Colin Teague

Colin Teague (born 1970)^[1] is a British film and television director. He grew up in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire^[2] and studied at Redroofs Theatre School^[3] and the London International Film School.

He is most associated with Doctor Who, being the first person to have directed for the main show and both of its spin-offs, Torchwood and the pilot episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures. Because of a fall he took down some stairs in 2007, he was known on the Doctor Who set as "Tumblin' Teague." Subsequently he was Bafta nominated twice for Being Human, and in 2011 Teague directed Shirley, a biopic on the legendary Shirley Bassey, which won a Cymru Bafta for best single drama in 2012.

Selected filmography

• The Last Drop (2005)
• Holby City (2003-2006)
• Torchwood
  • "Ghost Machine" (2006)
  • "Greeks Bearing Gifts" (2006)
  • "Sleeper" (2008)
  • "Meat" (2008)
• The Sarah Jane Adventures
  • "Invasion of the Bane" (2007)
• Doctor Who
  • "The Sound of Drums" (2007)
  • "Last of the Time Lords" (2007)
  • "The Fires of Pompeii" (2008)
• Being Human
  • Series 1, Episode 5 (2009)
  • Series 1, Episode 6 (2009)
  • Series 2, Episode 1 (2010)
  • Series 2, Episode 2 (2010)
• Shirley
  • Single Drama (2011)
• Sinbad
  • "Kuji" (2012)
  • "Eye of the Tiger" (2012)
  • "For Whom the Egg Shatters" (2012)
• The Town
  • x3 Part Drama (2012)

External links

• Colin Teague at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood/interrogation.shtml Interviews about directing Torchwood

References