Biography
Anthony Read (21 April 1935 β 21 November 2015) was an English television producer, screenwriter, script editor and author. He was principally active in British television from the 1960s to the mid-1980s, which included a period as a script editor and writer of Doctor Who from 1977 to 1979, although he occasionally contributed to televised productions until 1999.
Beginning in the 1980s, he launched a second career as a print author, concentrating largely on World War II histories. He was also a chair of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain. From 2004 he regularly wrote prose fiction, mainly in the form of a revival of his television series The Baker Street Boys (1983).
Filmography
all 25
Movies 16
Writer 15
TV Shows 9
Built for War: The Sontaran Story (2006)
Movie
Writer
Heartbeat (1992)
TV
9
Writer
The Chief (1990)
TV
Writer
Chocky's Challenge (1986)
Movie
Writer
Chocky's Children (1985)
Movie
Dramaturgy
Chocky (1984)
Movie
Writer
Into the Labyrinth (1981)
TV
Writer
Hammer House of Horror (1980)
TV
Writer
Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon (1980)
Movie
Writer
The Omega Factor (1979)
TV
Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor (1979)
Movie
Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Power of Kroll (1979)
Movie
Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara (1978)
Movie
Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood (1978)
Movie
Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet (1978)
Movie
Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation (1978)
Movie
Writer / Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time (1978)
Movie
Script Editor
Doctor Who: Underworld (1978)
Movie
Writer / Story
The Professionals (1977)
TV
Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Sun Makers (1977)
Movie
Writer
Diane (1975)
Movie
Writer
The Black Arrow (1972)
TV
Writer
Hell's Angel (1971)
Movie
Writer
Doctor Who (1963)
TV
5.28
Writer
Z-Cars (1962)
TV
Ratings
Average 5.91
Based on 51.6 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1962
1978
1979
1979
2006
Information
Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1935-04-21
Deathday2015-11-21 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceCheslyn Hay, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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