Writing

John Wiles

Born — Died

1925-09-20 — 1999-04-05

Place of birth

South Africa

Known for

Writing

Credits

10 titles

John Wiles (20 September 1925 — 5 April 1999) was a South African television writer and producer.

Known for

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A BAFTA award nominated documentary demonstrating the necessity for air and ground crews to report incidents for the safety of their colleagues as well as themselves.

Dilemma

1979

Taste of Evil poster
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Stephen Chambers, a new master of Warby Stones school for the 'ultra-intelligent boys', finds strange things happening to him. Reason tells him that they must be linked with the boys' Psychic Phenomena Club.

Taste of Evil

1971

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan poster
7.9

In the year 4000, the Daleks conspire to conquer the Solar System. Their scheme involves treachery at the highest levels and a weapon capable of destroying the very fabric of time. Only the Doctor and his friends can prevent catastrophe — and there is no guarantee they will escape with their lives...

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan

1965

Doctor Who: The Myth Makers poster
7.2

When the TARDIS arrives on the plains of Asia Minor not far from the besieged city of Troy, the Doctor is hailed by Achilles as the mighty god Zeus and taken to the Greek camp. He meets Agamemnon and Odysseus. Forced to admit he is a mere mortal — albeit a traveller in space and time — he is given two days to devise a scheme to capture Troy. Steven and Vicki, meanwhile, have been taken prisoner by the Trojans. Vicki, believed to possess supernatural powers, is given two days to banish the Greeks to prove she is not a spy.

Doctor Who: The Myth Makers

1965

Doctor Who: The Ark poster
6.8

The Doctor and his companions Steven Taylor and Dodo Chaplet arrive some ten million years into the future, on board a generation starship which is carrying the last of humanity away from an Earth that is about to fall into the Sun. However, the cold that Dodo has could prove devastating to these future humans and their servants, the Monoids.

Doctor Who: The Ark

1966

Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve poster
7.2

The TARDIS materialises in Paris in the year 1572 and the Doctor decides to visit the famous apothecary Charles Preslin. Steven, meanwhile, is befriended by a group of Huguenots from the household of the Protestant Admiral de Coligny. Having rescued a young serving girl, Anne Chaplet, from some pursuing guards, the Huguenots gain their first inkling of a heinous plan being hatched at the command of the Catholic Queen Mother, Catherine de Medici.

Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve

1966

Behind the camera

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A BAFTA award nominated documentary demonstrating the necessity for air and ground crews to report incidents for the safety of their colleagues as well as themselves.

Dilemma

1979

Taste of Evil poster
NR

Stephen Chambers, a new master of Warby Stones school for the 'ultra-intelligent boys', finds strange things happening to him. Reason tells him that they must be linked with the boys' Psychic Phenomena Club.

Taste of Evil

1971

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan poster
7.9

In the year 4000, the Daleks conspire to conquer the Solar System. Their scheme involves treachery at the highest levels and a weapon capable of destroying the very fabric of time. Only the Doctor and his friends can prevent catastrophe — and there is no guarantee they will escape with their lives...

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan

1965

Doctor Who: The Myth Makers poster
7.2

When the TARDIS arrives on the plains of Asia Minor not far from the besieged city of Troy, the Doctor is hailed by Achilles as the mighty god Zeus and taken to the Greek camp. He meets Agamemnon and Odysseus. Forced to admit he is a mere mortal — albeit a traveller in space and time — he is given two days to devise a scheme to capture Troy. Steven and Vicki, meanwhile, have been taken prisoner by the Trojans. Vicki, believed to possess supernatural powers, is given two days to banish the Greeks to prove she is not a spy.

Doctor Who: The Myth Makers

1965

Doctor Who: The Ark poster
6.8

The Doctor and his companions Steven Taylor and Dodo Chaplet arrive some ten million years into the future, on board a generation starship which is carrying the last of humanity away from an Earth that is about to fall into the Sun. However, the cold that Dodo has could prove devastating to these future humans and their servants, the Monoids.

Doctor Who: The Ark

1966

Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve poster
7.2

The TARDIS materialises in Paris in the year 1572 and the Doctor decides to visit the famous apothecary Charles Preslin. Steven, meanwhile, is befriended by a group of Huguenots from the household of the Protestant Admiral de Coligny. Having rescued a young serving girl, Anne Chaplet, from some pursuing guards, the Huguenots gain their first inkling of a heinous plan being hatched at the command of the Catholic Queen Mother, Catherine de Medici.

Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve

1966

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In 1983, the automobile industry was at a pivotal crossroads, shaped by decades of innovation and the pressures of the late 20th century.

The History of the Motor Car

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A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at the history of the motor car in the 1920s. Part of the six-part "History of the Motor Car Series"

The Vintage Years

1973

The Man in My Head poster
10.0

A team of soldiers break into an enemy missile base. Such is the secrecy of their mission that they have been hypnotically programmed with their orders and will only remember each stage of the operation when they hear a pre-arranged signal. It seems foolproof, but gradually doubt and paranoia begin to overtake them.

The Man in My Head

1971

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A BAFTA award nominated documentary explaining what proteins are, how they work and why we need them.

Proteins

1976