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.
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.
Known For
40 titles
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
Come in Number Five
Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction
Hello Sailor!
Roger Delgado: The Master
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
Are Friends Electric?
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
Warriors of Mars
The Doctor's Moriarty
The Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers
Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation
IMC Needs You!
Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who
The Tin Men and the Witch
The Frighten Factor
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