Production
Barry Letts
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.
Filmography
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Film · 2023
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
Film · 2023
Doctor Who and the Third Man
Film · 2019
Life on Earth
Film · 2011
The Doctor's Moriarty
Film · 2011
Come in Number Five
Film · 2011
IMC Needs You!
Film · 2011
The Tin Men and the Witch
Film · 2010
Warriors of Mars
Film · 2010
The Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers
Film · 2009
The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
Film · 2009
Roger Delgado: The Master
Film · 2009
The Frighten Factor
Film · 2009
Hello Sailor!
Film · 2008
Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation
Film · 2008
Exodus
Film · 2007
The Worst Journey in the World
Film · 2007
Are Friends Electric?
Film · 2007
Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who
Film · 2007
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
Film · 2006
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
Film · 2006
Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction
Film · 2005
The Story of Doctor Who
Film · 2003
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
Film · 1998
30 Years in the TARDIS
Film · 1993
Doctor Who: Inferno
Film · 1970
Dial M for Murder
Film · 1962
Z-Cars
Series · 1962
City Beneath the Sea
Series · 1962
The Avengers
Series · 1961
Maigret
Series · 1960
The Small House at Allington
Series · 1960
No Hiding Place
Series · 1959
The Silver Sword
Series · 1957
Reach for the Sky
Film · 1956
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
The Cruel Sea
Film · 1953
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Film · 1949
To the Public Danger
Film · 1948
Scott of the Antarctic
Film · 1948
Frieda
Film · 1947
San Demetrio London
Film · 1943