Edward Bazalgette
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| Born | London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | TV director |
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Edward Bazalgette is a British television director and former musician.
Biography
Bazalgette was the lead guitarist in the 1980s rock group The Vapors, whose hit "Turning Japanese" remains a popular one-hit wonder.[1] He later became a film editor, television producer and director. In 2003, the BBC commissioned a seven part series of documentaries called The Seven Wonders of the Industrial World. Edward Bazalgette directed and produced the documentary The Sewer King which charted his great-great-grandfather Sir Joseph Bazalgette's design and engineering of the London sewers.[2] His third cousin Peter Bazalgette later presented a show for Five called The Great Stink.
He has also directed two drama documentaries for the BBC - Genghis Khan (2005) and Hannibal - Rome's Worst Nightmare (2006). He has also directed episodes of EastEnders and Holby City, as well as location films for Top Gear. In 2013, he directed The Guilty, and in 2014 Poldark with Will McGregor.[3]
In 2015, he directed two episodes of the BBC series Doctor Who, season 9 ("The Girl Who Died" and "The Woman Who Lived")[4] as well as the "The Doctor's Meditation",[5] a prequel for the season. He is also the director for the 2016 Christmas special of Doctor Who. In addition, he directed the first three episodes of the Doctor Who spinoff Class in 2016.
References
- ↑ McGrath, Paul (23 December 1980). "Vapors start slow, but hit full stride with up-tempo rock". The Globe and Mail. p. 15.
- ↑ Sutcliffe, Thomas (3 October 2003). "The sweet smell of success: Seven Wonders of the Industrial World". The Independent. p. 37.
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3636060/fullcredits/
- ↑ "Game of Thrones Star to Guest in Doctor Who". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
- ↑ "Everything we know so far about Doctor Who' Season 9". CultBox. 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2015-09-16.