About Derek Bennett
Lived 1930 – 2005 (aged 74–75). Derek Bennett was a television producer.
Derek James Bennett (5 November 1930 – 26 June 2005)
Career In 1960, Bennett began working for Granada Television, directing programmes Skysport, Biggles and Knight Errant Limited.
In December 1960, Bennett produced the first episode of British soap opera Coronation Street. He worked closely with creator Tony Warren and producer Stuart Latham in casting the serial and directed a total of 25 episodes between 1960 and 1962.
Personal life and death Bennett married Hazel Josephine Bryant in 1987 in Stafford. He retired in 1990.
Bennett died in 2005, aged 74, at his home in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. He had been suffering with cancer. Bennett did not have a funeral, at his own request.
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British television director (1930–2005)
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