Portrait of Barry Letts

Production

Barry Letts

Career

Active from 1943 to 2023, with a break from 1987 to 2010, busiest in 1962 and 1978 with 3 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Doctor Who
Doctor Who
GoodWatch score76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Barry Letts Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.9, average 5.4
  • Showbiz
    0.4, average 1.2
  • Physical Comedy
    1.6, average 2.4
  • Adrenaline
    4.2, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Adaptation 4
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Period Drama 3
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Literary Adaptation 3
  • Psychological Depth 2
  • Classic Doctor Who 2
  • Tragic Romance 2
  • Classic Sci-Fi 2
  • Class Struggle 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

57
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster (2023)

as (archive footage)

2010s

1 title
Come in Number Five
Come in Number Five (2011)

as (archive footage)

2000s

4 titles · average score 53
Exodus
Exodus (2007)
GoodWatch score 53

as Professor Marcus

The Worst Journey in the World
The Worst Journey in the World (2007)

as Narrator

Built for War: The Sontaran Story
Built for War: The Sontaran Story (2006)

as (archival footage)

Dæmos Rising
Dæmos Rising (2004)

Script Consultant

1980s

7 titles
Doctor Who: Logopolis
Doctor Who: Logopolis (1981)

Executive Producer

Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken
Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken (1981)

Executive Producer

Doctor Who: Warriors' Gate
Doctor Who: Warriors' Gate (1981)

Executive Producer

Doctor Who: Full Circle
Doctor Who: Full Circle (1980)

Executive Producer

Doctor Who: Meglos
Doctor Who: Meglos (1980)

Executive Producer

Doctor Who: State of Decay
Doctor Who: State of Decay (1980)

Executive Producer

Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive
Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive (1980)

Executive Producer

1970s

27 titles · average score 73
Pinocchio
Pinocchio (1978)

Director

Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion (1975)
GoodWatch score 74

Director

Doctor Who: Robot
Doctor Who: Robot (1975)
GoodWatch score 73

Producer

Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders (1974)

Producer, Writer

Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks (1974)

Producer

Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters (1973)

Director, Producer

Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors (1973)

Producer

Doctor Who: The Green Death
Doctor Who: The Green Death (1973)

Producer

Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Doctor Who: The Time Monster (1972)
GoodWatch score 63

Producer, Writer

Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Doctor Who: The Dæmons (1971)

Writer, Producer

Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons (1971)

Producer, Director

Doctor Who: Inferno
Doctor Who: Inferno (1970)
GoodWatch score 83

as Loudspeaker Voice

1960s

7 titles · average score 76
Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World
Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World (1968)

Director

Z-Cars
Z-Cars (1962)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · Director

City Beneath the Sea
City Beneath the Sea (1962)

TV show

Dial M for Murder
Dial M for Murder (1962)

as Max Halliday

The Avengers
The Avengers (1961)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show

Maigret
Maigret (1960)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show

The Small House at Allington
The Small House at Allington (1960)

TV show · as Captain Bernard Dale

1950s

5 titles · average score 78
No Hiding Place
No Hiding Place (1959)

TV show

The Silver Sword
The Silver Sword (1957)

TV show

Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Jamie Peatie / Clive Epworth

Reach for the Sky
Reach for the Sky (1956)
GoodWatch score 78

as Tommy

The Cruel Sea
The Cruel Sea (1953)
GoodWatch score 87

as Raikes

1940s

5 titles · average score 64
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949)
GoodWatch score 55

as Syd

To the Public Danger
To the Public Danger (1948)

as Fred Lane

Scott of the Antarctic
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
GoodWatch score 70

as Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Frieda
Frieda (1947)
GoodWatch score 63

as Jim Merrick

San Demetrio London
San Demetrio London (1943)
GoodWatch score 67

as Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio