Biography
Edward Bazalgette is a British television director and former musician. Bazalgette was the lead guitarist in the 1980s rock group The Vapors, whose hit "Turning Japanese" remains a popular one-hit wonder. He later became a film editor, television producer and director. In 2003, the BBC commissioned a seven part series of documentaries called The Seven Wonders of the Industrial World. Edward Bazalgette directed and produced the documentary The Sewer King which charted his great-great-grandfather Sir Joseph Bazalgette's design and engineering of the London sewers. His third cousin Peter Bazalgette later presented a show for Five called The Great Stink.He has also directed two drama documentaries for the BBC, Genghis Khan (2005) and Hannibal (2006). He has also directed episodes of EastEnders and Holby City, as well as location films for Top Gear. In 2013, he directed The Guilty and one episode of the first series of Endeavour, and in 2014 directed Poldark with Will McGregor.In 2015, he directed two episodes of the ninth series of Doctor Who ("The Girl Who Died" and "The Woman Who Lived") as well as "The Doctor's Meditation", a prequel for the series. He also directed the 2016 Christmas special of Doctor Who, "The Return of Doctor Mysterio". In addition, he directed the first three episodes of the Doctor Who spinoff Class in 2016.
In 2019 he directed four episodes of the historical drama The Last Kingdom, based on the book series by Bernard Cornwell.In 2021, Bazalgette directed two episodes of The Witcher.
Filmography
all 21
Director 17
TV Shows 12
Movies 9
Producer 2
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die (2023)
The Witcher (2019)
Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio (2016)
Class (2016)
The Last Kingdom (2015)
Doctor Who: The Doctor's Meditation (2015)
The Guilty (2013)
Endeavour (2013)
A Mother's Son (2012)
DCI Banks (2011)
Vera (2011)
Modern Masters (2010)
Werewolves: The Dark Survivors (2009)
Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare (2006)
Genghis Khan (2005)
Doctor Who (2005)
Francesco's Venice (2004)
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World (2003)
Turner: The Man Who Painted Britain (2002)
The Long Roads (1993)
My Brother David (1989)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1960-05-29 (63 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
Height
FatherDeryck James Norman Bazalgette
MotherRuth M. Andrews
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsEd Bazalgette, Эдвард Базалгетт
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