Editing Press Gang (section)

===Directors===
More than half of the episodes were directed by [[Bob Spiers]], a noted British comedy director who had previously worked on ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' amongst many other programmes. He would work again with Moffat on his sitcom ''[[Joking Apart]]'' and ''[[Murder Most Horrid]]'', and with Sawalha on ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]''. According to Moffat, Spiers was the "principal director" taking an interest in the other episodes and setting the visual style of the show. Spiers particularly used [[tracking shot]]s, sometimes requiring more dialogue to be written to accommodate the length of the shot. The other directors would come in and "do a Spiers".<ref name="Moffcomm"/> All of the directors were encouraged to attend the others' shoots so that the visual style would be consistent.<ref name="hastie">"Interface: Sandra Hastie, part 2" ''Breakfast at Czar's'' Issue 2. [Available as a PDF file on the ''Press Gang'' Series 5 DVD]</ref>

The first two episodes were directed by [[Colin Nutley]]. However, he was unhappy with the final edit and requested that his name be removed from the credits.<ref name="newtons1"/><ref name="petford">{{cite web |first=Adrian |last=Petford |title=Press Gang – The Complete Series Guide |url=http://www.yoyo.org/pressgang/pgguide.txt |date=16 December 1995 |access-date=19 December 2006}}</ref> Lorne Magory directed many episodes, notably the two-part stories "How To Make A Killing"<ref name="htmak">{{cite episode |title=How to Make a Killing |series=Press Gang |credits=wr. Steven Moffat, dir. Lorne Magory |network=ITV |airdate=27 February 1989 |series-no=1 |number=7}}</ref> and "The Last Word."<ref name="lw"/> One of the founders of Richmond Films and Television, Bill Ward, directed three episodes,<ref name="newtons5"/><ref>{{cite web |first=Matthew |last=Newton |title=Press Gang: Series Four |work=Newton's Laws of TV |url=http://www.mjnewton.demon.co.uk/tv/pgang4.htm |access-date=19 December 2006}}</ref> and Bren Simson directed some of series two.<ref name="newtons2"/> The show's [[cinematographer]] James Devis took the directorial reins for "Windfall", the penultimate episode.<ref>{{cite web |title=James Devis |work=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0222695/ |access-date=19 December 2006}}</ref>