Directed credits
49
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Moira Armstrong
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.3
Low visibility
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Directed movies: 20Directed series: 29All crew credits: 49
TMDB ID: 1220035
IMDb ID: nm0035840
Known for: Directing
Place of birth: Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1962 - 2022
Years active: 61
Average TMDB rating: 7.4
Wikidata: Q6894694
Frequent jobs
Director (49)
Biography
Born in Crieff in 1930 and raised in north-east Scotland, Moira Armstrong is a Scottish television director whose career has expanded over nearly fifty years. Her credits include episodes of Armchair Thriller (based on the novel Quiet as a Nun), The Onedin Line, Lark Rise to Candleford, Where the Heart Is, The Bill, Midsomer Murders, Something in Disguise, The Wednesday Play, and Adam Adamant Lives!, the biographical serial Freud (1984) as well as the television film The Countess Alice (1992). She also directed Sunset Song, the 1971 adaptation for television of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's novel, notable not only for being the first drama to be recorded in colour by BBC Scotland but also featuring its first nude scene. Armstrong (with Jonathan Powell) won the 1980 BAFTA Best Drama Series/Serial award for Testament of Youth (1979). In 2024 and 2025 many of her TV work was repeated as part of a retrospective of vintage drama on BBC4, with Armstrong invited to introduce several of the productions alongside fellow cast and crew.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Moira Armstrong.
Three Steps to Hendon
Director
2005 Movie
8.0
The Long Bank Holiday
Director
2004 Movie
6.0
Breakout
Director
1997 Movie
4.8
A Village Affair
Director
1995 Movie
The Countess Alice
Director
1993 Movie
A Safe House
Director
1990 Movie
The Mountain and the Molehill
Director
1989 Movie
The Dunroamin' Rising
Director
1988 Movie
C.Q.
Director
1984 Movie
Letting the Birds Go Free
Director
1983 Movie
To the Camp and Back
Director
1983 Movie
How Many Miles to Babylon?
Director
1982 Movie
No Visible Scar
Director
1981 Movie
Minor Complications
Director
1980 Movie
Fairies
Director
1978 Movie
6.6
A Christmas Carol
Director
1977 Movie
For the Whales
Director
1976 Movie
7.0
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
Director
1976 Movie
After the Solo
Director
1975 Movie
The Bevellers
Director
1974 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Moira Armstrong.
8.4
Lark Rise to Candleford
Director • 3 eps
2008 Series
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
Director • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.7
The Last Detective
Director • 2 eps
2003 Series
5.7
The Broker's Man
Director • 6 eps
1997 Series
7.5
Midsomer Murders
Director • 2 eps
1997 Series
6.1
Peak Practice
Director • 3 eps
1993 Series
4.8
Body & Soul
Director • 6 eps
1993 Series
Moon and Son
Director • 2 eps
1992 Series
5.7
Boon
Director • 1 eps
1986 Series
6.7
The Bill
Director • 4 eps
1984 Series
3.0
Freud
Director • 6 eps
1984 Series
7.3
Testament of Youth
Director • 5 eps
1979 Series
4.8
Hazell
Director • 2 eps
1978 Series
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
Director • 1 eps
1977 Series
1.0
The Girls of Slender Means
Director • 3 eps
1975 Series
5.0
Shoulder to Shoulder
Director • 2 eps
1974 Series
7.0
Playhouse
Director • 1 eps
1974 Series
7.0
Centre Play
Director • 1 eps
1973 Series
5.0
The Shadow of the Tower
Director • 3 eps
1972 Series
6.8
The Onedin Line
Director • 1 eps
1971 Series
7.0
Budgie
Director • 2 eps
1971 Series
Sunset Song
Director • 6 eps
1971 Series
6.3
Play for Today
Director • 1 eps
1970 Series
The Borderers
Director • 1 eps
1968 Series
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Moira Armstrong.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Moira Armstrong.
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Moira Armstrong.
7.5
Midsomer Murders
Director • 2 eps
1997 Series
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
Director • 1 eps
2004 Series
6.3
Play for Today
Director • 1 eps
1970 Series
6.1
Peak Practice
Director • 3 eps
1993 Series
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
Director • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.0
Playhouse
Director • 1 eps
1974 Series
6.7
The Bill
Director • 4 eps
1984 Series
4.5
The Wednesday Play
Director • 1 eps
1964 Series
5.7
Boon
Director • 1 eps
1986 Series
6.0
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Director • 6 eps
1962 Series
7.0
Z-Cars
Director • 1 eps
1962 Series
8.4
Lark Rise to Candleford
Director • 3 eps
2008 Series
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Moira Armstrong.
