Mike Gibbon

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Mike Gibbon (born John Michael Gibbon on 27 January 1942 in Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, England) is an English television producer and director.

He is best known for directing and producing the BBC televised soap opera, EastEnders. He began directing the programme in 1985 and began producing the programme in 1988. He acted as executive producer following the departure of show creator Julia Smith and was succeeded by Michael Ferguson in the latter part of 1989.

His directorial credits include New Scotland Yard (1972); Helen: A Woman of Today (1973); Within These Walls (1974); The Brack Report (1982) and Fair City (1988).

Gibbon married Moya McCarthy in July 1976 and they have a daughter named Sophie.

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