Barry Letts
Known for: Production
Born: March 26, 1925
Died: October 9, 2009
Place of birth: —
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.
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Filmography
69 movies · 38 TV shows, newest first
4.7
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
2023
5.6
Tales of the Tardis
2023
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Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
2023
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Doctor Who and the Third Man
2019
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IMC Needs You!
2011
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Life on Earth
2011
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The Doctor's Moriarty
2011
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Come in Number Five
2011
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The Tin Men and the Witch
2010
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Warriors of Mars
2010
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The Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers
2009
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The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
2009
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Roger Delgado: The Master
2009
7.0
The Frighten Factor
2009
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Hello Sailor!
2008
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Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation
2008
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Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who
2007
5.8
Exodus
2007
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Are Friends Electric?
2007
6.5
The Worst Journey in the World
2007
7.0
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
2006
8.0
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
2006
8.0
Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction
2005
6.5
Dæmos Rising
2004
8.0
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
8.5
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
7.9
30 Years in the TARDIS
1993
5.2
David Copperfield
1986
4.2
EastEnders
1985
6.5
The Prisoner of Zenda
1984
7.3
The Invisible Man
1984
8.5
Goodbye Mr Chips
1984
7.1
Jane Eyre
1983
6.0
Dombey and Son
1983
7.0
Beau Geste
1982
6.3
The Hound of the Baskervilles
19827.0
Stalky & Co
1982
7.0
Gulliver in Lilliput
1982
6.3
Great Expectations
1981
7.0
Doctor Who: Logopolis
1981
7.4
Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken
1981
7.1
Sense and Sensibility
1981
5.1
Doctor Who: Warriors' Gate
1981
7.3
Doctor Who: State of Decay
1980
6.6
Doctor Who: Full Circle
1980
5.0
Doctor Who: Meglos
1980
7.0
A Tale of Two Cities
1980
7.0
Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive
1980
9.0
The Swish of the Curtain
1980
7.5
The Old Curiosity Shop
1979
6.7
The Mill on the Floss
19788.0
Pinocchio
1978
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Pinocchio
19787.0
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
19789.0
The Children of the New Forest
1977
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Treasure Island
1977
7.0
Nicholas Nickleby
1977NR
Little Lord Fauntleroy
197610.0
The Prince and the Pauper
1976
7.0
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
1975NR
Ten from the Twenties
1975
7.0
Doctor Who: Robot
1975
7.4
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
1974
5.5
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
1974
6.2
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks
1974
6.8
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
1974
7.4
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
1974
7.3
Moonbase 3
1973
8.4
Doctor Who: The Green Death
1973
7.0
Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks
1973
7.5
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
1973
7.8
Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
1973
7.4
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
1973
5.9
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
1972
7.2
Doctor Who: The Mutants
1972
7.6
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
1972
7.5
Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon
1972
7.9
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
1972
7.6
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
1971
6.6
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
1971
6.8
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
1971
7.5
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
1971
7.8
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
1971
8.6
Doctor Who: Inferno
1970
7.2
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
1970
7.3
Doctor Who and the Silurians
1970NR
Adventure Weekly
1968
7.9
Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World
1968
4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
7.9
Doctor Who
1963
6.0
City Beneath the Sea
1962NR
Dial M for Murder
1962
7.3
Z-Cars
1962
7.8
The Avengers
1961
7.1
Maigret
196010.0
The Small House at Allington
1960
4.8
No Hiding Place
1959NR
The Silver Sword
1957
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
6.9
Reach for the Sky
1956
6.9
The Cruel Sea
1953
4.9
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949
7.2
Scott of the Antarctic
1948
6.2
To the Public Danger
1948
5.6
Frieda
1947
7.2
San Demetrio London
1943