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Waris Hussein
Birth Date
December 9, 1938
(87 years old)
Place of Birth
Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
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Biography
Waris Hussein (né Habibullah; born 9 December 1938) is a British-Indian television and film director. At the beginning of his career, he was employed by the BBC as its youngest drama director. He directed early episodes of Doctor Who, including the first serial, An Unearthly Child (1963), and later directed the multiple-award-winning Thames Television serial Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978).
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Doctor Who Confidential
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Remembers…
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2022 • 2 episodes
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Mrs. Henderson Presents
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Richard Burton: Wild Genius
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Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008
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1962 • 1 episode
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Mr. Nice
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2010
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Tales of Television Centre
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2012
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Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
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2023
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Cult People
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1989
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Doctor Who: Origins
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2006
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Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
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2006
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Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'
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2006
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Waris Hussein in Conversation
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2023