Episodes Broadcast: 1964

Henric Hirsch was a theatre director in his native Hungary. After seeking refuge in England during the failed 1956 Hungarian revolution against Communist rule, he continued to direct for the theatre but also sought to move into television. He completed the BBC's directors' training course, with his first assignment being an episode of First Night in 1964. It was seen by Doctor Who producer Verity Lambert, who offered him the opportunity to direct The Reign Of Terror. He also completed an installment of Festival around the same time.

Hirsch struggled on Doctor Who, made ill by the unrelenting pace of production together with his inability to forge a rapport with William Hartnell, who played the First Doctor. He soon elected to go freelance and worked mainly in the theatre, with a focus on English adaptations of Hungarian-language plays. He also directed episodes of programmes such as Virgin Of The Secret Service, Crossroads and Emmerdale Farm. A lone televised acting role came in a 1966 installment of The Spies. Hirsch does not appear to have worked in television beyond the mid-Seventies.