Background
Silberston was the son of economist Professor Aubrey Silberston, and his mother, Dorothy, was a founder member of the National Schizophrenia Fellowship.
Silberston was the son of economist Professor Aubrey Silberston, and his mother, Dorothy, was a founder member of the National Schizophrenia Fellowship.
He attended The Perse School, Cambridge.
After college, he travelled to France working on the Disney on Ice show. Returning to England he began to work in television production. After training at the British Broadcasting Corporation as a Production Director in the late 1970s (he was recruited for his ability to speak French) he worked in a range of television popular drama programmes such as Casualty and The Bill.
In 1979 he was an Assistant Floor Manager on the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
During the 1980s he was Production Manager of the Nanny Series 1 (1980), Smiley"s People (miniseries) (1982), Doctor Who The Five Doctors (1983), My Cousin Rachel (mini television Series) (1983), Bleak House (mini television Series) (1985), two episodes of EastEnders (1986) and two episodes of Casualty (1988-1989). He directed episodes of a wide range of television popular drama including:
Brookside (1982).
Two episodes of Casualty: Accidents Happen (1989) and Absolution (1988). Episodes of Coasting (1990).
The House of Eliott (episodes 3, 4, 11 & 12 of series 1.
Episodes 7 & 8 of series 2, and episodes 9 & 10 of series 3) (1991-1993). Episodes of Castles (1995). 12 episodes of The Bill: Return to Sender (1993), A Tangled Web (1997).
Vacant Possession (1998), High Places, True Confessions, Saved, By the Book, The Scent of Compassion, Just Foreign The Crack, Time to Kill, On the Wagon, True Lies, and Better the Devil.
10 episodes of Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger"s Drift (1997), Written in Blood (1998), of a Hollow Manitoba (1998), "s Shadow (1999), Strangler"s Wood (1999), Dead Manitoba"s Eleven (1999), Judgement Day (2000), Dark Autumn (2001), Birds of Prey (2003). The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: The Seed of Cunning (2005).
He died of cancer after seven months of illness. "Casualties of War", an episode of Foyle"s War first broadcast in 2006, was dedicated to his memory.