Paul Seed
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 18, 1947
- Died
- March 7, 2026 (aged 78)
- Birthplace
- Bideford, Devon UK
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Seed (1947-2026) was 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, Secret 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 later 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
Blandings
TV · Director · 6 eps
Just William
TV · Director · 4 eps
Clash of the Santas
Movie · Director
A Risk Worth Taking
Movie · Director
Lark Rise to Candleford
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering
Movie · Director
Northern Lights
TV · Director · 3 eps
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
Movie · Director
Christmas Lights
Movie · Director
Roman Road
Movie · Director
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Movie · Director
Doc Martin
TV · Director · 2 eps
New Tricks
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Booze Cruise
Movie · Director
The Booze Cruise
TV · Director · 1 ep
Strange Relations
Movie · Director
Dirty Tricks
Movie · Director
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Movie · Director
Every Woman Knows a Secret
TV · Director · 3 eps
A Rather English Marriage
Movie · Director
Heat of the Sun
TV · Director · 1 ep
Playing the Field
TV · Director · 3 eps
Have Your Cake and Eat It
TV · Director · 4 eps
The Affair
Movie · Director
To Play the King
TV · Director · 4 eps
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Movie · Director
A Touch of Frost
TV · Director · 1 ep
Ex
Movie · Director
House of Cards
TV · Director · 4 eps
The Picnic
Movie · Director
Capital City
TV · Director · 3 eps
Screen One
TV · Director · 2 eps
Inappropriate Behaviour
Movie · Director
Fighting Back
Movie · Director
Wynne and Penkovsky
Movie · Director
Long Term Memory
Movie · Director
Screen Two
TV · Director · 2 eps
Summer Season
TV · Director · 1 ep
Wynne and Penkovsky
TV · Director · 3 eps
A Coming to Terms for Billy
Movie · Director
A Matter of Choice for Billy
Movie · Director
Across the Water
Movie · Director
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
TV · Director · 6 eps
Too Late to Talk to Billy
Movie · Director
Play for Today
TV · Director · 3 eps