Sydney Newman
Sydney Cecil Newman, OC (April 1, 1917 – October 30, 1997) was a Canadian film and television producer, who played a pioneering role in British television drama from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. After his return to Canada in 1970, Newman was appointed Acting Director of the Broadcast Programs Branch for the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) and then head of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). He also occupied senior positions at the Canadian Film Development Corporation and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and acted as an advisor to the Secretary of State. During his time in Britain in the 1950s and 1960s, he worked first with the Associated British Corporation (ABC, now Thames Television), before moving across to the BBC in 1962, holding the role of Head of Drama with both organisations. During this phase of his career, he was responsible for initiating two hugely popular television programmes, the spy-fi series The Avengers and the science-fiction series Doctor Who, as well as overseeing the production of groundbreaking social realist drama series such as Armchair Theatre and The Wednesday Play. The Museum of Broadcast Communications describes Newman as "the most significant agent in the development of British television drama." His obituary in The Guardian declared that "For ten brief but glorious years, Sydney Newman ... was the most important impresario in Britain ... His death marks not just the end of an era but the laying to rest of a whole philosophy of popular art." In Quebec, as commissioner of the NFB, he attracted controversy for his decision to suppress distribution of several politically sensitive films by French Canadian directors. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Inside The Atom
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Utilities
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Flight 6
(Director)
Screaming Jets
(Producer)
Dr. Who and the Daleks
(Creator)
The Avengers
(Creator)
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
(Creator)
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
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Danger! Men Working
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After the Show
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The Scent of Fear
(Producer)
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
(Producer)
I'll Have You to Remember
(Producer)
The Hard Knock
(Producer)
Honeymoon Postponed
(Producer)
The Bird, the Bear and the Actress
(Producer)
The Fishing Match
(Producer)
The Thought of Tomorrow
(Producer)
After the Funeral
(Producer)
The Rose Affair
(Producer)
Fighting Sea-Fleas
(Writer)
Ski Skill
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Ski Skill
(Producer)
Fighting Norway
(Director)
Passport to Canada
(Producer)
Choral Concert
(Producer)
Inside Newfoundland
(Director)
Banshees Over Canada
(Producer)
Fighting Sea-Fleas
(Producer)
Suffer Little Children
(Editor)
Canada Dances
(Producer)
Trans-Canada Express
(Producer)
Tea Party
(Producer)
Suffer Little Children
(Producer)
It's Fun to Sing
(Producer)
The New North
(Producer)
Careers and Cradles
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Fighting Sea-Fleas
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Johnny at the Fair
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Pay-Off In Pain
(Producer)
A Capital Plan
(Producer)
Red Runs the Fraser
(Producer)
Summer Is for Kids
(Producer)
Science in Bloom
(Producer)
Inside Newfoundland
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Newfoundland: Atlantic Province
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Hot Summer Night
(Producer)
Fighting Sea-Fleas
(Director)
Train Busters
(Director)
Suffer Little Children
(Director)
The Avengers
(Series Writer)
Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
(Creator)
Montreal by Night
(Producer)
A Night Out
(Producer)
Talent Showcase
(Director)
Talent Showcase
(Producer)
Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
(Original Series Creator)
Space Command
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Pathfinders to Mars
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Pathfinders in Space
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Target Luna
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Pathfinders to Venus
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Adam Adamant Lives!
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Police Surgeon
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Plateau of Fear
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Doctor Who
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The Avengers
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Doctor Who
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The Wednesday Play
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Target Luna
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Pathfinders in Space
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Pathfinders to Mars
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Pathfinders to Venus
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