Anthony Read
- Writing
- April 21, 1935 · Staffordshire, England, UK
- November 21, 2015
Biography
Anthony Read (21 April 1935 – 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).
Known for
Filmography
- Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams · Self
- Into the Unknown
- The Elusive David Agnew
- A Matter of Time
- Parrot Fashion
- Getting Blood from the Stones
- The Humans of Tara
- Defining Shadows
- Built for War: The Sontaran Story
- Paris in the Springtime
- Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One · Self
- Heartbeat · Writer
- The Chief · Writer
- Chocky's Challenge · Writer
- Chocky's Children · Writer
- Chocky · Dramaturgy
- The Baker Street Boys · Adaptation, Writer
- Into the Labyrinth · Writer
- Hammer House of Horror · Writer
- Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon · Writer
- The Omega Factor · Writer
- Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor · Script Editor
- Doctor Who: The Power of Kroll · Script Editor
- Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara · Script Editor
- Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood · Script Editor
- Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet · Script Editor
- Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation · Script Editor
- Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time · Writer, Script Editor
- Doctor Who: Underworld · Script Editor
- The Professionals · Writer, Story
- Doctor Who: The Sun Makers · Script Editor
- Kipper · Writer
- Diane · Writer
- Playhouse · Writer
- The Dragon's Opponent · Producer
- Centre Play · Writer
- The Lotus Eaters · Producer
- The Black Arrow · Writer
- Hell's Angel · Writer
- Play for Today · Writer
- Doctor Who · Writer, Script Editor
- Z-Cars · Writer