Chris Adshead (born 1952) is an Australian television director, mainly of comedy and soap operas, including The Young Doctors, A Country Practice, Blue Heelers and Neighbours. He also directed several episodes of the cult drama serial, Prisoner, including the infamous 326th episode where Bea Smith and Joan Ferguson, two of the lead characters, become trapped in a fire. This is widely regarded as a landmark episode and one of the finest in the serial's history.