Barry Letts
Born Mar 26 1925• Died Oct 09 2009
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Barry Leopold Letts (26 March 1925 – 9 October 2009) was an English actor, television director, writer and producer, best known for being the producer of Doctor Who from 1969 to 1974. Born in Leicester, he worked as an actor in theatre, films and television before retiring in his early forties and becoming a television director. He then became the producer of the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who for five years, overseeing almost the entirety of Jon Pertwee's tenure as the Third Doctor and casting Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. He produced or direc…
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EastEnders
Directing
Doctor Who
Directing
The Avengers
Z-Cars
No Hiding Place
Maigret
Tales of the Tardis
Production
Jane Eyre
Production
Nicholas Nickleby
Production
David Copperfield
Directing
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Production
The Old Curiosity Shop
Production
Dombey and Son
Production
Beau Geste
Production
Moonbase 3
Production
The Cruel Sea
Raikes
Armchair Theatre
Clive Epworth
Sense and Sensibility
Production
The Invisible Man
Production
The Prisoner of Zenda
Production
A Tale of Two Cities
Production
Goodbye Mr Chips
Production
Exodus
Professor Marcus
The Mill on the Floss
Production
Reach for the Sky
Tommy
The Silver Sword
Frieda
Jim Merrick
The Small House at Allington
Captain Bernard Dale
Great Expectations
Production
Gulliver in Lilliput
Writing
Scott of the Antarctic
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Doctor Who: Robot
Production
Stalky & Co
Production
Doctor Who: Inferno
Loudspeaker Voice
Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World
Directing
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Syd
Doctor Who: Logopolis
Production
The Children of the New Forest
Production
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Writing
Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken
Production
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
Production
Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon
Production
Doctor Who: The Mutants
Production
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
Production
Dæmos Rising
Writing
Doctor Who and the Silurians
Production
Doctor Who and the Third Man
San Demetrio London
Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
Production
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
Production
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
Production
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
Production
Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive
Production
The Swish of the Curtain
Production
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
Production
Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks
Production
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Production
City Beneath the Sea
30 Years in the TARDIS
Himself
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Production
Treasure Island
Production
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
Production
To the Public Danger
Fred Lane
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
Directing
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Production
Doctor Who: The Green Death
Production
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Production
Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction
The Story of Doctor Who
Doctor Who: Full Circle
Production
Doctor Who: State of Decay
Production
Roger Delgado: The Master
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
Production
Pinocchio
Directing
Doctor Who: Meglos
Production
Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
Directing
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
Come in Number Five
(archive footage)
Doctor Who: Warriors' Gate
Production
Life on Earth
Self
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Self - archive
Hello Sailor!
IMC Needs You!
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Writing
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks
Production
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
Are Friends Electric?
The Worst Journey in the World
Narrator
The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
(archival footage)
Pinocchio
Directing
Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who
Self
The Doctor's Moriarty
Self
The Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers
Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
(archive footage)
Warriors of Mars
Adventure Weekly
Directing
The Tin Men and the Witch
The Frighten Factor