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Barry Letts

Barry Letts

Production • 1925-03-26

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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Doctor Who7.9

Doctor Who

1963

Z-Cars7.3

Z-Cars

1962

Jane Eyre7.1

Jane Eyre

1983

Sense and Sensibility7.1

Sense and Sensibility

1981

The Invisible Man7.4

The Invisible Man

1984

David Copperfield5.2

David Copperfield

1986

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