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Nigel Hess
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Nigel Hess was born on 22 July 1953 in Somerset, England, UK. He is a composer, known for
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1995)
,
Ladies in Lavender (2004)
and
Deceptions (1985)
.
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Awards
1 nomination total
Known for
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
7.6
TV Series
Composer
1996–1998 • 5 eps
Ladies in Lavender
7.0
Composer
2004
Deceptions
7.1
TV Mini Series
Composer
1985 • 2 eps
A Woman of Substance
7.5
TV Mini Series
Composer
1985 • 2 eps
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Music Department
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Soundtrack
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56
No Ordinary Joe
Short
Composer
2021
Royal Shakespeare Company: Love's Labour's Won
8.0
music by
2015
Royal Shakespeare Company: Love's Labour's Lost
8.1
Composer
2015
The Merry Wives of Windsor
7.4
Composer
2011
Shakespeare's Globe: Romeo and Juliet
7.0
Video
Composer
2010
Last of the Summer Wine
7.1
TV Series
Composer
2006–2007
6 episodes
New Tricks
8.0
TV Series
Composer
2005
8 episodes
Ladies in Lavender
7.0
Composer
2004
Love or Money
6.1
TV Movie
Composer
2001
Ballykissangel
7.5
TV Series
Composer
2001
8 episodes
An Ideal Husband
5.9
Composer
1999
Badger
6.4
TV Series
Composer
1999
1 episode
Every Woman Knows a Secret
6.8
TV Mini Series
Composer
1999
3 episodes
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
7.6
TV Series
Composer
1996–1998
5 episodes
Wycliffe
7.2
TV Series
Composer
1994–1998
36 episodes
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Music Department
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20
Ladies in Lavender
7.0
music conductor
orchestrator
2004
Dangerfield
6.2
TV Series
composer: title music
composer: original title music
(uncredited)
1995–1998
33 episodes
United Kingdom
4.0
TV Short
composer: title music
1997
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
7.6
TV Series
conductor
1996–1997
2 episodes
Maigret
7.8
TV Series
composer: title music
1993
6 episodes
Stalin
6.9
TV Mini Series
composer: title music
1990
Campion
7.6
TV Series
conductor
music coordinator
(uncredited)
1989–1990
16 episodes
The Margot Fonteyn Story
7.8
TV Movie
music director
1989
A Small Problem
7.0
TV Series
incidental music
1987
1 episode
All Passion Spent
7.9
TV Mini Series
conductor
1986
3 episodes
Cannon and Ball
6.0
TV Series
composer: title theme
1979–1986
47 episodes
Deceptions
7.1
TV Mini Series
conductor
1985
Reunion at Fairborough
6.7
TV Movie
conductor
1985
Anna of the Five Towns
6.1
TV Mini Series
conductor
1985
4 episodes
Tell the Truth
6.5
TV Series
theme music
1984
1 episode
Soundtrack
Previous
4
Lives Well Lived
5.3
TV Series
writer: "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates - Theme Tune"
2025
1 episode
Let's Play Minecraft
8.8
TV Series
performer: "Departing"
writer: "Departing"
2019
1 episode
Last of the Summer Wine
7.1
TV Series
writer: "Last Of The Summer Wine"
writer: "The Last Of The Summer Wine"
(uncredited, uncredited)
1981–2000
2 episodes
Reunion at Fairborough
6.7
TV Movie
arranger: "American Patrol"
(uncredited)
1985
Personal details
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Official site
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Born
July 22
,
1953
Somerset, England, UK
Relatives
Myra Hess
(Aunt or Uncle)
Other works
He conducted Ken Lee's musical, "Happy as a A Sandbag," at the Ambassadors Theatre in London, England with Lesley Duff, Martin Duncan, Yvonne Edgell, Darlene Johnson, and Trevor Jones in the cast. Philip Hedley was director.
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He grew up in Weston-super-Mare, and studied music at the University of Cambridge.
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