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.
34 movies · 8 shows
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
2023·4.7
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
2023·0.0
Doctor Who and the Third Man
2019·0.0
IMC Needs You!
2011·0.0
Life on Earth
2011·0.0
The Doctor's Moriarty
2011·0.0
Come in Number Five
2011·0.0
The Tin Men and the Witch
2010·0.0
Warriors of Mars
2010·0.0
The Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers
2009·0.0
The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams
2009·0.0
Roger Delgado: The Master
2009·0.0
The Frighten Factor
2009·7.0
Hello Sailor!
2008·0.0
Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation
2008·0.0
Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who
2007·0.0
Exodus
2007·5.8
Are Friends Electric?
2007·0.0
The Worst Journey in the World
2007·6.5
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
2006·7.0
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
2006·8.0
Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction
2005·8.0
The Story of Doctor Who
2003·8.0
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998·8.5
30 Years in the TARDIS
1993·7.9
Doctor Who: Inferno
1970·8.6
Dial M for Murder
1962·0.0
Reach for the Sky
1956·6.9
The Cruel Sea
1953·6.9
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949·4.9
Scott of the Antarctic
1948·7.2
To the Public Danger
1948·6.2
Frieda
1947·5.6
San Demetrio London
1943·7.2