Barry Letts
Production
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.
Known for
2023Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Self - archive
2023Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
(archive footage)
2019Doctor Who and the Third Man
2011Life on Earth
Self
2011The Doctor's Moriarty
Self
2011Come in Number Five
(archive footage)
2011IMC Needs You!
2010The Tin Men and the Witch
2010Warriors of Mars
2009The Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers
2009The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
2009Roger Delgado: The Master
2009The Frighten Factor
2008Hello Sailor!
2008Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation
2007Exodus
Professor Marcus
2007The Worst Journey in the World
Narrator
2007Are Friends Electric?
2007Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who
Self
2006Built for War: The Sontaran Story
(archival footage)
2006Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
2005Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction
2003The Story of Doctor Who
1998Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
