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Derek Bailey

Director, Producer, Writer, Actor

June 18, 1934 — December 25, 2005 (71 years)

English free improvisation guitarist.

Known For

The South Bank Show
The South Bank Show45 seasons
Aida
Aida1985
The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro1994
The Guardians
The Guardians1 season
Fidelio
Fidelio1990
Trial by Jury
Trial by Jury1984
Madama Butterfly
Madama Butterfly1986
Jenufa
Jenufa1989

Filmography

1996	J.R.R.T.: A Film Portrait of J.R.R. Tolkien
1994	Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
1994	Le nozze di Figaro
1990	Fidelio
1989	Jenufa
1988	Kát'a Kabanová
1986	Madama Butterfly
1985	Aida
1984	Trial by Jury
1984	The Story of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
1978	The South Bank Show
1971	The Guardians
1967	Omnibus (1967)
1967	ITV Playhouse

1978	The South Bank Show
1967	Omnibus (1967)
1967	The Scandalous Parson

1978	The South Bank Show

2009	Kate Garraway’s Life Stories · as Self - Friend

1992	On the Edge: Improvisation in Music · as Narrator