Frank Cox

Frank Dixon Cox (28 May 1940 – 27 April 2021) was a British television director from the 1960s to the 1990s. He was married to actress Bridget Turner until her death in 2014.

Cox studied English at the University of Leeds from which he graduated in 1962. He did not get into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), but took a job as a floor assistant at the BBC. He was then offered a position on the BBC's training course for directors. Among his first assignments were three episodes of the first season of Doctor Who.

Of all the directors who worked on the 1963 to 1989 run of Doctor Who, Cox was the only one who did not direct an entire serial at some stage.

He died in April 2021 at the age of 80.

Filmography

Director Doctor Who The Edge of Destruction (Episode two - The Brink of Disaster) - 1964 The Sensorites (Episode five - Kidnap, and Episode six - A Desperate Venture) - 1964 The Troubleshooters - 1965 The First Lady - 1968 Doomwatch - 1970 Paul Temple Catch Your Death - 1971 The View from Daniel Pike - 1971 Sutherland's Law - 1973 Warship - 1973 Play for Today Take the High Road - 1984, 1989–1991 PQ17 - 1981 Taggart - 1994

Producer Sutherland's Law - 1973–1976 The End of the Good Times - 1975 Take the High Road - 1991–1993 Escape - 1980 C.A.T.S. Eyes - 1985

Self Over The Edge - 2006 Inside the Spaceship - 2006