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Barry Letts

Barry Letts

Producer and actor · Died October 9, 2009, aged 84

Barry Leopold Letts (26 March 1925 – 9 October 2009) was an English actor, television director, writer and producer, best known for being the producer of Doctor Who from 1969 to 1974. Born in Leicester, he worked as an actor in theatre, films and television before retiring in his early forties and becoming a television director. He then became the producer of the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who for five years, overseeing almost the entirety of Jon Pertwee's tenure as the Third Doctor and casting Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. He produced or directed many of the BBC's Sunday Classic drama serials from 1976 to 1986, and returned to Doctor Who in 1980 to be the executive producer for its eighteenth season.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 26, 1925
Died
October 9, 2009 (aged 84)
Works as
Producer and actor
Titles
16 on MovieCove · 102 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 31% in 30 days

What are Barry Letts' films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
39%
Self
25%
Morality
12%
Survival
10%
Ideas
8%
Power
5%
Society
1%
Family bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 2

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 0 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
7
Tense
6
Romantic
4
Bittersweet
4
Contemplative
5
Other
5

How their films linger

Bittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Barry Letts' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Barry Letts' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

102 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Tales of the Tardis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 1 episode · Producer

  • Time and Atlantis: Chronicling 'The Time Monster'(2023)

    as (archive footage)

  • Doctor Who and the Third Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • IMC Needs You! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Actor

  • Come in Number Five (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as (archive footage)

  • The Tin Men and the Witch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Actor

  • Warriors of Mars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Actor

  • Roger Delgado: The Master(2009)

    Actor

  • The Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • The Frighten Factor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • Hello Sailor! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Actor

  • Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Actor

  • Exodus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Professor Marcus

  • Are Friends Electric? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Actor

  • The Worst Journey in the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Narrator

  • Built for War: The Sontaran Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as (archival footage)

  • Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Actor

  • Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Actor

  • Dæmos Rising (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Script Consultant

  • The Story of Doctor Who (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Actor

  • Where on Earth Is Katy Manning? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Actor

  • David Copperfield (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 10 episodes · Director · Creator

  • EastEnders(1985)

    Show 22 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows

  • The Prisoner of Zenda(1984)

    Show 6 episodes · Creator · Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Invisible Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 6 episodes · Creator · Producer

  • Goodbye Mr Chips (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 6 episodes · Producer

  • Jane Eyre(1983)

    Show 11 episodes · Creator · Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Dombey & Son(1983)

    Show 10 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Beau Geste(1982)

    Show 8 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • The Hound of the Baskervilles(1982)

    Show 4 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

  • Stalky & Co (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 6 episodes · Producer

  • Gulliver in Lilliput (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 4 episodes · Director · Adaptation

  • Great Expectations(1981)

    Show 13 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

  • Doctor Who: Logopolis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Executive Producer

  • Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Executive Producer

  • Sense and Sensibility(1981)

    Show 7 episodes · Creator · Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Doctor Who: Warriors' Gate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Executive Producer

  • Doctor Who: State of Decay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Executive Producer

  • Doctor Who: Full Circle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Executive Producer

  • Doctor Who: Meglos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Executive Producer

  • A Tale of Two Cities(1980)

    Show 8 episodes · Creator · Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Executive Producer

  • The Swish of the Curtain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 4 episodes · Creator · Producer

  • The Old Curiosity Shop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 9 episodes · Producer

  • The Mill on the Floss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 8 episodes · Creator · Producer

  • Pinocchio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Director

  • Pinocchio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 4 episodes · Director · Producer

  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 4 episodes · Producer

  • The Children of the New Forest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · Producer

  • Treasure Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Producer

  • Nicholas Nickleby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 6 episodes · Creator · Producer

  • Little Lord Fauntleroy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 6 episodes · Producer

  • The Prince and the Pauper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

  • Doctor Who: The Android Invasion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Director

  • Ten from the Twenties (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Doctor Who: Robot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Producer

  • Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Producer

  • Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Producer

  • Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Producer

  • Doctor Who: The Time Warrior (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Producer

  • Moonbase 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 6 episodes · Creator · Producer · Writer

  • Doctor Who: The Green Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Producer

  • Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Producer

  • Doctor Who: Frontier in Space (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Producer

  • Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Director · Producer

  • Doctor Who: The Three Doctors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Producer

  • Doctor Who: The Time Monster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Producer · Writer

  • Doctor Who: The Mutants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Producer

  • Doctor Who: The Sea Devils (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Producer

  • Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Producer

  • Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Producer

  • Doctor Who: The Dæmons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Producer · Writer

  • Doctor Who: Colony in Space (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Producer

  • Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Producer

  • Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Producer

  • Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Director · Producer

  • Doctor Who: Inferno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Co-Director · Producer · as Loudspeaker Voice

  • Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Producer

  • Doctor Who and the Silurians (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Producer

  • Adventure Weekly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 13 episodes · Director

  • Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Director

  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • The Wednesday Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Doctor Who(1963)

    Show 127 episodes · Director · Executive Producer · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • City Beneath the Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 7 episodes · Actor

  • Dial M for Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Max Halliday

  • Z-Cars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 4 episodes · Director · Actor

  • The Avengers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Maigret(1960)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • The Small House at Allington (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 6 episodes · as Captain Bernard Dale

  • No Hiding Place (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Silver Sword (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Show 7 episodes · Actor

  • Armchair Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 1 episode · as Clive Epworth · as Jamie Peatie

  • Reach for the Sky(1956)

    as Tommy

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Cruel Sea(1953)

    as Raikes

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Syd

  • Scott of the Antarctic(1948)

    as Apsley Cherry-Garrard

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • To the Public Danger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Fred Lane

  • Frieda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Jim Merrick

  • San Demetrio London (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio

Career shape

A full career of 102 titles from 1943 to 2023.

Highest rated

The Cruel Sea (1953)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

Jane Eyre (1983)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting37 of 102: 35 only acting, 2 with another roleDirecting16 of 102: 7 only directing, 9 with another roleWriting9 of 102: 3 only writing, 6 with another roleProducing54 of 102: 37 only producing, 17 with another role · typical Midcredits score37thOther crew10 of 102: 0 only other crew, 10 with another role

102 titles, 20 with more than one role — producing and acting overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1940s5 · acting1950s5 · acting1960s11 · 6 acting · 6 crew1970s37 · 1 acting · 37 crew1980s22 · crew1990s1 · acting2000s14 · 13 acting · 1 crew2010s5 · acting2020s2 · 1 acting · 1 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Barry Letts work with?

People who share at least 2 of Barry Letts' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; James Andrew Hall shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers