Known For
Directing
Born
Sep 18, 1947
Died
Mar 07, 2026
Place of Birth
Bideford, Devon UK
Credits
54 titles
Paul Seed
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
Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams
Self
Blandings
Director
Just William
Director
Clash of the Santas
Director
A Risk Worth Taking
Director
Lark Rise to Candleford
Director
A Matter of Time
The Ribos File
The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering
Director
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
Director
Roman Road
Director
Christmas Lights
Director
Doc Martin
Director
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Director
New Tricks
Director
The Booze Cruise
Director
The Booze Cruise
Director
Strange Relations
Director
Dirty Tricks
Director
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Director
A Rather English Marriage
Director
Heat of the Sun
Director
The Affair
Director
To Play the King
Director
A Touch of Frost
Director
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Director
Ex
Director
House of Cards
Director
Capital City
Director
Screen One
Director
The Picnic
Director
Inappropriate Behaviour
Director
Fighting Back
Director
Long Term Memory
Director
Wynne and Penkovsky
Director
Screen Two
Director
A Coming to Terms for Billy
Director
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Director
Across the Water
Director
A Matter of Choice for Billy
Director
Too Late to Talk to Billy
Director
Preview
TV Director
Escape
Nearly a Happy Ending
Tony
The Human Factor
Shop Assistant
Tales of the Unexpected
Director of Commercial
Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation
Graff Vynda-K
Secret Army
Dominique
Survivors
Grant
Playhouse
TV Director