
Writing
Anthony Read
21 April 1935† 21 November 2015 (aged 80) Staffordshire, England, UK
- Written
- 28
- Produced
- 2
- Movies
- 11
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
- 2024
- Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams · Film · (archive)
- 2010
- Into the Unknown · Film
- 2008
- The Elusive David Agnew · Film
- 2007
- A Matter of Time · Film
- Parrot Fashion · Film
- Getting Blood from the Stones · Film
- The Humans of Tara · Film
- Defining Shadows · Film
- 2006
- 2005
- Paris in the Springtime · Film
- 1993
- Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One · Film · Interviewee
- 1992
- Heartbeat · Series · Writer
- 1990
- The Chief · Series · Writer
- 1986
- Chocky's Challenge · Film · Writer
- 1985
- Chocky's Children · Film · Writer
- 1984
- Chocky · Film · Dramaturgy
- 1983
- The Baker Street Boys · Series · Adaptation
- 1981
- Into the Labyrinth · Series · Writer
- 1980
- Hammer House of Horror · Series · Writer
- Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon · Film · Writer
- 1979
- The Omega Factor · Series · Writer
- Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor · Film · Script Editor
- Doctor Who: The Power of Kroll · Film · Script Editor
- 1978
- Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet · Film · Script Editor
- Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara · Film · Script Editor
- Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time · Film · Writer
- Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation · Film · Script Editor
- Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood · Film · Script Editor
- Doctor Who: Underworld · Film · Script Editor
- 1977
- The Professionals · Series · Writer
- Doctor Who: The Sun Makers · Film · Script Editor
- Kipper · Film · Writer
- 1975
- Diane · Film · Writer
- 1974
- Playhouse · Series · Writer
- 1973
- Centre Play · Series · Writer
- The Dragon's Opponent · Series · Producer
- 1972
- The Black Arrow · Series · Writer
- The Lotus Eaters · Series · Producer
- 1971
- Hell's Angel · Film · Writer
- 1970
- Play for Today · Series · Writer
- 1963
- Doctor Who · Series · Writer
- 1962
- Z-Cars · Series · Writer






































