Joss Agnew

Episodes Broadcast: 2008-2011

Biography

Joss Agnew became interested in filmmaking as a child, when his grandmother would take home movies using an 8mm camera. During the Eighties, he developed a short stop-motion animation which was chosen to be aired on the BBC's Screen Test. This success provided Agnew with the impetus he needed to pursue a career in movies and television. In the late Eighties, he worked as a trainee on shows like The Jim Henson Hour and movies such as King Ralph. Agnew then became an assistant editor in early Nineties, when he was credited on films including Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves. In 1994, he was a winner of the Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge with Unforgettable.

After the turn of the century, Agnew was finally given the chance to direct full-time, starting with episodes of Hollyoaks. He went on to make more than twenty installments each of The Story Of Tracy Beaker and Young Dracula, while also working on the likes of Dream Team and Casualty. In 2008, Agnew began directing for the Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures. His first serial was that year's season premiere, The Last Sontaran. Agnew would go on to direct the 2009 and 2010 season premieres as well, plus the 2009 Comic Relief special From Raxacoricofallapatorius With Love... and David Tennant's appearance as the Tenth Doctor in the same year's The Wedding Of Sarah Jane Smith. He also made the 2010 and 2011 finales; although the latter, The Man Who Never Was, was not planned to conclude The Sarah Jane Adventures, it became the series' last story following the death of series star Elisabeth Sladen.

Agnew went on to direct for Wizards Vs Aliens, the programme which replaced The Sarah Jane Adventures in the CBBC schedule. He subsequently moved away from children's television, working on shows including Law & Order: UK, Mr Selfridge, Poldark and Deep State. Amongst Agnew's credits during the Twenties were The Split, The Irregulars and The Man Who Fell To Earth.

Credits
Director
The Last Sontaran
The Mark Of The Berserker
From Raxacoricofallapatorius With Love...
Prisoner Of The Judoon
The Wedding Of Sarah Jane Smith
Mona Lisa's Revenge
The Nightmare Man
The Vault Of Secrets
Lost In Time
Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith
The Man Who Never Was

Updated 12th June 2023