Terry Hughes

Who is Terry Hughes?

Terry Hughes is a British television director. He has won a BAFTA Award and two Emmy Awards.

Hughes has produced or directed BBC TV variety shows such as Val Doonican, Harry Secombe and Kenneth Williams and series such as Ripping Yarns. He is probably best known for being the producer and director of The Two Ronnies from 1971-76. He earned six consecutive BAFTA nominations for his work on this show, winning once in 1976.

In 1985, Hughes won an Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Variety or Music Program for directing the televised version of the musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, starring George Hearn and Angela Lansbury.

Also in America, he has produced and directed The Golden Girls, 3rd Rock from the Sun and Friends. Hughes was the main series director of The Golden Girls for the shows first five seasons from 1985-1990, directing 108 episodes. He won an Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series in 1987, for the season two episode Isn't it Romantic

In 1972 he was the director for the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Other than television Hughes has also directed films such as Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl and The Butcher's Wife.