, and as of the most recent series the team have operated out of the fictional John Street police station across the street from the City Chambers.
The Avengers
Director (2 ep.)
event1961 star_border 7.7
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The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants. His most famous assistants were intelligent, stylish and assertive women: Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King. Later episodes increasingly incorporated elements of science fiction and fantasy, parody and British eccentricity.
Bergerac
Director (1 ep.)
event1981 star_border 6.5
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Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it stars John Nettles as the title character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a detective in Le Bureau des Étrangers, part of the States of Jersey Police.
Target
Director (1 ep.)
event1977 star_border 6.5
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A crime drama set in Southampton following a team of detectives and the cases they solve.
One Summer
Director (5 ep.)
event1983 star_border 7.7
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One Summer is a 1983 British television drama serial written by Willy Russell and directed by Gordon Flemyng. It stars David Morrissey and Spencer Leigh as two 16 year old Liverpool boys from broken homes who escape from their lives by running away to Wales one summer. It also starred James Hazeldine and Ian Hart. The series was shown in five 50-minute episodes on Channel 4 from 7 August to 4 September 1983. It was later repeated on ITV in April 1985.
Flug in die Hölle
Director (6 ep.)
event1985
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The true account of two young German aviators, Captain Hans Bertram and Adolph Klausmann, who had to survive six weeks in the Kimberley region in Autralia after they were blown off course on a reckless flight from Koepang in the Dutch East Indies across the Timor Sea to Darwin in 1932.
Confessional
Director (2 ep.)
event1989
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A secretive terrorist commits crimes to disrupt the peace process between the Irish and the Brits. Both sides want him dead. When he decides to assassinate the Pope and blame it on the U.K., only a musician with a secret past can stop him.
Peak Practice
Director (2 ep.)
event1993 star_border 6.1
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Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton as Dr Beth Glover and Simon Shepherd as Dr Will Preston, though the roster of doctors would change many times over the course of the series.
Cardale was based on the Staffordshire village of Longnor for the final series, but was previously based in the Derbyshire village of Crich, although certain scenes were filmed at other nearby Derbyshire towns and villages, most notably Matlock, Belper and Ashover.
The Brack Report
Director (1 ep.)
event1982 star_border 5
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After an earthquake causes some damage to a nuclear power station, one of the chief nuclear physicists, Paul Brack, starts to investigate the safety procedures and policies of the station. He is dismayed to discover that there is a lack of real safety processes at the station, and quits his job in disgust. His disillusionment puts a strain on his relationship with his wife, Pat, a fellow researcher and academic.
Through a mutual friend, Brack meets and begins to work for energy consultant Harold Harlan, with hopes that Harlan can highlight the issue of nuclear safety, and explore alternative energy sources. Unfortunately Harlan has his own plans for how he can use Brack.
Crown Court
Director (6 ep.)
event1972 star_border 5.4
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Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.
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