Edward Bazalgette is a British television director and former musician.

He was the lead guitarist in the 1980s rock group the Vapors

The Vapors

The Vapors were a New Wave and power pop band from England, that existed between 1979 and 1981. They had a hit with the song "Turning Japanese" in 1980, which reached #3 in the UK Singles Chart, and #36 in the U.S...

, whose hit "Turning Japanese

Turning Japanese

"Turning Japanese" is a song released by the English band The Vapors from their album New Clear Days, and the song for which they are known best. The song's lyrics consist mainly of the singer talking about pictures of his love...

" remains a popular one-hit wonder

One-hit wonder

A one-hit wonder is a person or act known mainly for only a single success. The term is most often used to describe music performers with only one hit single.-Characteristics:...

. He later became a film editor, television producer and director. In 2003, the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 commissioned a seven part series of documentaries called The Seven Wonders of the Industrial World. Edward Bazalgette directed and produced the documentary The Sewer King which charted his ancestor Sir Joseph Bazalgette

Joseph Bazalgette

Sir Joseph William Bazalgette, CB was an English civil engineer of the 19th century. As chief engineer of London's Metropolitan Board of Works his major achievement was the creation of a sewer network for central London which was instrumental in relieving the city from cholera epidemics, while...

's design and engineering of the London sewers. His third cousin Peter Bazalgette

Peter Bazalgette

Peter "Baz" Bazalgette is a British media expert who helped create the independent TV production sector in the UK and went on to be the leading creative figure in the global TV company Endemol....

 later presented a show for Five called The Great Stink.

He has also directed two drama documentaries for the BBC - Genghis Khan (2005) and Hannibal (2006)

Hannibal - Rome's Worst Nightmare

Hannibal - Rome's Worst Nightmare is a 2006 television film, made by the British Broadcasting Corporation. It was presented as a dramatised documentary.The film is chiefly centred on the Italian campaign of Hannibal, the famous Carthaginian general....

. He has also directed episodes of Eastenders

EastEnders

EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...

 and Holby City

Holby City

Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...

, as well as location films for Top Gear