Terry Hughes is a British film and

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and producer. He won the 1976

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for Best Entertainment Programme for ''

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'', the 1985

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for Outstanding Directing in a Variety or Music Program for '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'', and the 1987

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for ''

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''. He directed 108 episodes of ''The Golden Girls'' between 1985 and 1990.

Career

Hughes has produced or directed BBC TV variety shows such as

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and

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and series such as '' Ripping Yarns''. He is probably best known in the UK for being the producer and director of ''

'' from 1971 to 1976. He earned six consecutive BAFTA nominations for his work on this show, winning once in 1976. In 1985, as part of his work in America, Hughes won an Emmy for ''Outstanding Directing for a Variety or Music Program'' for directing the televised version of the musical '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'', starring

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and

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. He has also produced and directed episodes of shows such as ''

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'' and ''

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''. Hughes is perhaps best known in America for being the primary episodic director for ''

'' during its first five seasons, directing 108 of the first 126 episodes from 1985 to 1990. He won an Emmy for

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in 1987, for the season two episode " Isn't it Romantic?" In 1972 he was the director for the

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, held in

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. Other than television Hughes has also directed films such as '' Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl'' (which he co-directed with Ian MacNaughton) and ''

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''. Hughes now lives in

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