Haldane Duncan
| Haldane Duncan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Haldane Duncan 25 July 1940 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Occupation | Television producer and director |
| Known for | Director: Take the High Road (1980–88) Taggart (1986–90) Brookside (1996–2000) Emmerdale (1999–2008) Coronation Street (2000–04) The Steamie (1988) Eastenders (1997–1998) |
Haldane Duncan (born 25 July 1940, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a television producer and director, best known for his contributions to soap operas.
In 1958 Duncan left George Heriot's School in Edinburgh to take up a career in Insurance. In 1965, after attending the College of Drama in Glasgow (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), Duncan moved to working in the Theatre in Edinburgh. Firstly at the Traverse in its original location in James' Court on the Lawnmarket under Jim Haynes. He then became a founder member of The Royal Lyceum Theare of Edinburgh where Tom Fleming was the Artistic Director. Tom Conti, Brian Cox and Eileen McCallum were also in that Company. In 1967, got a job in television with the BBC working as a "holiday relief" assistant floor manager on programmes such as Top of the Pops, the popular music television show which ran from 1964 to 2006, and the children's show, Crackerjack, hosted by Leslie Crowther. For a few months he worked with the legendary Dennis Main Wilson on a pilot Sit Com for Jimmy Tarbuck by Johnny Speight called To Lucifer a Son. He then worked on shows starring Dusty Springfield, with guests such as Tom Jones, Scott Walker and Mel Tormé. recorded at the BBC Television Theatre in Shepherd's Bush. The last programme he worked on in London was the BBC's first Light Entertainment series in colour, Once More with Felix, starring Julie Felix. Both series were Produced and Directed by Stanley Dorfman.
In 1968, Duncan back to work in his native country, for BBC Scotland, although he still spent "an inordinate amount of time in London" on training courses. These included attachments to the Paul Temple series starring Frances Matthews and Doomwatch starring Robert Powell. Whilst with them, he was the Assistant Floor Manager on the production of Dr. Finlay's Casebook, which starred Andrew Cruickshank, Bill Simpson and Barbara Mullen. He also worked on several Wednesday Plays Produced and Directed by Pharic MacLaren, and The Borderers, starring Iain Cuthbertson and Michael Gambon
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