Direction: Paul Whittington

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Paul Whittington. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Spooks (MI-5) (TV Series)

2002 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Wolstencroft · Alrick Riley · Bharat Nalluri · Sam Miller

Cast Peter Firth · Hugh Simon · David Oyelowo · Keeley Hawes

Synopsis TV Series (2002-Today). They don’t exist. You will never know their names, where they come from, who they are. They’re all that stands between you and those with terror on their minds. The MI5 are in the news everyday –...

7.3

235 votes

7.3

235 votes

Little Boy Blue (TV Miniseries)

2017 · Series · 240 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Paul Whittington

Cast Stephen Graham · Sinéad Keenan · Brian F. O'Byrne · Matthew Roberts

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2017). 4 Episodes. A four part mini series retelling the murder of Liverpool youngster Rhys Jones in 2007. The innocent 11-year-old schoolboy was accidentally shot in the back during a dispute between two gangs. Little Boy Blue follows...

6.9

236 votes

6.9

236 votes

Vera (TV Series)

2011 · Series · 120 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Farren Blackburn · Peter Hoar · Paul Whittington · Adrian Shergold

Cast Brenda Blethyn · David Leon · Wunmi Mosaku · Gina McKee

Synopsis TV Series (2011-Present). Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope is obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons. If she’s lonely she doesn’t show it and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage. Her trusted and long...

6.7

226 votes

6.7

226 votes

Direction Paul Whittington

Cast Nasser Memarzia · Kenneth Cranham · David Hayman · Alex Norton

Synopsis TV Mini-Series (2019). 4 Episodes. Four elderly men, all experienced thieves, carry out a large-scale robbery.

6.7

136 votes

6.7

136 votes

This Town

2024 · Series · 57 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Steven Knight · Paul Whittington

Cast Levi Brown · Jordan Bolger · Ben Rose · Peter McDonald

Synopsis An extended family and four young people are drawn into the world of ska and two-tone music, which exploded from the grass roots of Coventry and Birmingham in the late '70s and early '80s which united black, white and Asian...

6.7

178 votes

6.7

178 votes

Direction Paul Whittington

Cast Amanda Burton · Amy-Jayne Leigh · Jude Barrowcliffe · Nate Barrowcliffe

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2020). 6 Episodes. Based on a true story. One fateful night in August 1985, five members of the same family were found deceased at an Essex farmhouse.

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6.6

192 votes

6.6

192 votes

Harley Street (TV Series)

2008 · Series · 46 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Barnaby Southcombe · Colin Teague · Paul Whittington

Cast Paul Nicholls · Suranne Jones · Shaun Parkes · Oliver Dimsdale

Synopsis Recently-graduated Dr. Robert Foster starts a London medical practice with a few study friends. Robert and Dr. Martha Elliot have a love triangle with upper-class former university buddy Dr. Felix Quinn, who rivals them for the prestigious client list of...

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The Moorside (TV Miniseries)

2017 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Paul Whittington

Cast Sheridan Smith · Sian Brooke · Faye McKeever · John Dagleish

Synopsis A two-part drama about the search for missing Yorkshire schoolgirl Shannon Matthews in 2008.

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Mrs Biggs (TV Miniseries)

2012 · Movie · 224 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Paul Whittington

Cast Sheridan Smith · Daniel Mays · Caroline Goodall · Adrian Scarborough

Synopsis The true story of Charmian Biggs, the rebellious product of a strict 1950s upbringing, and her whirlwind romance with Ronald Biggs leading to a descent into crime, most infamously 1963's Great Train Robbery.

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Hotel Babylon (TV Series)

2006 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Andy Hay · Paul Whittington · Alrick Riley · Iain B. MacDonald

Cast Dexter Fletcher · Martin Marquez · Michael Obiora · Raymond Coulthard

Synopsis At a posh urban hotel, the love lives and whims of its wealthy guests are attended to by hard-working staff who have their own troubles with love.

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The Widower (TV Miniseries)

2013 · Movie · 180 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Paul Whittington

Cast Reece Shearsmith · Sheridan Smith · John Hannah · Kate Fleetwood

Synopsis TV Miniseries. Three episodes. 'The Widower' is the true story of Malcolm Webster - a three part series detailing how, over a 13-year period, a seemingly mild-mannered male nurse marries and then attempts to kill a succession of women to...

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Direction Paul Whittington

Cast Sheridan Smith · Aneurin Barnard · John Henshaw · Kent Riley

Synopsis The life and career of British singer and entertainer Cilla Black

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DCI Banks (TV Series)

2010 · Series · 45 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Craig Pickles · James Hawes · Bill Anderson · Marek Losey

Cast Stephen Tompkinson · Andrea Lowe · Jack Deam · Caroline Catz

Synopsis TV Series (2010-Today). 32 Episodes. The tenacious and stubborn Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks unravels disturbing murder mysteries aided by his young assistants, DS Annie Cabbot and DI Helen Morton.

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