
Writing
Anthony Read
Born 1935-04-21 · Staffordshire, England, UK
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).
Acting credits
NRA retrospective documentary looking at Graham Williams' three-year tenure as Doctor Who producer.
A Matter of Time
2007
NRA 30-minute documentary looking at the writing and production of The Pirate Planet.
Parrot Fashion
2007
NRA look at the complex production of the Doctor Who story Underworld, with particular emphasis on the difficulties in achieving the bluescreen virtual studio sets.
Into the Unknown
2010
NRThe Elusive David Agnew was a BBC documentary looking at David Agnew. It was released on the DVD of The Invasion of Time and featured interviews with Terrance Dicks and Anthony Read.
The Elusive David Agnew
2008
NRA 45-minute look at the making of City of Death, and in particular, the contribution of writer and script editor Douglas Adams.
Paris in the Springtime
2005
Part 1 of a documentary about when Alexander Korda was asked about who might replace him when he has resigned as a chief of the production of the British Lion.
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993
NRThe cast and crew look back at the making of The Armageddon Factor.
Defining Shadows
2007
NRFamily and colleagues remember the Doctor Who producer. In 1977, Birkenhead-born first-time producer Graham Williams took over one of the BBC’s most famous shows, Doctor Who. His turbulent three years in the role saw clashes with star Tom Baker, budgetary nightmares and catastrophic industrial action – but also the highest viewing figures the programme has ever achieved. Graham died in 1990, aged just 45, leaving behind a wife and three young children. In this intimate new film, Graham’s family, friends and colleagues look back on a life of darkness and light.
Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams
2024
7.0The genesis and development of the Sontaran race through the history of the series, as told by some of the actors and production team involved. This specially produced documentary includes contributions from Terrance Dicks, Elisabeth Sladen, Anthony Read, Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Bob Baker, Eric Saward and Stuart Fell.
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
2006
NRCast and crew look back at the making of The Stones of Blood.
Getting Blood from the Stones
2007
NRThe cast and crew look back at the making of The Androids of Tara.
The Humans of Tara
2007
Behind the camera
NRKipper is obsessed with Manor Park Football Club. At his workplace, this obsession attracts the derision of two of his colleagues. Meanwhile, Manor Park are to play against Dutch club Ajax
Kipper
1977
6.2The Doctor returns to Gallifrey, claims his rights and is inaugurated President. It soon turns out that he has led a group of aliens called Vardans to the planet to eradicate them completely. After they are destroyed, the Sontarans take their opportunity and follow them in their invasion until they are destroyed by the Doctor.
Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time
1978
4.7After the TARDIS collides with a spacecraft delivering human tributes to the evil bull-like Nimon, the Doctor and Romana must stop the fearsome alien's quest to rule the galaxy.
Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon
1980
7.0Dick Foster is adopted as a child, but has grown into a youth who causes problems and upsets.
Hell's Angel
1971
6.0A year has passed since Matthew said goodbye to his alien friend, and in the summer holidays he meets Albertine, a mathematical prodigy, with whom he discovers he can communicate telepathically. One day Chocky returns to warn Matthew that they are both in danger. When he returns to tell Albertine, he finds she has disappeared.
Chocky's Children
1985
6.8Chocky hopes, with Matthew and Albertine's help, to help the human race discover cosmic power, which unlike Earth's finite natural resources, will sustain them for as long as the universe itself exists. But their knowledge has aroused a great deal of interest from the military, and they are willing to take drastic action if they don't get what they want.
Chocky's Challenge
1986
7.0Teenager Diane Weaver lives in a small council flat with her brooding father, the groundskeeper of a local church. What no one realises, is how close Diane and her father are.
Diane
1975