Waris Hussein
Born in Lucknow, United Provinces, British India — Dec 09 1938
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Waris Hussein (né Habibullah; born 9 December 1938) is a British-Indian television and film director. At the beginning of his career, he was employed by the BBC as its youngest drama director. He directed early episodes of Doctor Who, including the first serial, An Unearthly Child (1963), and later directed the multiple-award-winning Thames Television serial Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978).
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Waris Hussein's Credits
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Doctor Who
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Play for Today
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BBC Play of the Month
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Doctor Who Confidential
Compact
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
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Londoners
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Laurence Olivier Presents
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Black and Blue
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Armchair Thriller
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Edward and Mrs Simpson
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Little Gloria... Happy at Last
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Princess Daisy
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Melody
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Notorious Woman
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Doctor Who: Marco Polo
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Mr. Nice
Mohammed Durrani
The Glittering Prizes
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Switched at Birth
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Divorce His, Divorce Hers
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Callie & Son
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A Touch of Love
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She Woke Up
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Copacabana
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Romance
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Coming Out of the Ice
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Corrigan Blake
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
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Shoulder to Shoulder
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Arch of Triumph
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The Possession of Joel Delaney
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Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
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Murder Between Friends
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The Clothes in the Wardrobe
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The Henderson Monster
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Edward & Mrs. Simpson
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Those She Left Behind
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When the Bough Breaks
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Downpayment on Murder
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Surviving
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Mrs. Henderson Presents
Maharajah
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
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Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
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Death Penalty
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Forbidden Nights
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Intimate Contact
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The Shell Seekers
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Killer Instinct
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Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
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A Child's Wish
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And Baby Makes Six
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Her Best Friend's Husband
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Cult People
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Sixth Happiness
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Rust
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Daphne Laureola
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Tales of Television Centre
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Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
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Fall from Grace
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Hedda Gabler
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Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
The Winter of Our Discontent
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Doctor Who: Origins
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The Face on the Milk Carton
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Chips with Everything
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A Passage to India
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Macready's Gala
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Love Letters on Blue Paper
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Baby Comes Home
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The Connoisseur
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Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
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Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
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For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story
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Doctor Who: Gallifrey
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Doctor Who: Gallifrey
Ryoth
Ella
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Armchair Thriller – Rachel in Danger
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A Man on Her Back
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Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'
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