Les Chatfield (9th January, 1932 - 2nd November, 2002) was a highly successful television producer and director. As well as directing 57 episodes of Coronation Street between February 1967 and December 1970 (two of them for the location sequences only), he has served as both producer and/or director on ITV situation comedies The Dustbinmen, The Lovers, A Sharp Intake of Breath, Holding the Fort, Kinvig, Pig in the Middle, Duty Free and Watching. His other credits are mainly in the field of drama and include City 68, A Family at War, Sam, Juliet Bravo, Brass and Bergerac.
He began his career at Granada Television as a senior cameraman, covering their opening night on 3rd May 1956.
Episodes directed by Les Chatfield[]
1960s[]
1967 (25 episodes)
- Episode 644 (15th February 1967)
- Episode 645 (20th February 1967)
- Episode 650 (8th March 1967)
- Episode 651 (13th March 1967)
- Episode 656 (29th March 1967)
- Episode 657 (3rd April 1967)
- Episode 662 (19th April 1967)
- Episode 663 (24th April 1967)
- Episode 666 (3rd May 1967)
- Episode 667 (8th May 1967)
- Episode 674 (31st May 1967)
- Episode 675 (5th June 1967)
- Episode 680 (21st June 1967)
- Episode 681 (26th June 1967)
- Episode 686 (12th July 1967)
- Episode 687 (17th July 1967)
- Episode 694 (9th August 1967)
- Episode 695 (14th August 1967)
- Episode 700 (30th August 1967)
- Episode 721 (13th November 1967)
- Episode 722 (15th November 1967)
- Episode 725 (27th November 1967)
- Episode 726 (29th November 1967)
- Episode 731 (18th December 1967)
- Episode 732 (20th December 1967)
1968 (18 episodes)
- Episode 737 (8th January 1968)
- Episode 738 (10th January 1968)
- Episode 746 (7th February 1968) (Location sequences only)
- Episode 747 (12th February 1968) (Location sequences only)
- Episode 759 (25th March 1968)
- Episode 760 (27th March 1968)
- Episode 767 (22nd April 1968)
- Episode 768 (24th April 1968)
- Episode 801 (26th August 1968)
- Episode 802 (28th August 1968)
- Episode 813 (7th October 1968)
- Episode 814 (9th October 1968)
- Episode 819 (28th October 1968)
- Episode 820 (30th October 1968)
- Episode 827 (25th November 1968)
- Episode 828 (27th November 1968)
- Episode 833 (16th December 1968)
- Episode 834 (18th December 1968)
1969 (10 episodes)
- Episode 839 (6th January 1969)
- Episode 840 (8th January 1969)
- Episode 845 (27th January 1969)
- Episode 846 (29th January 1969)
- Episode 851 (17th February 1969)
- Episode 852 (19th February 1969)
- Episode 857 (10th March 1969)
- Episode 858 (12th March 1969)
- Episode 863 (31st March 1969)
- Episode 864 (2nd April 1969)
1970s[]
1970 (4 episodes)