David Richards (born 1948 in Hollinwood, Oldham) worked as a director on 57 episodes of Coronation Street from February 1990 to July 1993.
He trained as a painter but started making films while at art school. His early career was at Granada Television on factual programmes and moved into drama after fifteen years.
His other credits include The Practice, Emmerdale, September Song, The Bill, Reckless, Grafters, Messiah 2: Vengeance Is Mine, Wild at Heart, Foyle's War, The Runaway, Vera, DCI Banks and Silent Witness.
In 2000 he won the Best Director award at the New York Film and TV Festival for This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper.
He died from cancer on 9th January 2017.
Episodes directed by David Richards[]
1990 (18 episodes)
- Episode 3036 (26th February 1990)
- Episode 3037 (28th February 1990)
- Episode 3038 (2nd March 1990)
- Episode 3048 (26th March 1990)
- Episode 3049 (28th March 1990)
- Episode 3050 (30th March 1990)
- Episode 3060 (23rd April 1990)
- Episode 3061 (25th April 1990)
- Episode 3062 (27th April 1990)
- Episode 3072 (21st May 1990)
- Episode 3073 (23rd May 1990)
- Episode 3074 (25th May 1990)
- Episode 3084 (20th June 1990)
- Episode 3085 (22nd June 1990)
- Episode 3086 (25th June 1990)
- Episode 3095 (16th July 1990)
- Episode 3096 (18th July 1990)
- Episode 3097 (20th July 1990)
1991 (13 episodes)
- Episode 3210 (8th April 1991)
- Episode 3211 (10th April 1991)
- Episode 3212 (12th April 1991)
- Episode 3222 (6th May 1991)
- Episode 3223 (8th May 1991)
- Episode 3224 (10th May 1991)
- Episode 3234 (3rd June 1991)
- Episode 3235 (5th June 1991)
- Episode 3236 (7th June 1991)
- Episode 3246 (1st July 1991)
- Episode 3247 (3rd July 1991)
- Episode 3248 (5th July 1991)
- Episode 3325 (30th December 1991)
1992 (14 episodes)
- Episode 3326 (1st January 1992)
- Episode 3327 (3rd January 1992)
- Episode 3337 (27th January 1992)
- Episode 3338 (29th January 1992)
- Episode 3339 (31st January 1992)
- Episode 3349 (24th February 1992)
- Episode 3350 (26th February 1992)
- Episode 3351 (28th February 1992)
- Episode 3361 (23rd March 1992)
- Episode 3362 (25th March 1992)
- Episode 3363 (27th March 1992)
- Episode 3479 (21st December 1992)
- Episode 3480 (23rd December 1992)
- Episode 3481 (25th December 1992)
1993 (12 episodes)
- Episode 3506 (22nd February 1993)
- Episode 3507 (24th February 1993)
- Episode 3508 (26th February 1993)
- Episode 3518 (22nd March 1993)
- Episode 3519 (24th March 1993)
- Episode 3520 (26th March 1993)
- Episode 3530 (19th April 1993)
- Episode 3531 (21st April 1993)
- Episode 3532 (23rd April 1993)
- Episode 3569 (19th July 1993)
- Episode 3570 (21st July 1993)
- Episode 3571 (23rd July 1993)