Toby Frow
Director
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
After a fifteen-year career directing theatre in the UK and Internationally, Toby has been directing for TV and film for the last decade. His credits have included sole director of four-part thriller The Game, a series finale for Silent Witness and multiple episodes of Midsomer Murders, Death in Paradise, Holby City and Hollyoaks.
His award-winning short film Maude, made in 2020 and starring Kathryn Pogson and Matthew Kelly, was screened at film festivals around the world.
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2025 | Clapperboard Studios/Channel 5 | 4 x 60' |
2024 | BBC | 2 episodes |
2023 | BBC | Series Finale |
2022 | BBC | Series Finale |
2022 | Red Planet/BBC One | 2 episodes |
2021 | Bentley Productions | Ep 5 'For Death Prepare' |
2021 | Red Planet/BBC One | 2 episodes |
2019 | Bentley Productions | Ep 3 'The Miniature Murders' |
2019 | Lime Pictures | Eps 5151-55 |
2018 | Bentley Productions | Ep 3 'Drawing Dead' |
2016 - 2018 | BBC | 8 episodes |
2014 | BBC | 93 episodes, including Christmas Day and New Year episodes |
Short Films
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2019 | FrowFred / Jessica Hodges | Retired housewife Maude feels trapped in her existence. Hope comes in a letter saying she has won a cruise; Maude imagines escaping with Henry, her local shopkeeper. As her daydreams become more bizarre her fantasy world becomes muddled with life. |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE CARETAKER 2015 | Gate Theatre, Dublin | By Harold Pinter |
MY COUSIN RACHEL 2014 | Spoleto Festival, Charleston/Gate Theatre, Dublin | Adapted by Joseph O'Connor |
FIRST LOVE 2013 | Royal Lyceum/EIF | By Samuel Beckett |
THE LAST SUMMER 2012 | Gate Theatre, Dublin | By Declan Hughes |
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW 2012 | Shakespeare's Globe | By William Shakespeare |
DA 2012 | Gate Theatre, Dublin | By Hugh Leonard |
HAPPY DAYS IN THE ART WORLD 2011 | Tramway Glasgow/Skirball Centre, New York | By Elmgreen & Dragset |
EDWARD II 2011 | Manchester Royal Exchange | By Christopher Marlowe |
DR FAUSTUS 2010 | Manchester Royal Exchange | By Christopher Marlowe |
PLAYHOUSE LIVE: CROCODILE 2010 | Sky Arts | By Frank McGuinness |
LES LIASONS DANGEREUSES 2010 | Salisbury Playhouse | By Christopher Hampton |
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE 2009 | Theatre Royal Bath/No 1 Tour | Adapted by Simon Reade |
SPEAKING IN TONGUES 2009 | Duke of York's Theatre | By Andrew Bovell |
THE REAL THING 2008 | Salisbury Playhouse | By Tom Stoppard |
SOME KIND OF BLISS 2008 | Trafalgar Studios/Brits Off Broadway | By Samuel Adamson |
20 CIGARETTES 2007 | Soho Theatre/NYT | By Marcy Kahan |
SHIP OF FOOLS 2007 | Theatre503 | By Andrew Bovell |
BOX 2007 | Birmingham Rep | By Sarah Woods |
BEAUTIFUL THING 2006 | Sound Theatre | By Jonathan Harvey |
THE PILLOWMAN 2005 | National Theatre Tour | By Martin McDonagh |
SOMEONE WHO'LL WATCH OVER ME 2004 | Northampton Theatre Royal | By Frank McGuinness |
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE 2003 | Birmingham Rep/West Yorkshire Playhouse | By Arthur Miller |
PEER GYNT 2000 | Battersea Arts Centre | By Henrik Ibsen |
OF MICE AND MEN 2000 | Southwark Playhouse | By John Steinbeck |