Bob Spiers

Biography

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.

Directed

1. Fawlty Towers (1975) — Director
2. Spice World (1997) — Director
3. Absolutely Fabulous (1992) — Director
4. Bottom (1991) — Director
5. A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1989) — Director
6. That Darn Cat (1997) — Director
7. Are You Being Served? (1972) — Director
8. Dad's Army (1968) — Director
9. Chilly Dogs (2001) — Director
10. French & Saunders (1987) — Director
11. The Goodies (1970) — Director
12. The Comic Strip Presents... (1982) — Director
13. Murder Most Horrid (1991) — Director
14. Press Gang (1989) — Director
15. The Adventures of Lano and Woodley (1997) — Director
16. Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout (1996) — Director
17. The Fast Show Live (1998) — Director
18. Joking Apart (1993) — Director
19. Agony Again (1995) — Director
20. Lazarus and Dingwall (1991) — Director
21. Absolutely Fabulous: A Life (1998) — Director
22. How to Be Absolutely Fabulous (1995) — Director
23. Days Like These (1999) — Director
24. A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques (1984) — Director
25. War (1983) — Director
26. The Best of French & Saunders (2002) — Director
27. Up Line (1987) — Director
28. Five Go Mad in Dorset (1982) — Director
29. The Beat Generation (1983) — Director
30. Five Go Mad on Mescalin (1983) — Director
31. Susie (1984) — Director
32. Gino: Full Story and Pics (1984) — Director
33. Didn't You Kill My Brother? (1988) — Director
34. French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88 (1988) — Director
35. French and Saunders' Christmas Carol (1994) — Director
36. Familie Oudenrijn (1987) — Director
37. A Cut Above (1982) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Queen of the Wild Frontier (1993) — Vicar