Ken Grieve (born 17th March 1942 in Edinburgh, died 15th November 2016, also in Edinburgh) worked as a director on Coronation Street from November 1974 to January 1983 with 42 episodes to his credit. He was also the director of the 1975 title sequence and the shots he captured in the spring of that year were re-utilised in the 1976 version which was seen by viewers until October 1990.
A staff director at Granada Television in the mid-1970s, his other work for the company included The XYY Man, Send In The Girls and the John Finch-written series This Year, Next Year. After becoming freelance he worked on Doctor Who, The Omega Factor, Bugs, Peak Practice, Bergerac, Cadfael, The Bill and Casualty among many other series.
Episodes directed by Ken Grieve[]
1970s[]
1974 (6 episodes)
- Episode 1442 (11th November 1974)
- Episode 1443 (13th November 1974)
- Episode 1448 (2nd December 1974)
- Episode 1449 (4th December 1974)
- Episode 1454 (23rd December 1974)
- Episode 1455 (30th December 1974)
1975 (19 episodes)
- Episode 1462 (22nd January 1975)
- Episode 1463 (27th January 1975)
- Episode 1468 (12th February 1975)
- Episode 1469 (17th February 1975)
- Episode 1474 (5th March 1975)
- Episode 1475 (10th March 1975)
- Episode 1480 (26th March 1975)
- Episode 1481 (31st March 1975)
- Episode 1486 (16th April 1975)
- Episode 1487 (21st April 1975)
- Episode 1500 (11th June 1975)
- Episode 1514 (21st July 1975)
- Episode 1515 (23rd July 1975)
- Episode 1520 (11th August 1975)
- Episode 1521 (13th August 1975)
- Episode 1526 (1st September 1975)
- Episode 1527 (3rd September 1975)
- Episode 1534 (29th September 1975)
- Episode 1535 (1st October 1975)
1978 (4 episodes)
- Episode 1810 (22nd May 1978)
- Episode 1811 (24th May 1978)
- Episode 1816 (12th June 1978)
- Episode 1817 (14th June 1978)
1980s[]
1980 (6 episodes)
- Episode 2016 (28th July 1980)
- Episode 2017 (30th July 1980)
- Episode 2022 (18th August 1980)
- Episode 2023 (20th August 1980)
- Episode 2028 (8th September 1980)
- Episode 2029 (10th September 1980)
1981 (1 episode)
1982 (4 episodes)
- Episode 2190 (29th March 1982)
- Episode 2191 (31st March 1982)
- Episode 2254 (8th November 1982)
- Episode 2255 (10th November 1982)
1983 (2 episodes)