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Karl Neilson

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Karl Neilson (born 1971 in Liverpool) has directed 181 episodes of EastEnders since September 2001, them including eight double episodes, three co-directed episodes with Sean O'Connor and one live episode. He took a minor break in 2008 but returned the following year. Beforehand in the late 1990s, Karl worked as the third, before graduating to the second, assistant director on the show. He also directed episodes three and five of the spin-off series Kat and Alfie: Redwater in 2017.

After initially working as a van driver, he returned to full-time education with a Media Production Bachelor of Arts course at Bournemouth University. He has worked on shows such as Family Affairs, Minder, The Bill, Casualty, Holby City, Hollyoaks and Coronation Street.

Episodes directed by Karl Neilson[]

2000s[]

2001[]

  1. 3 September 2001
  2. 4 September 2001
  3. 6 September 2001
  4. 7 September 2001


2002[]

  1. 1 April 2002
  2. 2 April 2002
  3. 4 April 2002
  4. 5 April 2002
  5. 8 July 2002
  6. 9 July 2002
  7. 11 July 2002
  8. 12 July 2002
  9. 16 September 2002
  10. 17 September 2002
  11. 19 September 2002
  12. 20 September 2002
  13. 5 November 2002 (*See notes below)
  14. 7 November 2002 (*See notes below)


2003[]

  1. 13 January 2003
  2. 14 January 2003
  3. 16 January 2003
  4. 17 January 2003
  5. 24 February 2003
  6. 25 February 2003
  7. 27 February 2003
  8. 28 February 2003
  9. 9 June 2003
  10. 10 June 2003
  11. 12 June 2003
  12. 13 June 2003
  13. 17 November 2003
  14. 18 November 2003
  15. 20 November 2003
  16. 24 November 2003


2004[]

  1. 23 August 2004
  2. 24 August 2004
  3. 26 August 2004
  4. Episode 2789 (30 August 2004)


2005[]

  1. 4 April 2005
  2. 5 April 2005
  3. 7 April 2005
  4. 8 April 2005
  5. 30 May 2005
  6. 31 May 2005
  7. 2 June 2005
  8. 3 June 2005
  9. 25 July 2005
  10. 26 July 2005
  11. 28 July 2005
  12. 29 July 2005
  13. 19 September 2005
  14. 20 September 2005
  15. 22 September 2005
  16. 23 September 2005


2006[]

  1. 16 January 2006
  2. 17 January 2006
  3. 19 January 2006
  4. 20 January 2006
  5. 24 April 2006
  6. 25 April 2006
  7. 27 April 2006
  8. 28 April 2006
  9. 15 June 2006 ⏱
  10. 16 June 2006 ⏱
  11. 24 July 2006
  12. 25 July 2006
  13. 27 July 2006
  14. 28 July 2006


2007[]

  1. 5 January 2007
  2. 8 January 2007
  3. 9 January 2007
  4. 11 January 2007
  5. 12 January 2007
  6. 24 September 2007
  7. 25 September 2007
  8. 27 September 2007
  9. 28 September 2007


2009[]

  1. 9 March 2009
  2. 10 March 2009
  3. 12 March 2009
  4. 16 March 2009
  5. 14 September 2009
  6. 15 September 2009
  7. 17 September 2009


2010s[]

2010[]

  1. 17 May 2010
  2. 18 May 2010
  3. 20 May 2010
  4. 21 May 2010
  5. 20 July 2010 ⏱
  6. 22 July 2010
  7. 23 July 2010
  8. 13 September 2010
  9. 14 September 2010
  10. 16 September 2010
  11. 17 September 2010
  12. 1 November 2010
  13. 2 November 2010
  14. 4 November 2010
  15. 5 November 2010


2011[]

