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Bob Spiers

Bob Spiers

Directing • 1945-09-27 • Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Robert Alexander "Bob" Spiers (27 September 1945 – 8 December 2008) was a director. He is particularly noted as the director of the early series of Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2001), the musical comedy Spiceworld, and of the second series of Fawlty Towers (1979). He also worked with Steven Moffat on Press Gang and Joking Apart. Spiers won a BAFTA Award twice for his work as a television comedy director.

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Absolutely Fabulous7.6

Absolutely Fabulous

1992

Fawlty Towers8.3

Fawlty Towers

1975

Are You Being Served?7.4

Are You Being Served?

1972

Bottom7.9

Bottom

1991

A Bit of Fry & Laurie7.9

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

1989

The Goodies7.7

The Goodies

1970

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