Mike Newell in 1995.
Michael Cormac Newell (born 28th March, 1942) directed 20 episodes of Coronation Street (under the name of Cormac Newell) in 1966 and worked on many other television productions before eventually becoming a hugely successful director of British and American films. A graduate from Cambridge University in English, his credits include Four Weddings And A Funeral, Donnie Brasco, Mona Lisa Smile and Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire.
In a 1995 interview for The South Bank Show Newell claimed he learned more about his job from having to direct a hung-over and bad-tempered Patricia Phoenix than from any other experience in his career.
Episodes directed by Michael Cormac Newell[]
1966 (20 episodes)
- Episode 529 (5th January 1966)
- Episode 534 (24th January 1966)
- Episode 535 (26th January 1966)
- Episode 540 (14th February 1966)
- Episode 541 (16th February 1966)
- Episode 548 (14th March 1966)
- Episode 549 (16th March 1966)
- Episode 554 (4th April 1966)
- Episode 555 (6th April 1966)
- Episode 560 (25th April 1966)
- Episode 561 (27th April 1966)
- Episode 566 (16th May 1966)
- Episode 567 (18th May 1966)
- Episode 572 (6th June 1966)
- Episode 573 (8th June 1966)
- Episode 614 (31st October 1966)
- Episode 615 (2nd November 1966)
- Episode 620 (21st November 1966)
- Episode 626 (12th December 1966)
- Episode 627 (14th December 1966)