Christopher Barry
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| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| OccupationTemplate:Pluralize from text | Television director |
| Years active | 1949–2000 |
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| Known for | Doctor Who |
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Christopher Chisholm Barry (20 September 1925 – 7 February 2014)[1] was a British television director. He worked extensively in BBC television drama and became best known for his work on the science fiction series Doctor Who.[2] He also directed the direct to video Doctor Who spin-off Downtime in 1995.[3]
Early life and education
Barry was the son of Sir Gerald Barry, editor of the News Chronicle and director general of the Festival of Britain in 1951, and his first wife Gladys,[4][5] He attended Blundell's School in Devon and the University of Cambridge, before service in the Royal Air Force.[2]
Career
Barry became a trainee at Ealing Studios and worked on the film The Ship That Died of Shame (1955) as an assistant director to Basil Dearden. He joined the BBC as a production assistant in 1955.[2]
In 1963, Barry was asked by producer Verity Lambert to be one of the initial directors of the BBC's new science fiction television series Doctor Who.[2] Barry's work on Doctor Who went on to cover the longest span of any director during the original run of the series, overseeing episodes until 1979.[6]
Among Barry's other television credits were episodes of Compact (1962), Ann Veronica (1964), Paul Temple (1970–71), Z-Cars (1971–78), Poldark (1975), The Onedin Line (1977), All Creatures Great and Small (1978–80), Juliet Bravo (1980) and Dramarama (1989).[7] His other science fiction credits were for Out of the Unknown (1969), Moonbase 3 (1973) and The Tripods (1984).[6] He appeared in a feature covering his life's work on the DVD release of the Doctor Who serial The Creature from the Pit (1979), released in May 2010.[8]
Personal life
Barry lived in Oxfordshire in his retirement.[9] He died following an escalator fall in a shopping centre in Banbury on 7 February 2014. An inquest into his death was held on 5 June 2014.[10]
Doctor Who credits
- The Daleks – episodes 1, 2, 4 and 5 (1963–64)
- The Rescue (1965)[11]
- The Romans (1965)[1]
- The Savages (1966)[1]
- The Power of the Daleks (1966)[1]
- The Dæmons (1971)[1]
- The Mutants (1972)[1]
- Robot (1974)[1]
- The Brain of Morbius (1976)[1]
- The Creature from the Pit (1979)[1]
- Downtime (1995)
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hadoke, Toby (17 February 2014). "Christopher Barry obituary". The Guardian.
- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Brian Pendreigh (18 February 2014). "Obituary: Christopher Barry, television director". www.scotsman.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Downtime (1995) - BFI". www.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hadoke, Toby (17 February 2014). "Christopher Barry obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Christopher Barry". The Times. 26 February 2024. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."An Adventure in Space and Time - Christopher Barry - BBC Two". BBC.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mitchin' (1989)". Archived from the original on 20 August 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit". DVD Talk.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jeffery, Morgan (10 February 2014). "Doctor Who director Christopher Barry dies, aged 88". Digital Spy.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dixon, Hayley (15 February 2014). "Doctor Who director dies after escalator fall". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Rescue - Details". Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide. BBC. Archived from the original on 26 February 2008.
External links
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