Paul Seed

Paul Seed
Born	(1947-09-18) 18 September 1947 (age 77) Bideford, Devon, England
Occupation(s)	Director, actor
Notable work	Doctor Who
Spouse	Elizabeth Cassidy

Paul Seed (born 18 September 1947) is a British television director and former actor.

Born in Bideford in Devon, Seed began his career as an actor and appeared in numerous television series including Z-Cars , Softly Softly: Taskforce , Survivors , Doctor Who , Secret Army , Coronation Street , Crown Court and Tales of the Unexpected . Seed currently lives in Torrington, Devon, and is married to actress Elizabeth Cassidy.

In the late 1970s, Seed chose to pursue a career in TV drama directing and completed the BBC Directors' course following which he directed numerous TV plays, series and serials during the 1980s. Seed directed the BBC's smash-hit 1990 mini-series House of Cards and its sequel To Play the King , adapted by Andrew Davies from Michael Dobbs' novels.

Seed continued to direct for television drama series throughout the 1990s including A Touch of Frost and Playing the Field, and in 2002 directed all six episodes of the revival of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet .

In recent years, he has directed episodes of New Tricks , Northern Lights , Doc Martin and Lark Rise to Candleford , and in 2010 directed the BBC adaptation of Just William , and also directed Blandings (2013), shown on BBC One.

External links

• Paul Seed at IMDb