Michael Kerrigan

Michael Kerrigan (2 November 1952 – 7 August 2014)^[1] was a British television director noted for directing The Famous Five TV series and the children's show No. 73. He also directed the Doctor Who serial Battlefield in 1989.^[2] In 2008 he returned to the Doctor Who universe to direct four episodes of the spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures.

Kerrigan spent several years on the staff of the ITV network's south of England franchise-holder TVS, and his first credit was as a "Programme Associate" on the first edition of No. 73 to be made at the company's Maidstone studios.

Filmography

• Jackanory (1965)
• Angels (1975)
• Spine Chillers (1980)
• A Little Silver Trumpet (1980)
• Maggie (1981 to 1982)
• Secrets (1982)
• Brookside (1982)
• The Baker Street Boys (1983)
• Dramarama
  • "The Universe Downstairs" (1985)
• Knights of God (1987)
• Jim Henson Presents Mother Goose Stories (1987 and 1989)
• Mr Majeika (1988)
• Doctor Who
  • Battlefield (4 parts, 1989)
• The Bill
  • "Old Friends" (1990)
  • "Ground Rules" (1990)
  • "Come Fly with Me" (1990)
• Parallel 9 (1992)
• Three Seven Eleven (1993)
• The Wild House (1996)
• The Famous Five
  • "Five Get into a Fix" (1996)
  • "Five on a Treasure Island" Part One and Two (1996)
  • "Five Get into Trouble" (1996)
  • "Five Fall into Adventure" (1996)
  • "Five Go Off to Camp" (1996)
  • "Five on Finniston Farm" (1996)
  • "Five Go to Smuggler's Top" Part One and Two (1996)
  • "Five Go to Demon's Rocks" (1996)
  • "Five Go Down to the Sea" Part One and Two (1996)
  • "Five Run Away Together" (1996)
  • "Five Go to Mystery Moor" (1996)
  • "Five Go Adventuring Again" (1997)
  • "Five on a Secret Trail" (1997)
  • "Five Go to Billycock Hill" Part One and Two (1997)
  • "Five Have a Mystery to Solve" (1997)
• The Phoenix and the Carpet (1997)
• Verdict
  • "Split Second" (1998)
• Ministry of Mayhem (2004)
• The Courtroom
  • "One in Six" (2004)
• The Basil Brush Show
  • "Big Bother" (2003)
  • "Basil's Haunted House" (2006)
  • "There's No Business Like Snow Business" (2006)
• Coronation Street
  • Episode #1.6520 (2007)
  • Episode #1.6521 (2007)
  • Episode #1.6522 (2007)
  • Episode #1.6571 (2007)
• The Sarah Jane Adventures
  • The Day of the Clown (2 parts, 2008)
  • Secrets of the Stars (2 parts, 2008)
• Captain Mack (2008)