Barry Letts
1925-03-26
Biography: 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 directed many of the BBC's Sunday Classic drama serials from 1976 to 1986, and returned to Doctor Who in 1980 to be the executive producer for its eighteenth season.
Movies:
Life on Earth
The Doctor's Moriarty
San Demetrio London
Exodus
Reach for the Sky
Doctor Who: Inferno
Doctor Who and the Third Man
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Hello Sailor!
To the Public Danger
The Worst Journey in the World
Scott of the Antarctic
The Cruel Sea
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
30 Years in the TARDIS
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction
The Story of Doctor Who
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
Frieda
The Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers
The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
Come in Number Five
The Tin Men and the Witch
Are Friends Electric?
Warriors of Mars
Roger Delgado: The Master
Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
The Frighten Factor
Myth Makers 25: Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks (Part 1)
Myth Makers 29: Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks (Part 2)
Myth Makers 37: Roger Delgado
IMC Needs You!
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
The Peladon Saga: Part One - The Markets and the Miners
The Peladon Saga: Part Two - The Monsters and the Monarchs
Treasures Lost and Found
Going Underground
What Lies Beneath
Can You Hear the Earth Scream?
The Devil Rides Out: Making the Daemons
Remembering Barry Letts
Blasting the Past
Jon & Katy
Mutt Mad
Between Now... and Now! Science and "The Time Monster"
Destroy All Monsters!
Multi-colourisation
The One with the Maggots
Beginning the End
People, Power and Puppetry
The Final Curtain
Genesis of a Classic
The Village that Came to Life
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