​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Henderson is a British film and television director (b. England, 1949) His first directing job was for Spitting Image on ITV, which won him a BAFTA. Henderson's other television credits include the multi award winning series The Borrowers, the 1999 Comic Relief Doctor Who skit The Curse of Fatal Death (no credit was given to him upon broadcast however he was credited and interviewed when the story was released on VHS later that year); the comedy How Do You Want Me? sta