Chris Clough (born 9 March 1951 in

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) is an English television producer and director. Clough studied English literature at

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. He went there because they had a television studio available for the students. He used the material he created there to apply for jobs and he got a job as a researcher at

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. He then started directing. In 1982 he went freelance and in that decade he directed episodes of the television

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s '' Brookside'' and '' EastEnders''. While working on ''EastEnders'', Clough got to know one of the assistant directors, Gary Downie, who had also worked on '' Doctor Who''. He got an interview with ''Doctor Who'' producer

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and he later directed six serials of the series — ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Delta and the Bannermen ''Delta and the Bannermen'' is the third serial of the 24th season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in three weekly parts from 2 to 16 November 1987. In the serial, aliens called the Ba ...

'', '' Dragonfire'', ''

The Happiness Patrol ''The Happiness Patrol'' is the second serial of the 25th season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in three weekly parts on BBC1 from 2 to 16 November 1988. The serial is set on the E ...

'' and ''

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''. In the 1990s, Clough directed several episodes of ''

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'' and he also started producing the show in the latter half of the decade. He then went on to produce several other series, including ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' The Ghost Squad''. He produced the E4 Teen Drama '' Skins'', running from 2007 to 2013, and

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drama ''

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'' in 2011. In 2014, he was the producer of the first eight-part series of '' The Missing''.

References

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'' #231 - "The Fantasy Factory" (interview with Chris Clough) p. 40.43

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clough, Chris 1951 births Alumni of the University of Leeds BBC television producers English television directors English television producers Living people