Edward Bazalgette
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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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed] In 2013, he directed The Guilty, and in 2014 Poldark with Will McGregor.[3]
In 2015, he directed two episodes ("The Girl Who Died" and "The Woman Who Lived")[4] and "The Doctor's Meditation"[5] prequel for the BBC series, Doctor Who.
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 13 September 2015.
- ^ "Everything we know so far about Doctor Who' Season 9". CultBox. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
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