David Rogerson Wheatley (20 December 1949 – 5 April 2009) was a British film and television director.
The film was screened as part of the BBC's arts' programmes Omnibus in 1979.
From that year, he contributed films to the Omnibus and Arena series,[1] before branching out into other areas in the mid 1980s.
In the early 1990s he directed a series of Catherine Cookson adaptations for Tyne Tees which gained audiences of 14 million.
He was survived by his mother, Ellen, his father, Fred, a son Alexander from his marriage to Melanie Pringle, and a daughter Francesca from his relationship with Camilla Tress.