Penelope Shales worked as a director on Coronation Street from April 1995 to January 1996 returning to the programme for a further stint between July and August 2001. She has 18 episodes to her name, including two co-credited with Anne Ross Muir.
Her other credits include Grange Hill, The Bill, Family Affairs (which she also produced), Fair City, Hollyoaks and EastEnders.
Fluent in Welsh, she worked on the local language programmes Dinas, Tu Fewn, Tu Fas, Glan Hafran and Pobol Y Cwm.
She teaches directing at postgraduate level, and did two years on the Kenyan soap Makutano Junction teaching local directors and production crews.
Episodes directed by Penelope Shales
1990s
1995 (11 episodes)
- Episode 3841 (10th April 1995)
- Episode 3842 (12th April 1995)
- Episode 3843 (14th April 1995)
- Episode 3853 (8th May 1995)
- Episode 3854 (10th May 1995)
- Episode 3855 (12th May 1995)
- Episode 3931 (6th November 1995)
- Episode 3932 (8th November 1995)
- Episode 3933 (10th November 1995)
- Episode 3943 (4th December 1995)
- Episode 3944 (6th December 1995)
1996 (3 episodes)
2000s
2001 (4 episodes)
- Episode 5081 (25th July 2001)
- Episode 5083 (29th July 2001)
- Episode 5085 (1st August 2001) (Co-directed with Anne Ross Muir)
- Episode 5086 (3rd August 2001) (Co-directed with Anne Ross Muir)