Roger Singleton-Turner

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Roger Singleton-Turner is a British television director, known for a number of series including "The Demon Headmaster" for the BBC.

Directing

Singleton-Turner began his directing career in 1974 on the long-running story-telling programme, "Jackanory". He continued to direct for the series until its end in 1996, as well as adapting many books, including "Winnie the Pooh", "Treasure Island" and "The Hobbit".

He was the second director ever to work on the long-running iconic children's drama "Grange Hill". He directed around 25 episodes in all, for which he won a BAFTA for Best Children's Programme in 1980, along with executive producer Anna Home.

Singleton-Turner also directed 1991's "Watt on Earth". In 1996, he directed "The Demon Headmaster", arguably his best-known work, short-listed for BAFTA, the RTS and the Prix Jeunesse in 1997.

His other works include "Gruey" & and "Gruey Twoey" by Martin Riley, "Happy Families", "Mortimer and Arabel", "The Wild House" and CITV's "Welcome to orty-Fou" for Carlton Television. He produced and directed series 3 and 4 of "The Ark" commissioned by ITV Factual from Granada Kids, transmitted in 2004.

Singleton-Turner has trained other directors at the BBC and has taught on various courses at different Universities in the UK and Thailand. He has recently spent a lot of his time at the University of Sunderland, where he teaches TV Studio modules.

Books

Singleton-Turner wrote: "Television and Children" (1994), "Continuity Notes" (1988) and "Children Acting on Television" (1999). He was also a contributor to "Dad's Army - Walmington goes to War" (2001, edited by Richard Webber).

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0802341/ Roger Singleton-Turner at IMDB]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/s/singletonturner_roger.shtml Roger Singleton-Turner at the BBC Comedy Guide]