Pennant Roberts (15 December 1940 – 22 June 2010) was a British director noted for his work on British television.
Roberts was born at Weston-super-Mare to Welsh parents. He worked on the following BBC programmes: Softly, Softly, Doomwatch, The Onedin Line, Sutherland's Law, Survivors, Angels, Blake's 7, Doctor Who, Juliet Bravo, Tenko and Howards' Way. A fluent speaker of Welsh, he was also active in the Welsh television industry.
Roberts was active within the Association of Directors and Producers and chair of the body for many years.
Famous quotes containing the words pennant and/or roberts:
“They are preparing to begin again:
Problems, new pennant up the flagpole
In a predicated romance.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
“I never could have thought of it,
To have a little bug all lit
And made to go on wings.”
—Elizabeth Madox Roberts (1880–1941)