Ron Jones (6 August 1945 – 9 July 1995) was a British

television director A television director is in charge of the activities involved in making a television program or section of a program. They are generally responsible for decisions about the editorial content and creative style of a program, and ensuring the prod ...

. Born in

Bristol Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by t ...

, he joined the

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as a studio manager in local radio then became an assistant floor manager on television. After a period as a researcher and item director on ''

Blue Peter ''Blue Peter'' is a British children's television entertainment programme created by John Hunter Blair. It is the longest-running children's TV show in the world, having been broadcast since October 1958. It was broadcast primarily from BBC ...

'' he worked as a production manager on series such as '' Bergerac'' and '' Secret Army''. On completing the BBC's internal director's course, he was commissioned to direct for ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...

'' and contributed six stories in the 1980s: '' Black Orchid'', '' Time-Flight'', ''

Arc of Infinity ''Arc of Infinity'' is the first serial of the 20th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts on BBC1 from 3 to 12 January 1983. The serial is set in Amsterdam a ...

'', '' Frontios'', '' Vengeance on Varos'' and '' Mindwarp''. He also directed '' Lindenstraße'' (a 1985 TV series) and episodes of police drama ''

Juliet Bravo ''Juliet Bravo'' is a television in the United Kingdom, British television police procedural drama series, first broadcast on 30 August 1980, that ran for six series and a total of 88 episodes on BBC One, BBC1. The theme of the series concerned ...

''.

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* 1945 births 1995 deaths British television directors Mass media people from Bristol {{tv-director-stub