Anecdotes

During the 1960s had a five-year 'no strings attached' relationship with actress Diana Rigg.

Pioneered the use of videotape for location recording in 1964 "capturing the whole of Hamlet at Elsinore electronically in and around Denmark's Kronborg castle".

In the early 1960s he had a relationship with influential British Pop artist Pauline Boty.

He reportedly watched 'The Wizard of Oz' dozens of times, his idea of pure escapism.

Father of Sebastian Saville, Dominic Saville and Elizabeth Saville.

Father-in-law of Tracy Granger.

Pioneering British television director who joined ABC TV and subsequently worked on many acclaimed dramas, including 40 plays of Armchair Theatre between 1956 and 1974.

Philip Saville and Nina Saville have a son called Waldo.