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Moira Armstrong

Directing • 1930-01-01 • Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland, UK

Born in Crieff in 1930 and raised in north-east Scotland, Moira Armstrong is a Scottish television director whose career has expanded over nearly fifty years. Her credits include episodes of Armchair Thriller (based on the novel Quiet as a Nun), The Onedin Line, Lark Rise to Candleford, Where the Heart Is, The Bill, Midsomer Murders, Something in Disguise, The Wednesday Play, and Adam Adamant Lives!, the biographical serial Freud (1984) as well as the television film The Countess Alice (1992). She also directed Sunset Song, the 1971 adaptation for television of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's novel, notable not only for being the first drama to be recorded in colour by BBC Scotland but also featuring its first nude scene. Armstrong (with Jonathan Powell) won the 1980 BAFTA Best Drama Series/Serial award for Testament of Youth (1979). In 2024 and 2025 many of her TV work was repeated as part of a retrospective of vintage drama on BBC4, with Armstrong invited to introduce several of the productions alongside fellow cast and crew.

Known For

The Bill

The Bill

1984

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970

Peak Practice

Peak Practice

1993

Lark Rise to Candleford

Lark Rise to Candleford

2008

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

1964

The Troubleshooters

The Troubleshooters

1965

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Filmography

2008
Lark Rise to CandlefordTV
Director • 3 episodes
★ 8.4
2005
Three Steps to HendonFilm
Director
2004
Agatha Christie's MarpleTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 7.9
2004
The Long Bank HolidayFilm
Director
★ 8.0
2003
The Last DetectiveTV
Director • 2 episodes
★ 7.8
2001
ShadesTV
Director • 6 episodes
★ 6.5
1999
Always and EveryoneTV
Director • 2 episodes
★ 9.5
1998
Mortimer's LawTV
Director • 3 episodes
★ 10.0
1997
Midsomer MurdersTV
Director • 2 episodes
★ 7.5
1997
Where the Heart IsTV
Director • 14 episodes
★ 7.7
1997
The Broker's ManTV
Director • 2 episodes
★ 6.8
1997
BreakoutFilm
Director
★ 6.7
1996
No BananasTV
Director • 2 episodes
★ 7.7
1995
A Village AffairFilm
Director
★ 5.0
1995
The VetTV
Director • 3 episodes
1993
Peak PracticeTV
Director • 3 episodes
★ 6.5
1993
Body & SoulTV
Director • 6 episodes
★ 5.8
1993
The Countess AliceFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1992
Moon and SonTV
Director • 2 episodes
1990
A Safe HouseFilm
Director
1989
Screen OneTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
1989
The Justice GameTV
Director • 3 episodes
★ 10.0
1989
The Mountain and the MolehillFilm
Director
1988
The Play on OneTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 6.0
1988
The Dunroamin' RisingFilm
Director
1986
BoonTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 5.8
1986
ScreenPlayTV
Director • 2 episodes
★ 6.0
1986
BluebellTV
Director • 8 episodes
★ 6.5
1986
Inside StoryTV
Director • 6 episodes
1985
Theatre NightTV
Director • 1 episodes
1984
The BillTV
Director • 15 episodes
★ 6.8
1984
FreudTV
Director • 6 episodes
★ 5.0
1984
C.Q.Film
Director
1983
To the Camp and BackFilm
Director
1983
Letting the Birds Go FreeFilm
Director
1982
All for LoveTV
Director • 2 episodes
★ 7.0
1982
Something in DisguiseTV
Director • 6 episodes
1982
God Speed Co-operationFilm
Director
1982
How Many Miles to Babylon?Film
Director
1981
No Visible ScarFilm
Director
1980
Minor ComplicationsFilm
Director
1979
Testament of YouthTV
Director • 5 episodes
★ 7.8
1979
The Great DetectiveTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1978
HazellTV
Director • 2 episodes
★ 5.2
1978
Armchair ThrillerTV
Director • 6 episodes
★ 4.7
1978
FairiesFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1978
Quiet as a NunFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1978
One of the BoysFilm
Director
1978
We Never Do What They WantFilm
Director
1977
A Christmas CarolFilm
Director
★ 6.7
1977
BBC2 Play of the WeekTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1977
Maidens' TripTV
Director • 3 episodes
1976
Clay, Smeddum and GreendenFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1976
For the WhalesFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1976
Abide with MeFilm
Director
1975
The Girls of Slender MeansTV
Director • 3 episodes
★ 3.7
1975
After the SoloFilm
Director
1974
PlayhouseTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1974
Shoulder to ShoulderTV
Director • 2 episodes
★ 6.5
1974
Dial M for MurderTV
Director • 1 episodes
1974
The BevellersFilm
Director
1973
Centre PlayTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1973
Armchair 30TV
Director • 1 episodes
1973
Beryl's LotTV
Director • 3 episodes
1973
The New RoadTV
Director • 5 episodes
1972
The Shadow of the TowerTV
Director • 3 episodes
★ 5.7
1972
No ExitTV
Director • 1 episodes
1971
Great PerformancesTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 6.1
1971
The Onedin LineTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1971
BudgieTV
Director • 2 episodes
★ 7.2
1971
The GuardiansTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 6.0
1971
Sunset SongTV
Director • 6 episodes
★ 9.0
1970
Play for TodayTV
Director • 5 episodes
★ 6.6
1970
VilletteTV
Director • 5 episodes
★ 7.0
1970
MenaceTV
Director • 2 episodes
1969
HadleighTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 7.8
1969
W. Somerset MaughamTV
Director • 2 episodes
1968
The BorderersTV
Director • 4 episodes
★ 7.0
1967
ITV PlayhouseTV
Director • 2 episodes
★ 7.0
1966
Softly, SoftlyTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1966
Adam Adamant Lives!TV
Director • 8 episodes
★ 7.5
1966
This Man CraigTV
Director • 3 episodes
1965
BBC Play of the MonthTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 5.2
1965
The TroubleshootersTV
Director • 11 episodes
★ 7.3
1964
The Wednesday PlayTV
Director • 3 episodes
★ 5.2
1964
DetectiveTV
Director • 3 episodes
★ 9.0
1964
R3TV
Director • 3 episodes
★ 8.0
1963
Love StoryTV
Director • 1 episodes
1962
Z-CarsTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
1962
Dr. Finlay's CasebookTV
Director • 6 episodes
★ 6.7