
Person
Anthony Read
Writing · 1935–2015 · Staffordshire, England, UK
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

Doctor Who
Writer

Play for Today
Writer

Heartbeat
Writer

Z-Cars
Writer

Playhouse
Writer

The Professionals
Writer

The Chief
Writer

Centre Play
Writer

Hammer House of Horror
Writer

Kipper
Writer
Filmography
- 2024Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham WilliamsSelf - (archive)
- 2010Into the Unknown
- 2008The Elusive David Agnew
- 2007A Matter of Time
- 2007Parrot Fashion
- 2007Getting Blood from the Stones
- 2007The Humans of Tara
- 2007Defining Shadows
- 2006Built for War: The Sontaran Story
- 2005Paris in the Springtime
- 1993Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part OneSelf - Interviewee
- 1992HeartbeatWriter
- 1990The ChiefWriter
- 1986Chocky's ChallengeWriter
- 1985Chocky's ChildrenWriter
- 1984ChockyDramaturgy
- 1981Into the LabyrinthWriter
- 1980Hammer House of HorrorWriter
- 1980Doctor Who: The Horns of NimonWriter
- 1979The Omega FactorWriter
- 1979Doctor Who: The Armageddon FactorScript Editor
- 1979Doctor Who: The Power of KrollScript Editor
- 1978Doctor Who: The Androids of TaraScript Editor
- 1978Doctor Who: The Stones of BloodScript Editor
- 1978Doctor Who: The Pirate PlanetScript Editor
- 1978Doctor Who: The Ribos OperationScript Editor
- 1978Doctor Who: The Invasion of TimeWriter
- 1978Doctor Who: UnderworldScript Editor
- 1977The ProfessionalsWriter
- 1977Doctor Who: The Sun MakersScript Editor
- 1977KipperWriter
- 1975DianeWriter
- 1974PlayhouseWriter
- 1973The Dragon's OpponentProducer
- 1973Centre PlayWriter
- 1972The Lotus EatersProducer
- 1972The Black ArrowWriter
- 1971Hell's AngelWriter
- 1970Play for TodayWriter
- 1963Doctor WhoWriter
- 1962Z-CarsWriter
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