caption children nationality birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation alma_mater
kevin billington and his wife rachel in 1968 4 british 12 june 1934 lady rachel billington -lrb- née pakenham -rrb- 1967 rachel en kevin billington -lrb- 1968 -rrb- . jpg kevin billington
 kevin billington film/theatre director queens ' college , cambridge
kevin billington

kevin billington -lrb- born 12 june 1934 -rrb- is an english film director , who has worked in the theatre , film and television since the 1960s .
the son of a factory worker , and educated at bryanston school and queens ' college , cambridge , early in his career he worked for the bbc as a radio producer in leeds -lrb- 1959 -- 60 -rrb- and then for television in manchester -lrb- 1960 -- 61 -rrb- before working on the early evening `` tonight '' and on documentaries for the bbc and atv until 1967 .
billington 's films include `` the rise and rise of michael rimmer '' -lrb- 1970 -rrb- , which stars peter cook , while his theatre work includes several productions of plays by harold pinter , his brother-in-law .
billington 's television work includes `` henry viii '' -lrb- 1979 -rrb- for the bbc television shakespeare project , one of the best received productions in the series .
`` the good soldier '' -lrb- granada 1981 -rrb- , based on the novel by ford madox ford and `` a time to dance '' -lrb- bbc 1992 -rrb- , adapted by melvyn bragg from his own work of fiction .
he is married to lady rachel billington , having met while they were both working in new york , they married the following year in 1967 .
the couple have four adult children .
