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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…
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- Play for Today (1970) Writer
- Doctor Who (1963) Writer
- Heartbeat (1992) Writer
- Z-Cars (1962) Writer
- The Professionals (1977) Writer
- Playhouse (1974) Writer
- Centre Play (1973) Writer
- Hammer House of Horror (1980) Writer
- The Chief (1990) Writer
- Into the Labyrinth (1981) Writer
- The Lotus Eaters (1972) Producer
- The Black Arrow (1972) Writer
- The Omega Factor (1979) Writer
- Parrot Fashion (2007) Cast
- Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor (1979) Script Editor
- Doctor Who: Underworld (1978) Script Editor
- Kipper (1977) Writer
- Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation (1978) Script Editor
- Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood (1978) Script Editor
- The Dragon's Opponent (1973) Producer
- Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara (1978) Script Editor
- Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One (1993) as Self - Interviewee
- Defining Shadows (2007) Cast
- Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet (1978) Script Editor
- Into the Unknown (2010) Cast
- Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams (2024) as Self - (archive)
- Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon (1980) Writer
- Doctor Who: The Power of Kroll (1979) Script Editor
- Chocky (1984) Dramaturgy
- Chocky's Children (1985) Writer
- Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time (1978) Writer
- A Matter of Time (2007) Cast
- Built for War: The Sontaran Story (2006) Cast
- Paris in the Springtime (2005) Cast
- Chocky's Challenge (1986) Writer
- Doctor Who: The Sun Makers (1977) Script Editor
- Diane (1975) Writer
- The Elusive David Agnew (2008) Cast
- The Humans of Tara (2007) Cast
- Hell's Angel (1971) Writer
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Most-watched Anthony Read films currently: Parrot Fashion (2007), Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor (1979), Doctor Who: Underworld (1978), Kipper (1977), Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation (1978).
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Selected TV credits: Play for Today (1970), Doctor Who (1963), Heartbeat (1992), Z-Cars (1962), The Professionals (1977).
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