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Alison Cresswell

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Alison Cresswell is known for Happy Valley (2014), Bad Apples (2025) and Doctor Foster: A Woman Scorned (2015).
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley (2014)
    Happy Valley
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Additional Crew
    Saoirse Ronan in Bad Apples (2025)
    Bad Apples
    7.2
    • Additional Crew
    • 2025
    Suranne Jones in Doctor Foster: A Woman Scorned (2015)
    Doctor Foster: A Woman Scorned
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Additional Crew
    Poldark (2015)
    Poldark
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Additional Crew

    Credits

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    Additional Crew

    • Sheridan Smith and Michael Socha in The Cage (2026)
      The Cage
      6.6
      TV Series
      • child welfare
      • 2026
    • Saoirse Ronan in Bad Apples (2025)
      Bad Apples
      7.2
      • child welfare consultant
      • 2025
    • Joe Gilgun, Michelle Keegan, and Damien Molony in Brassic (2019)
      Brassic
      8.4
      TV Series
      • working with children consultant
      • 2019
    • Idris Elba in Turn Up Charlie (2019)
      Turn Up Charlie
      7.0
      TV Series
      • working with children consultant
      • 2019
    • The Romanoffs (2018)
      The Romanoffs
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • working with children consultant
      • 2018
    • Wanderlust (2018)
      Wanderlust
      7.0
      TV Series
      • working with children consultant
      • 2018
    • Anna Friel in Marcella (2016)
      Marcella
      7.3
      TV Series
      • working with children consultant
      • 2018
    • Poldark (2015)
      Poldark
      8.2
      TV Series
      • working with children consultant
      • 2015–2016
    • Swallows and Amazons (2016)
      Swallows and Amazons
      6.2
      • working with children consultant
      • 2016
    • The Living and the Dead (2016)
      The Living and the Dead
      7.3
      TV Series
      • working with children consultant
      • 2016
    • Helena Bonham Carter, Faye Marsay, Ethan Rouse, and Harry Webster in Love, Nina (2016)
      Love, Nina
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • working with children consultant
      • 2016
    • Perfect Worlds (2016)
      Perfect Worlds
      Short
      • working with children advisor
      • 2016
    • Lee Ingleby, Morven Christie, Max Vento, and Molly Wright in The A Word (2016)
      The A Word
      7.9
      TV Series
      • working with children consultantg
      • 2016
    • Adeel Akhtar, Mawaan Rizwan, and Kiran Sonia Sawar in Murdered by My Father (2016)
      Murdered by My Father
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • working with children consultant
      • 2016
    • Naz Osmanoglu and Tom Rosenthal in Flat TV (2014)
      Flat TV
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • working with children consultant
      • 2016

    Director

    • Zoë Ball in Live & Kicking (1993)
      Live & Kicking
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1998–2000
    • Mwaka Mudenda, Lindsey Russell, Adam Beales, and Richie Driss in Blue Peter (1958)
      Blue Peter
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1999
    • Record Breakers (1972)
      Record Breakers
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1999
    • Dear Mr Barker (1995)
      Dear Mr Barker
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1997

    Producer

    • The Children's Party at the Palace (2006)
      The Children's Party at the Palace
      6.6
      TV Special
      • assistant producer
      • 2006
    • Xchange (2000)
      Xchange
      5.1
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2000–2006
    • Omnibus (1967)
      Omnibus
      7.2
      TV Series
      • producer: CBBC
      • 2001
    • Surprise Gardeners
      TV Series
      • assistant producer (1996)
      • 1996
    • Gimme 5
      TV Series
      • researcher
      • 1994

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