Graham Williams was a British television producer and script editor, whose best known work was on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking A script editor is a member of the production team of scripted Television programmes usually dramas and comedies A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC.
After working as script editor for The View From Daniel Pike (1971), Sutherland's Law (1973), Z Cars (1975-1976) and Barlow at Large (1975), he was encouraged by his friend Bill Slater, then BBC Head of Serials, to move to producership and was eventually charged with taking over Doctor Who after Philip Hinchcliffe's highly successful but controversial spell in charge of the series. Sutherland's Law is a British Television series made by BBC Scotland between 1973 and 1976 Z-Cars (sometimes written as Z Cars) was a British Television drama series centred on the work of beat police in the fictional Johns had previously played Barlow in the Z Cars, Softly Softly and Softly Softly Taskforce series on BBC television during Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Philip Hinchcliffe (born 1944 is a former British Television producer, who is probably best known for the overseeing of British television series Doctor
He was the producer on the show between 1977 and 1980, during the Tom Baker era. Thomas Stewart "Tom" Baker (born 20 January 1934 is an English Actor. Under Hinchcliffe, the series had been at its most popular, with the highest average viewing figures, but had also come under heavy media criticism for the violent content. Upon taking over the reins of the series, Williams was instructed by BBC drama bosses to tone down the violence.
Although the viewing figures dipped somewhat during Williams' first two seasons, they remained fairly healthy and in 1979, the series achieved ratings in excess of 17. 5 million viewers, its highest ever - although this was partly attributable to strike which took ITV, the BBC's main competitor, off the air. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent
Williams also wrote significant portions of the script for two stories beset by writing problems, City of Death and The Invasion of Time. City of Death is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four The Invasion of Time is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast
During his period on the programme, Williams worked closely with three script editors: the experienced Robert Holmes; Anthony Read; and Douglas Adams, who penned some of the most well-regarded stories of the Williams era and went on to write hugely popular novels and scripts such as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. A script editor is a member of the production team of scripted Television programmes usually dramas and comedies This entry is about the television scriptwriter For other people with the same name see Robert Holmes (disambiguation. Anthony Read (born 21 April 1935) was Script editor on the Doctor Who programme on the BBC during part of the tenure of Graham Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 &ndash 11 May 2001 was an English author comic Radio dramatist The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy series
Williams left the series after three difficult years, handing over to John Nathan-Turner who had worked under him as Production Unit Manager. John Nathan-Turner (born Jonathan Turner; August 12, 1947 &ndash May 1, 2002) was the ninth producer of the long-running
During Nathan-Turner's reign as producer, Williams was approached by script editor Eric Saward to write a story for Colin Baker's second season. Eric Saward (pronounced SAY-ward was born in December 1944 and became a script writer and Script editor for the BBC resigning from the latter post on the TV programme The script was at an advanced stage when it was abandoned, as were all the scripts initially commissioned for that season, after the series was put on hiaitus in February 1985. In 1989 Williams wrote a novelisation of his story, The Nightmare Fair (ISBN 0-426-20334-8). The Nightmare Fair is the first of a series of Novelisations based on a number of cancelled scripts from the 1986 season of Doctor Who.
His work on the series is examined in some detail in the documentary 'A Matter of Time' (included in the 2007 BBC DVD release of The Key to Time series), which includes excerpts from two interviews with Williams, conducted at 1980s Doctor Who fan conventions. In both the original run and since the 2005 revival long-running British science fiction television programme Doctor Who has featured a number Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. A fan convention, or con, is an event in which fans of a particular TV show, Comic book, or Actor, or an entire style of entertainment
He left the BBC in the early 1980s and went on to produce drama series for ITV, including Tales of the Unexpected (TV series) and Supergran, before leaving television in the late 1980s to run a country hotel in Tiverton, Devon. Tales Of The Unexpected is a British Television series that originally aired between 1979 and 1988, made by Anglia Television Supergran is a Children's television Programme, about a Grandmother with super powers played by Gudrun Ure. Tiverton is an English town in the County of Devon. The administrative centre for the Mid Devon district its population is about 18500
He died on 17 August 1990. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) He left a widow, Jacqueline, and three children.
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