  1. 12 April 2011
  2. 14 April 2011
  3. 15 April 2011
  4. 18 April 2011
  5. 14 June 2011
  6. 16 June 2011
  7. 17 June 2011
  8. 20 June 2011
  9. 15 August 2011
  10. 16 August 2011
  11. 18 August 2011
  12. 19 August 2011
  13. 18 October 2011
  14. 20 October 2011
  15. 21 October 2011
  16. 24 October 2011
  17. 13 December 2011
  18. 15 December 2011
  19. 16 December 2011
  20. 19 December 2011


2012[]

  1. 23 April 2012
  2. 24 April 2012
  3. 26 April 2012
  4. 27 April 2012
  5. 20 June 2012 ⏱
  6. 22 June 2012 ⏱
  7. 15 August 2012
  8. 16 August 2012
  9. 17 August 2012 - Part 1
  10. 17 August 2012 - Part 2
  11. 1 October 2012
  12. 2 October 2012
  13. 4 October 2012
  14. 5 October 2012
  15. 18 December 2012
  16. 20 December 2012
  17. 21 December 2012
  18. 24 December 2012


2013[]

  1. 29 July 2013
  2. 30 July 2013
  3. 1 August 2013
  4. 2 August 2013
  5. 31 October 2013
  6. 1 November 2013
  7. 4 November 2013
  8. 5 November 2013
  9. 25 December 2013 ⏱
  10. 26 December 2013
  11. 27 December 2013


2014[]

  1. 17 March 2014
  2. 18 March 2014
  3. 20 March 2014
  4. 24 March 2014


2015[]

  1. 17 February 2015
  2. 18 February 2015
  3. Episode 5017/5018 - Look Back in Anger (19 February 2015)
  4. 19 February 2015 ⏱
  5. 20 February 2015


2016[]

  1. 18 January 2016
  2. 19 January 2016
  3. 21 January 2016
  4. 22 January 2016


2017[]

  1. 15 May 2017
  2. 16 May 2017
  3. 18 May 2017
  4. 19 May 2017
  5. 17 July 2017
  6. 18 July 2017
  7. 20 July 2017
  8. 21 July 2017
  9. 25 December 2017 ⏱
  10. 26 December 2017
  11. 22 March 2018 - Part 2


2018[]

  1. 21 May 2018
  2. 22 May 2018
  3. 24 May 2018
  4. 25 May 2018
  5. 3 September 2018
  6. 4 September 2018
  7. 6 September 2018
  8. 7 September 2018


2019[]

  1. 24 June 2019
  2. 25 June 2019 - Part 1
  3. 25 June 2019 - Part 2
  4. 27 June 2019
  5. 2 September 2019
  6. 3 September 2019
  7. 5 September 2019
  8. 6 September 2019


2020s[]

2021[]

  1. 11 October 2021
  2. 12 October 2021
  3. 14 October 2021
  4. 15 October 2021


2022[]

  1. 25 April 2022
  2. 26 April 2022
  3. 27 April 2022
  4. 28 April 2022


2023[]

  1. 29 May 2023
  2. 30 May 2023
  3. 31 May 2023
  4. 1 June 2023
  5. 28 August 2023
  6. 29 August 2023
  7. 30 August 2023
  8. 31 August 2023

2024[]

  1. 15 July 2024
  2. 16 July 2024
  3. 17 July 2024
  4. 18 July 2024
  5. 23 December 2024
  6. 24 December 2024
  7. 25 December 2024 - Part 1
  8. 25 December 2024 - Part 2
  9. 26 December 2024

Notes[]

The below episodes Sean O'Connor was no credited but according to BBC Archives he Co-directed with Karl Neilson.

  1. 5 November 2002 (Co-directed with Sean O'Connor)
  2. 7 November 2002 (Co-directed with Sean O'Connor)

The below episodes Karl Neilson was no credited but according to BBC Archives he Co-directed with Sean O'Connor.

  1. 8 November 2002

Kat and Alfie: Redwater[]

  1. Kat and Alfie: Redwater (Episode 3)
  2. Kat and Alfie: Redwater (Episode 5)
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