Christopher Hodson (director)

Christopher Hodson (12 January 1929 – 26 December 2015) was a British television director.

Career
Christopher Hodson (also credited as Chris Hodson) was a prolific director of British TV series and TV movies from 1958 to 2000. He directed episodes of many high-profile series including Upstairs, Downstairs, The Main Chance, The Bill and EastEnders.

He directed one feature film, The Best Pair of Legs in the Business (1973) with Reg Varney in a tragicomedic role, based on the ITV Playhouse play of the same name he directed in 1968.

Director credits (television)

 * 1958–1959: Educating Archie (21 episodes)
 * 1958–1967: ITV Play of the Week (4 episodes)
 * 1959–1967: No Hiding Place (24 episodes)
 * 1959: Find the Singer (7 episodes)
 * 1959: ITV Television Playhouse, "The Advocate"
 * 1960–1962: Somerset Maugham Hour (4 episodes)
 * 1960: Hotel Imperial (6 episodes)
 * 1961–1962: Here and Now (7 episodes)
 * 1961: Home Tonight (20 episodes)
 * 1961: Three Live Wires (17 episodes)
 * 1962: Top Secret (3 episodes)
 * 1963–1964: Our Man at St. Mark's (5 episodes)
 * 1963–1965: Crane (20 episodes)
 * 1965: Riviera Police (3 episodes)
 * 1966: Seven Deadly Sins (2 episodes)
 * 1967: Mr. Aitch, "The Great Pretender"
 * 1967: Seven Deadly Virtues, "It's Your Move"
 * 1967: The Informer (3 episodes)
 * 1968–1969: The Root of All Evil? (3 episodes)
 * 1968–1975: Firing Line (3 episodes)
 * 1968: ITV Playhouse, "Lucky for Some", "Daddy Kiss It Better", "The Best Pair of Legs in the Business"
 * 1968: Sanctuary (2 episodes)
 * 1968: The Gamblers (1 episode)
 * 1968: Gazette (1 episode)
 * 1969–1970: The Main Chance (9 episodes)
 * 1969: Mr. Digby Darling (1 episode), also series Producer
 * 1969: ITV Sunday Night Theatre (1 episode)
 * 1970–1973: Menace (3 episodes)
 * 1971–1972: Justice (6 episodes)
 * 1971: The Ten Commandments (1 episode)
 * 1972–1975: Upstairs, Downstairs (14 episodes)
 * 1972: New Scotland Yard (1 episode)
 * 1972: The Organization (3 episodes)
 * 1972: ITV Playhouse, "Jo" (1972)
 * 1973: Helen: A Woman of Today (2 episodes)
 * 1974–1978: Within These Walls (11 episodes)
 * 1974: Seven Faces of Woman (1 episode)
 * 1974: Good Girl (2 episodes)
 * 1975–1977: Raffles (7 episodes)
 * 1975: Raffles (TV movie)
 * 1976: Hadleigh (2 episodes)
 * 1976: Murder (2 episodes)
 * 1977: Love for Lydia (2 episodes)
 * 1978: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
 * 1978: Enemy at the Door (4 episodes)
 * 1978: Lillie (TV Mini Series) (4 episodes)
 * 1979: Thomas and Sarah (4 episodes), also Producer (13 episodes)
 * 1979: Two People (1 episode)
 * 1980–1982: The Gentle Touch (4 episodes)
 * 1980: The Marquise (TV Movie)
 * 1981: Sunday Night Thriller (2 episodes)
 * 1982: We'll Meet Again (TV Mini Series) (4 episodes)
 * 1982: ITV Playhouse, "The Houseboy"
 * 1982: The Agatha Christie Hour (1 episode)
 * 1982: Saturday Night Thriller (2 episodes)
 * 1983: Jemima Shore Investigates (1 episode)
 * 1983: Storyboard (2 episodes)
 * 1983: The All Electric Amusement Arcade (2 episodes)
 * 1983–1984: Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime (5 episodes)
 * 1984: Chocky (3 episodes)
 * 1984–1985: Mr. Palfrey of Westminster (4 episodes)
 * 1984–2000: The Bill (40 episodes)
 * 1987: A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (7 episodes)
 * 1989: Chelworth (2 episodes)
 * 1990: Campion (2 episodes)
 * 1990: EastEnders (4 episodes)
 * 1991: Specials (7 episodes)
 * 1992: The Mixer (2 episodes)
 * 1993: Growing Pains (2 episodes)

Director credits (film)

 * 1972: The Telephone at Work (short)
 * 1972: Letter Writing at Work (short)
 * 1973: The Best Pair of Legs in the Business

Awards
In 1976 Hodson was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for "Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series" for the Upstairs, Downstairs episode "Women Shall Not Weep" (1974), shown in the PBS Masterpiece drama anthology series.