[1][2] Although primarily director and producer, Amyes also had acting roles in High Treason (1951) and Mandy (1952).
[3][4] Amyes made his directorial début with a BBC Sunday Night Theatre version of Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor in 1952 and also directed a number of other productions for BBC before joining Granada Television in the early 1960s, where he was head of drama from 1963 until 1977.
[5] Film credits (as director) include A Hill in Korea (1956), and the Emeric Pressburger-written Miracle in Soho (1957).
[1] Amyes also worked on a number of independent productions, before acting as director on episodes of The Bill (1990) and Rumpole of the Bailey (1989–91) for Thames Television.
They had two children; Sebastian a Professor at the University of Edinburgh and Isabelle, an Actress.